Best PlacesSan Lorenzo Park, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around San Lorenzo 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.
San Lorenzo Park ranks 23,009th 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 Lorenzo 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.
San Lorenzo Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where San Lorenzo Park ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 207 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$120,925 median, better than 93% of towns
Where San Lorenzo Park ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,702 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute41.5 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in San Lorenzo Park
A household needs to earn about $227,000 a year to comfortably buy the median San Lorenzo Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $120,925, 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 Lorenzo Park's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Lorenzo Park
San Lorenzo Park runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for San Lorenzo Park.
Who works in San Lorenzo Park, and how
Work in San Lorenzo Park centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in San Lorenzo Park
The coast is about 26 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across San Lorenzo Park, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in San Lorenzo Park, month by month
San Lorenzo Park sees roughly 207 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs March through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 51° | 44° |
| April | 70° | 58° | 49° |
| July | 76° | 66° | 59° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 54° |
Flying in and out of San Lorenzo Park
Norman Y Mineta San Jose International sits about 17 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 67 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around San Lorenzo Park
Schools across San Lorenzo Park average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Saratoga ElementaryA+ · 80% proficient
- Lakeside ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- John F. Kennedy MiddleA+ · 83% proficient
- Redwood MiddleA+ · 83% proficient
Top high schools
- Monta Vista HighA+ · 95% proficient
- Los Gatos HighA · 78% proficient
- Saratoga HighA · 71% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every San Lorenzo Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
San Lorenzo 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 San Lorenzo Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in San Lorenzo Park
Is San Lorenzo Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, San Lorenzo Park ranks 23,009th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and population health, and lowest on childcare costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is San Lorenzo Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $890,781. The overall cost of living runs about 29% above the national average. Set against a $120,925 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is San Lorenzo Park safe?
San Lorenzo Park is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $624 per resident a year.
Compare San Lorenzo Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to San Lorenzo Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in San Lorenzo 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.
San Lorenzo Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for San Lorenzo Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in San Lorenzo Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of San Lorenzo Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in San Lorenzo Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
San Lorenzo 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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