West · California · pop 443K
Oakland, CA
Weak match
at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.
Personalize this score →After estimated taxes in CA, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,131 — covering estimated essentials here (about $2,083 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $270 left over.
Expect summer highs near 73°F, winter lows around 45°F, and about 261 sunny days a year.
Tradeoff: the local job market is softer than most on this list (5.2% unemployment).
The Oakland fit print
Est. monthly cost
$4,861/mo
Typical rent
$2,450/mo
Home value ÷ income
9.5×
Score breakdown
The data behind the score
Money (Census ACS · HUD)
- Median gross rent
- $1,950/mo
- HUD fair market rent (2BR)
- $2,450/mo
- Median home value
- $880,000
- Median household income
- $93,000
- Population
- 443,000
Work (BLS)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.2%
- Job growth (1yr)
- 0.5%
Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)
- Violent crime rate
- 1,200
- Property crime rate
- 4,900
Climate (NOAA normals)
- Avg. summer high
- 73°F
- Avg. winter low
- 45°F
- Sunny days / year
- 261
- Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
- ≈0/yr
- Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
- ≈3/yr
- Unhealthy air days
- ≈10/yr
- Annual rain
- 23"
- Annual snow
- 0"
Community & access (approx.)
- 2024 county margin
- D+55
- Int'l airport
- ≈6 mi
- Walkability
- 72/100
- Disaster risk
- 76/100
Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.
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