Best PlacesTres Pinos, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tres Pinos, 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.
Tres Pinos ranks 20,643rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tres Pinos
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.
Tres Pinos' strengths and weaknesses
Where Tres Pinos ranks high
- Household income$154,168 median, better than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 175 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
Where Tres Pinos ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute41.4 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,400 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tres Pinos
A household needs to earn about $270,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tres Pinos home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $154,168, 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 Tres Pinos' effective rate of 0.76%, 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 Tres Pinos
Tres Pinos 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 Tres Pinos.
Who works in Tres Pinos, and how
Work in Tres Pinos centers on construction and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Tres Pinos
The coast is about 47 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Tres Pinos, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tres Pinos, month by month
Tres Pinos sees roughly 175 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 71° | 56° | 45° |
| July | 83° | 66° | 54° |
| October | 80° | 61° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Tres Pinos
The nearest airport, Monterey Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tres Pinos
Schools across Tres Pinos average a B−, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Willow Grove ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Cienega ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- Tres Pinos ElementaryD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tres Pinos school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tres Pinos 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 Tres Pinos against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tres Pinos
Is Tres Pinos a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tres Pinos ranks 20,643rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, the weather, and quiet, and lowest on disaster risk and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tres Pinos expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,040,286. The overall cost of living runs about 30% above the national average. Set against a $154,168 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Tres Pinos safe?
Tres Pinos is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $498 per resident a year.
Compare Tres Pinos with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tres Pinos. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tres Pinos 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.
Tres Pinos detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tres Pinos: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tres Pinos: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tres Pinos: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tres Pinos: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tres Pinos 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.
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