BayviewContra Costa County, CA
A town of 2,751.
Is Bayview a good place to live?
Bayview's standout: 33% of its land is conserved. Overall it grades B−, 232nd among California's 841 graded towns. The median household earns $163K and it is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 89% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Bayview’s median rent is $2,784 a month, above both the California town median ($1,895 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). On cost of living, just 103 of California’s 1,058 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is San Pablo Bay Regional Shoreline, at 87 acres.
What makes Bayview stand out
Where Bayview beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
100% of working residents leave Bayview for work
Where Bayview’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Bayview grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Bayview is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and 193 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bayview. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi MuseumAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Big draw16 mi MuseumUSS Hornet
Big draw15 mi LandmarkLombard Street
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaChase Center
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaOracle Park
Big draw16 mi GardenPresidio of San FranciscoPhoto credits
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary: druchoy, CC BY-SA 2.0 · USS Hornet: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0 · Lombard Street: The original uploader was Y6y6y6 at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Chase Center: Gregory Varnum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oracle Park: User Coasttocoast on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Presidio of San Francisco: Robert Campbell, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Bayview: who provides what
Bayview is unincorporated, so Contra Costa County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bayview.
Bayview keeps more of its land conserved than most of California, has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to San Francisco and beyond.
Nearly a third of Bayview is conserved land
Its 81 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 94% of California towns.
1.3 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Bayview is 3.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pinole Shores Park | 0.7 mi | 16 |
| 2. San Pablo Bay Regional Shoreline | 0.5 mi | 87 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Earthquakes leads a very high hazard risk in Bayview
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Bayview stands out in California and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
Bayview has 25 jobs for its 710 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Of the 847 California towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Bayview. Bayview’s average trip to work is 30 minutes. The top destinations are San Francisco (18%), Richmond (11%) and Oakland (10%).
| Bayview | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $163,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.1% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and pleasant summers in Bayview
January nights average 42.8°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 75.3°.
Bayview has warm winters and cool summers, with very little rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Bayview | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 75°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 43°F | 40°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Bayview is less healthy than 56% of U.S. towns
Against the 2,011 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bayview’s, it is less healthy than 99%, so it trails even them.
Bayview beats the California average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 13% of adults binge drink in Bayview.
| Bayview | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 24% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Bayview | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 63.2% | 57.5% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 75.9% | 71.3% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.2% | 3.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Bayview
Colleges nearby
22 within 15 miles of the center of Bayview
College town 15 of every 100 Bayview residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Bayview
Census-designated place in California, United States
Bayview is a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States. Bayview sits at an elevation of 36 feet (11 m). The 2020 United States census reported Bayview's population as 1,782. Prior to 2010, Bayview was part of the Bayview-Montalvin CDP and then separated into the two individual communities of Bayview and Montalvin Manor for the census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 36 ft
- Area code
- 510
Bayview’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Bayview.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Tara Hills (C+) comes closest.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayview | #232 | B− | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Pinole | #411 | C | D | C− | C+ | B+ |
| Montalvin Manor | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Richmond | #605 | D | C− | D | C+ | C+ |
| Tara Hills | #295 | C+ | C− | — | C+ | B+ |
Montalvin Manor has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Bayview, Montalvin Manor and Tara Hills report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bayview with a neighbor →
Questions about Bayview
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bayview, CA a good place to live?
Bayview grades B− overall, better than 46% of U.S. towns and #232 of 841 in California. It grades C+ for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Bayview, CA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.