The Best California Cities to Live In

Two California cities have made the top 10 of Niche’s list of the Best Cities to Live In in 2022.

Niche took stock of cities’ affordability, education quality, walkability, and the local housing market.

The best city nationwide was Woodlands, Texas outside Houston. It was followed by Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Out of a total of 228 cities, 41 were California locales.

These were the top 10 cities to live in California:

1. Berkeley (ranked no. 8 in the U.S.)
2. Irvine (ranked no. 10 in the U.S.)
3. San Francisco (ranked no. 14 in the U.S)
4. Sunnyvale (ranked no. 16 in the U.S.)
5. Torrance (ranked no. 23 in the U.S.)
6. Santa Clara (ranked no. 24 in the U.S.)
7. Carlsbad (ranked no. 30 in the U.S.)
8. Pasadena (ranked no. 46 in the U.S.)
9. Thousand Oaks (ranked no. 51 in the U.S.)
10. San Diego (ranked no. 55 in the U.S.)

See the full list here.

List and data were compiled by Niche and do not reflect statistics on all cities.