Best PlacesPleasanton, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pleasanton, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pleasanton ranks 20,836th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pleasanton
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.
Pleasanton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pleasanton ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 178 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Pleasanton ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pleasanton
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pleasanton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,747, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Pleasanton's effective rate of 1.32%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pleasanton
Pleasanton 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 Pleasanton.
Who works in Pleasanton, and how
Work in Pleasanton centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pleasanton
Pleasanton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Pleasanton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pleasanton, month by month
Pleasanton sees roughly 178 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 53° | 43° |
| April | 85° | 71° | 61° |
| July | 99° | 85° | 75° |
| October | 87° | 73° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Pleasanton
San Antonio International sits about 39 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 87 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pleasanton
Schools across Pleasanton average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jourdanton ElB− · 41% proficient
- Pleasanton ElC+ · 37% proficient
- Poteet IntC− · 26% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jourdanton J HB− · 40% proficient
- Pleasanton J HC+ · 38% proficient
- Julius L Matthey MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Jourdanton H SB+ · 58% proficient
- Pleasanton H SB+ · 54% proficient
- Southside H SD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pleasanton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pleasanton 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 Pleasanton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pleasanton
Is Pleasanton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pleasanton ranks 20,836th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on summer heat and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pleasanton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,749. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $69,747 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Pleasanton safe?
Pleasanton is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $473 per resident a year.
Compare Pleasanton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pleasanton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pleasanton 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.
Pleasanton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pleasanton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pleasanton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pleasanton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pleasanton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pleasanton 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
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