Best PlacesRodeo, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rodeo, 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.
Rodeo ranks 23,258th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rodeo
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.
Rodeo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rodeo ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 175 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
Where Rodeo ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,942 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute37.5 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rodeo
A household needs to earn about $186,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rodeo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $114,184, 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 Rodeo's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Rodeo
Rodeo runs older 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 Rodeo.
Who works in Rodeo, and how
Work in Rodeo centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Rodeo
The coast is about 26 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Rodeo, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rodeo, month by month
Rodeo sees roughly 175 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs March through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 51° | 41° |
| April | 75° | 60° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 72° | 58° |
| October | 82° | 65° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Rodeo
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 21 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.5 million passengers in 2025, with 64 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rodeo
Schools across Rodeo average a C−, better than 31% of towns.
Top high schools
- Middle College HighA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rodeo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rodeo 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 Rodeo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rodeo
Is Rodeo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rodeo ranks 23,258th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, the weather, and transit, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rodeo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $702,372. The overall cost of living runs about 25% above the national average. Set against a $114,184 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Rodeo safe?
Rodeo is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $535 per resident a year.
Compare Rodeo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rodeo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rodeo 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.
Rodeo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rodeo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rodeo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rodeo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rodeo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rodeo 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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