Best PlacesTrestle Glen, Oakland, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Trestle Glen, Oakland, 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.
Trestle Glen, Oakland ranks 730th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Trestle Glen, Oakland
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.
Trestle Glen, Oakland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Trestle Glen, Oakland ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Household income$200,756 median, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
Where Trestle Glen, Oakland ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,082 a month, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 18% 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 Trestle Glen, Oakland
A household needs to earn about $399,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Trestle Glen, Oakland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $200,756, 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 Trestle Glen, Oakland's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Trestle Glen, Oakland
Trestle Glen, Oakland runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Trestle Glen, Oakland.
Who works in Trestle Glen, Oakland, and how
Work in Trestle Glen, Oakland centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 40%
- Work from home 45%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Trestle Glen, Oakland
The coast is about 16 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Trestle Glen, Oakland, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Trestle Glen, Oakland, month by month
Trestle Glen, Oakland sees roughly 220 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 74 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs March through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 49° |
| July | 74° | 63° | 56° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Trestle Glen, Oakland
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 6 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.5 million passengers in 2025, with 64 nonstop destinations.
Trestle Glen, Oakland 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 Trestle Glen, Oakland against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Trestle Glen, Oakland
Is Trestle Glen, Oakland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Trestle Glen, Oakland ranks 730th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on an educated workforce, high incomes, and what local pay buys, 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 Trestle Glen, Oakland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,530,537. The overall cost of living runs about 32% above the national average. Set against a $200,756 median income, cost of living beats 97% of neighborhoods.
Is Trestle Glen, Oakland safe?
Trestle Glen, Oakland is safer than 18% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $745 per resident a year.
Compare Trestle Glen, Oakland with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Trestle Glen, Oakland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Trestle Glen, Oakland 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.
Trestle Glen, Oakland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Trestle Glen, Oakland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Trestle Glen, Oakland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Trestle Glen, Oakland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Trestle Glen, Oakland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Trestle Glen, Oakland 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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