Best PlacesStewarts Point, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stewarts Point, 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.
Stewarts Point ranks 36,277th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Stewarts Point
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.
Stewarts Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stewarts Point ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
Where Stewarts Point ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stewarts Point
A household needs to earn about $204,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stewarts Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $74,498, 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 Stewarts Point's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 Stewarts Point
Stewarts Point 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 Stewarts Point.
Who works in Stewarts Point, and how
Work in Stewarts Point centers on professional & technical and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Stewarts Point
The coast is about 14 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Stewarts Point, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Stewarts Point, month by month
Stewarts Point sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 63 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs July through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 51° | 46° |
| April | 57° | 51° | 47° |
| July | 63° | 55° | 51° |
| October | 63° | 55° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Stewarts Point
The nearest airport, Charles M Schulz/Sonoma County, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Francisco Bay Oakland International, about 89 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stewarts Point
Schools across Stewarts Point average a C−, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kashia ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Healdsburg HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Cloverdale HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stewarts Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stewarts Point 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 Stewarts Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stewarts Point
Is Stewarts Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stewarts Point ranks 36,277th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, an educated workforce, and clean air, and lowest on cell coverage and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stewarts Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $807,996. The overall cost of living runs about 38% above the national average. Set against a $74,498 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Stewarts Point safe?
Stewarts Point is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $521 per resident a year.
Compare Stewarts Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stewarts Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stewarts Point 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.
Stewarts Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stewarts Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stewarts Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stewarts Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stewarts Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stewarts Point 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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