Best PlacesRedwood Village, Redwood City, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Redwood Village, Redwood City, 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.
Redwood Village, Redwood City ranks 3,094th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Redwood Village, Redwood City
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.
Redwood Village, Redwood City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Redwood Village, Redwood City ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 251 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Redwood Village, Redwood City ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,233 a month, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Redwood Village, Redwood City
A household needs to earn about $277,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Redwood Village, Redwood City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $105,511, 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 Redwood Village, Redwood City'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 and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Redwood Village, Redwood City
Redwood Village, Redwood City's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Redwood Village, Redwood City.
Who works in Redwood Village, Redwood City, and how
Work in Redwood Village, Redwood City centers on admin & support services and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Redwood Village, Redwood City
Redwood Village, Redwood City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 21 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Redwood Village, Redwood City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Redwood Village, Redwood City, month by month
Redwood Village, Redwood City sees roughly 251 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 77 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs April through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 51° | 45° |
| April | 68° | 58° | 50° |
| July | 77° | 66° | 58° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Redwood Village, Redwood City
San Francisco International sits about 13 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.5 million passengers in 2025, with 193 nonstop destinations.
Redwood Village, Redwood City 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 Redwood Village, Redwood City against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Redwood Village, Redwood City
Is Redwood Village, Redwood City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Redwood Village, Redwood City ranks 3,094th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on clean air, fast internet, and the weather, and lowest on childcare costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Redwood Village, Redwood City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,090,031. The overall cost of living runs about 60% above the national average. Set against a $105,511 median income, cost of living beats 27% of neighborhoods.
Is Redwood Village, Redwood City safe?
Redwood Village, Redwood City is safer than 19% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $770 per resident a year.
Compare Redwood Village, Redwood City with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Redwood Village, Redwood City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Redwood Village, Redwood City 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.
Redwood Village, Redwood City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Redwood Village, Redwood City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Redwood Village, Redwood City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Redwood Village, Redwood City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Redwood Village, Redwood City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Redwood Village, Redwood City 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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