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Montara is a small town of 2,917 people in San Mateo County, California. It's about 32 miles from San Francisco, CA. Summer highs average 69°F and winter highs 58°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.6M and rent runs about $3k a month.
2,917people
$1.6MTypical home
$3,032/moRent
69° / 58°Summer / winter
0"Snow
270Sunny days
76Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,917
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 752 people per sq mi
- 32 mi to San Francisco, CA
- 32 mi to San Francisco, CA
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.6M (≈$9,968/mo)
- Median rent $3,032/mo
- Median household income $234k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 69°F
- Winter highs around 58°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 270 sunny days a year (95 totally clear)
- 95 cloudy days a year
- 34 of 90 winter days are gray
- 76 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Low violent crime (223 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,369 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 51
- 27% of households have kids
- 30% are 65 or older
- 65% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 10% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 8 mi to SFO airport
- 8 mi to SFO (major hub)
- 21 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1975
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 351 ft
- Right on the coast
- 149 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 145 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 39 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,529 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 542 bars within 25 mi
- 1,224 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 57 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 124 museums within 25 mi
- 46 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 8 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 33% of California districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 7 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 9 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- San Mateo County: D+50 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk