Best PlacesParkway, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Parkway, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Parkway ranks 1,984th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Parkway
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Parkway's strengths and weaknesses
Where Parkway ranks high
- TransitBetter than 96% of cities
- BikingBetter than 91% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 157 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 84% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 82% of cities
Where Parkway ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 2% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Parkway
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Parkway home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $63,033, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Parkway's effective rate of 0.61%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Parkway
Parkway runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Parkway.
Who works in Parkway, and how
Work in Parkway centers on health care & social and admin & support services. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Parkway
Parkway has more parkland per resident than 77% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Parkway and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Parkway, month by month
Parkway sees roughly 157 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 76° | 60° | 46° |
| July | 96° | 75° | 59° |
| October | 82° | 64° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Parkway
Sacramento International sits about 16 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Parkway
Schools across Parkway average a C, better than 24% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Anna Kirchgater ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
- Pacific ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Union House ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Samuel Jackman MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- James Rutter MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Florin HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Valley HighC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Parkway school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Parkway measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Parkway against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Parkway suits
Common questions about living in Parkway
Is Parkway a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Parkway ranks 1,984th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on transit, biking, and the weather, and lowest on civic engagement and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Parkway expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $351,712. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $63,033 median income, cost of living beats 2% of cities.
Is Parkway safe?
Parkway is safer than 3% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $685 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Parkway?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 59 with lows near 39. That works out to about 157 pleasant days a year, more than 84% of cities.
Is Parkway good for families?
Schools beat 24% of cities, crime safety beats 3%, and childcare runs $1,332 a month.
Compare Parkway with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Parkway. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Parkway represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Parkway detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Parkway: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Parkway: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Parkway: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Parkway: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Parkway detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.