Best PlacesTocaloma, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tocaloma, 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.
Tocaloma ranks 30,249th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tocaloma
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.
Tocaloma's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tocaloma ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$135,353 median, better than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of towns
Where Tocaloma ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,211 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tocaloma
A household needs to earn about $355,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tocaloma home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $135,353, 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 Tocaloma's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 Tocaloma
Tocaloma 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 Tocaloma.
Who works in Tocaloma, and how
Work in Tocaloma centers on arts & entertainment and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Tocaloma
The coast is about 22 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Tocaloma, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tocaloma, month by month
Tocaloma sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 66° | 52° |
| October | 79° | 61° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Tocaloma
The nearest airport, Charles M Schulz/Sonoma County, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Francisco International, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tocaloma
Schools across Tocaloma average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- NicasioC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Marin ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Tamalpais HighA− · 64% proficient
- Tomales HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tocaloma school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tocaloma 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 Tocaloma against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tocaloma
Is Tocaloma a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tocaloma ranks 30,249th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, health care access, and high incomes, 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 Tocaloma expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,412,691. The overall cost of living runs about 63% above the national average. Set against a $135,353 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Tocaloma safe?
Tocaloma is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,149 per resident a year.
Compare Tocaloma with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tocaloma. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tocaloma 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.
Tocaloma detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tocaloma: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tocaloma: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tocaloma: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tocaloma: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tocaloma 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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