Best PlacesSan Leandro, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around San Leandro, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
San Leandro ranks 1,074th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in San Leandro
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.
The best areas in San Leandro
The parts of San Leandro, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Bay-O-Vista & Chabot Park
Marina Faire & Heron Bay
Estudillo Estates-Glen & Broadmoor District
Washington Manor-Bonaire
Sobrante Park, Farrelly Pond District & North Stonehurst
Davis Tract, Mullford Gardens & Laqua Manor
Old San Leandro
Lower Bal, Upper Bal & Assumption Parish
Floresta Gardens-Bradrick
San Leandro shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 14% of the country and others in the top 6%. Pick the area first, then the home.
San Leandro's strengths and weaknesses
Where San Leandro ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of cities
- BikingBetter than 97% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 239 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of cities
Where San Leandro ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,082 a month, better than only 2% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 3% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in San Leandro
A household needs to earn about $214,000 a year to comfortably buy the median San Leandro home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $112,096, 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 Leandro'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 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 Leandro
San Leandro 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 Leandro.
Who works in San Leandro, and how
Work in San Leandro centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in San Leandro
San Leandro has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of cities and more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. The coast is about 24 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of San Leandro and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in San Leandro, month by month
San Leandro sees roughly 239 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 75 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs March through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 52° | 46° |
| April | 67° | 58° | 51° |
| July | 75° | 65° | 58° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of San Leandro
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 4 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.5 million passengers in 2025, with 64 nonstop destinations.
San Leandro 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 Leandro against the other 2,097 cities.
Who San Leandro suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 16% already work from home.
Common questions about living in San Leandro
Is San Leandro a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, San Leandro ranks 1,074th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on fast internet, biking, and the weather, 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 San Leandro expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $823,866. The overall cost of living runs about 29% above the national average. Set against a $112,096 median income, cost of living beats 37% of cities.
Is San Leandro safe?
San Leandro is safer than 9% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $530 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in San Leandro?
July highs average about 75 degrees, and January highs near 60 with lows near 46. That works out to about 239 pleasant days a year, more than 94% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in San Leandro?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Bay-O-Vista & Chabot Park, Marina Faire & Heron Bay, and Estudillo Estates-Glen & Broadmoor District. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare San Leandro with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to San Leandro. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in San Leandro 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 Leandro detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for San Leandro: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in San Leandro: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of San Leandro: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in San Leandro: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
San Leandro 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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