Best PlacesSan Gregorio, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around San Gregorio, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
San Gregorio ranks 6,864th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in San Gregorio
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 Gregorio's strengths and weaknesses
Where San Gregorio ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 224 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Household income$222,881 median, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
Where San Gregorio ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,233 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in San Gregorio
A household needs to earn about $433,000 a year to comfortably buy the median San Gregorio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $222,881, 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 Gregorio's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Gregorio
San Gregorio 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 San Gregorio.
Who works in San Gregorio, and how
Work in San Gregorio centers on agriculture & forestry and information. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in San Gregorio
The coast is about 7 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across San Gregorio, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in San Gregorio, month by month
San Gregorio sees roughly 224 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 San Gregorio
San Francisco International sits about 20 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.5 million passengers in 2025, with 193 nonstop destinations.
San Gregorio 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 Gregorio against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in San Gregorio
Is San Gregorio a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, San Gregorio ranks 6,864th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, high incomes, and big-city access, and lowest on childcare costs and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is San Gregorio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,703,277. The overall cost of living runs about 66% above the national average. Set against a $222,881 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is San Gregorio safe?
San Gregorio is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $794 per resident a year.
Compare San Gregorio with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to San Gregorio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in San Gregorio 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 Gregorio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for San Gregorio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in San Gregorio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of San Gregorio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in San Gregorio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
San Gregorio 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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