Best PlacesSharp Park, Pacifica, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sharp Park, Pacifica, 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.
Sharp Park, Pacifica ranks 609th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sharp Park, Pacifica
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.
Sharp Park, Pacifica's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sharp Park, Pacifica ranks high
- Household income$155,337 median, better than 92% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 231 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA−, better than 87% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Sharp Park, Pacifica ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,233 a month, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Sharp Park, Pacifica
A household needs to earn about $317,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sharp Park, Pacifica home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $155,337, 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 Sharp Park, Pacifica's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Sharp Park, Pacifica
Sharp Park, Pacifica 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 Sharp Park, Pacifica.
Who works in Sharp Park, Pacifica, and how
Work in Sharp Park, Pacifica centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Sharp Park, Pacifica
Sharp Park, Pacifica has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 0 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Sharp Park, Pacifica and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sharp Park, Pacifica, month by month
Sharp Park, Pacifica sees roughly 231 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 74 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs April through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 53° | 46° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 49° |
| July | 74° | 62° | 56° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Sharp Park, Pacifica
San Francisco International sits about 6 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.5 million passengers in 2025, with 193 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Sharp Park, Pacifica
Schools across Sharp Park, Pacifica average an A−, better than 87% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Ortega ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ingrid B. Lacy MiddleA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Oceana HighA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sharp Park, Pacifica school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sharp Park, Pacifica 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 Sharp Park, Pacifica against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Sharp Park, Pacifica
Is Sharp Park, Pacifica a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sharp Park, Pacifica ranks 609th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on high incomes, the weather, and good schools, 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 Sharp Park, Pacifica expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,227,254. The overall cost of living runs about 49% above the national average. Set against a $155,337 median income, cost of living beats 78% of neighborhoods.
Is Sharp Park, Pacifica safe?
Sharp Park, Pacifica is safer than 46% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $491 per resident a year.
Compare Sharp Park, Pacifica with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sharp Park, Pacifica. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sharp Park, Pacifica 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.
Sharp Park, Pacifica detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sharp Park, Pacifica: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sharp Park, Pacifica: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sharp Park, Pacifica: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sharp Park, Pacifica: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sharp Park, Pacifica 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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