Baywood ParkCA
With 1,580 residents, it is a town in California.
Is Baywood Park a good place to live?
The best of Baywood Park’s subject grades are an A+ for incomes and health and an A for schools; the weakest is a D for cost of living. 33% of residents are 65 or older in Baywood Park, above both California’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (18%). Only 3 of California’s 1,056 towns score higher on incomes. 11% of the land in Baywood Park is conserved, above both the California town median (4.3%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Baywood Park has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How Baywood Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Baywood Park is from typical.
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What makes Baywood Park stand out
Where Baywood Park beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Baywood Park | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.1% | 10.6% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Odyssey School | 6–8 | 50 |
99% of working residents leave Baywood Park for work
Where Baywood Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Baywood Park.
Baywood Park stands out in California and nationally, with fewer of its adults who sleep under 7 hours
6.3% of adults worry about having enough food in Baywood Park. Of 32 CDC measures, Baywood Park beats the California average on 23 and trails it on 2.
| Baywood Park | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 29% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 35% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Baywood Park | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.1% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.2% | 14.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Baywood Park’s public schools outperform 86% of California districts
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odyssey School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 50 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Fewer of Baywood Park’s residents live below the poverty line than in the typical California or U.S. town
The typical household income for Baywood Park comes to $217,000. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (16%), San Mateo (9%) and San Jose (6%).
| Baywood Park | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $217,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a high hazard risk in Baywood Park: earthquakes
Just over four fifths of Baywood Park’s expected losses from natural hazards come from earthquakes, followed by inland flooding at 17%. On expected storm and flood damage, Baywood Park sits above 78% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Baywood Park, expect mild winters and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 77°, January nights drop to 41° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
10.9% of Baywood Park is conserved land
Baywood Park has one park or preserve, 6 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. San Francisco Peninsula Watershed | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Baywood Park sells for about $2.73M at the median
The typical rent in Baywood Park is $3,501 a month. For households here, the share who are owner-occupiers is 90%.
| Baywood Park | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $3,501 a month | $1,896 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 90% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Baywood Park
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and 223 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Baywood Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi MuseumAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaChase Center
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaLevi's Stadium
Big draw17 mi MuseumUSS Hornet
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaOracle Park
Big draw20 mi GardenPresidio of San FranciscoPhoto credits
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary: druchoy, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chase Center: Gregory Varnum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Levi's Stadium: Matthew Roth, CC BY-SA 2.0 · USS Hornet: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0 · 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 Baywood Park: who provides what
Baywood Park is unincorporated, so San Mateo 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.
Colleges nearby
11 within 15 miles of the center of Baywood Park
About 4 of every 100 Baywood Park residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Baywood Park
Unincorporated community Census-designated place in California, United States
Baywood Park is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in San Mateo County, California, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 1,693.
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Baywood Park’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Baywood Park.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baywood Park | — | — | D | — | A | A+ |
| San Mateo | #141 | B | D− | C | A | A |
| Hillsborough | #29 | A− | D− | B+ | A+ | A+ |
| Highlands | — | — | D | — | A | A+ |
Baywood Park and Highlands have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Baywood Park and Highlands report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Baywood Park with a neighbor →
Questions about Baywood Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Baywood Park, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $2,000,000, 163% above the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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