Best PlacesPill Hill, Oakland, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pill Hill, Oakland, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pill Hill, Oakland ranks 2,611th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pill Hill, Oakland
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Pill Hill, Oakland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pill Hill, Oakland ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 223 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where Pill Hill, Oakland ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Short commute37.4 minutes each way, better than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$2,082 a month, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
Who lives in Pill Hill, Oakland
Pill Hill, Oakland runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pill Hill, Oakland.
Who works in Pill Hill, Oakland, and how
Work in Pill Hill, Oakland centers on professional & technical and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 41%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 30%
Life in Pill Hill, Oakland
Pill Hill, Oakland has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 14 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Pill Hill, Oakland and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pill Hill, Oakland, month by month
Pill Hill, Oakland sees roughly 223 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 74 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs March through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 49° |
| July | 74° | 63° | 56° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Pill Hill, Oakland
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 7 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.5 million passengers in 2025, with 64 nonstop destinations.
Pill Hill, Oakland 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 Pill Hill, Oakland against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Pill Hill, Oakland
Is Pill Hill, Oakland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pill Hill, Oakland ranks 2,611th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low property taxes, biking, and fast internet, and lowest on noise and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pill Hill, Oakland safe?
Pill Hill, Oakland is safer than 11% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $861 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Pill Hill, Oakland?
July highs average about 74 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 43. That works out to about 223 pleasant days a year, more than 90% of neighborhoods.
Compare Pill Hill, Oakland with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pill Hill, Oakland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pill Hill, Oakland 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.
Pill Hill, Oakland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pill Hill, Oakland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pill Hill, Oakland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pill Hill, Oakland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pill Hill, Oakland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pill Hill, Oakland 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.
- 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.
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