Best PlacesSan Andreas, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around San Andreas, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
San Andreas ranks 37,078th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in San Andreas
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.
San Andreas' strengths and weaknesses
Where San Andreas ranks high
- TransitBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
Where San Andreas ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in San Andreas
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median San Andreas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $67,176, 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 San Andreas' effective rate of 0.69%, 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 San Andreas
San Andreas runs older 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 San Andreas.
Who works in San Andreas, and how
Work in San Andreas 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 76%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in San Andreas
San Andreas has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of San Andreas and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in San Andreas, month by month
San Andreas sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 97° | 80° | 61° |
| October | 79° | 63° | 49° |
Flying in and out of San Andreas
The nearest airport, Stockton Metro, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around San Andreas
Schools across San Andreas average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mokelumne Hill ElementaryD · 20% proficient
- San Andreas ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Toyon MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Calaveras HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Gold Strike HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every San Andreas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
San Andreas 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 San Andreas against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in San Andreas
Is San Andreas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, San Andreas ranks 37,078th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, a strong job market, and cell coverage, and lowest on summer heat and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is San Andreas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $397,520. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $67,176 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is San Andreas safe?
San Andreas is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $468 per resident a year.
Compare San Andreas with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to San Andreas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in San Andreas 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.
San Andreas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for San Andreas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in San Andreas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of San Andreas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in San Andreas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
San Andreas 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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