Best PlacesUpper Bal, San Leandro, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Upper Bal, San Leandro, 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.
Upper Bal, San Leandro ranks 2,771st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Upper Bal, San Leandro
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.
Upper Bal, San Leandro's strengths and weaknesses
Where Upper Bal, San Leandro ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 251 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
Where Upper Bal, San Leandro ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,082 a month, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Upper Bal, San Leandro
A household needs to earn about $192,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Upper Bal, San Leandro home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $102,443, 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 Upper Bal, San Leandro's 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 Upper Bal, San Leandro
Upper Bal, San Leandro runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Upper Bal, San Leandro.
Who works in Upper Bal, San Leandro, and how
Work in Upper Bal, San Leandro centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Upper Bal, San Leandro
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Upper Bal, San Leandro, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Upper Bal, San Leandro, month by month
Upper Bal, San Leandro sees roughly 251 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 75 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs March through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 52° | 46° |
| April | 67° | 58° | 51° |
| July | 75° | 65° | 58° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Upper Bal, San Leandro
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 5 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.5 million passengers in 2025, with 64 nonstop destinations.
Upper Bal, San Leandro 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 Upper Bal, San Leandro against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Upper Bal, San Leandro
Is Upper Bal, San Leandro a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Upper Bal, San Leandro ranks 2,771st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, the weather, and cell coverage, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Upper Bal, San Leandro expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $740,609. The overall cost of living runs about 28% above the national average. Set against a $102,443 median income, cost of living beats 45% of neighborhoods.
Is Upper Bal, San Leandro safe?
Upper Bal, San Leandro is safer than 45% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $506 per resident a year.
Compare Upper Bal, San Leandro with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Upper Bal, San Leandro. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Upper Bal, San Leandro 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.
Upper Bal, San Leandro detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Upper Bal, San Leandro: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Upper Bal, San Leandro: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Upper Bal, San Leandro: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Upper Bal, San Leandro: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Upper Bal, San Leandro 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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