Best PlacesRohnert Park, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rohnert Park, 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.
Rohnert Park ranks 921st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rohnert Park
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.
Rohnert Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rohnert Park ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 160 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of cities
Where Rohnert Park ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 20% of cities
- School gradeC−, better than only 21% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 22% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Rohnert Park
A household needs to earn about $163,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rohnert Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $102,665, 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 Rohnert Park's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rohnert Park
Rohnert Park runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rohnert Park.
Who works in Rohnert Park, and how
Work in Rohnert Park centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Rohnert Park
Rohnert Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of cities and more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. The coast is about 36 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Rohnert Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rohnert Park, month by month
Rohnert Park sees roughly 160 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 48° | 41° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 81° | 63° | 52° |
| October | 76° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Rohnert Park
The nearest airport, Charles M Schulz/Sonoma County, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Francisco Bay Oakland International, about 50 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rohnert Park
Schools across Rohnert Park average a C−, better than 21% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Evergreen ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Technology MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Technology HighA · 73% proficient
- Credo HighA− · 67% proficient
- Rancho Cotate HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rohnert Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rohnert Park 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 Rohnert Park against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Rohnert Park suits
Families
Schools land around the 21st percentile and crime safety beats 64%.
Common questions about living in Rohnert Park
Is Rohnert Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rohnert Park ranks 921st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on biking, clean air, and the weather, and lowest on disaster risk and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rohnert Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $627,839. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $102,665 median income, cost of living beats 38% of cities.
Is Rohnert Park safe?
Yes, Rohnert Park is safer than 64% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $298 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Rohnert Park?
July highs average about 81 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 41. That works out to about 160 pleasant days a year, more than 85% of cities.
Is Rohnert Park good for families?
Schools beat 21% of cities, crime safety beats 64%, and childcare runs $1,041 a month.
Compare Rohnert Park with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rohnert Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rohnert Park 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.
Rohnert Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rohnert Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rohnert Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rohnert Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rohnert Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rohnert Park 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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