Berkeley
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Outdoors in Berkeley
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1890
The Doe Library, University of California. Berkeley, 1890
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About Berkeley
City in California, United StatesBerkeley ( BURK-lee) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Anglo-Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington to the north. Its eastern border with Contra Costa County generally follows the ridge of the Berkeley Hills. The 2020 census recorded a population of 124,321. Berkeley is home to the oldest campus in the University of California, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which is managed and operated by the…
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How Berkeley ranks
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Housing in Berkeley
The typical Berkeley home is worth about $1,445,000, up 6.9% in a year, 89% above the California typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Berkeley
Safety Grade D-
Berkeley reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 97% report less.
Health in Berkeley
Compared with California
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 8 are too close to call.
What stands out
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Schools in Berkeley
All Berkeley schools →School Grade A+
The public schools Berkeley’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 96% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CA. Ratings are from neighbors.
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