San Ramon, CA

Contra Costa County · Population 86,209 · Peer group: 50k-150k residents
Growth Score
54/100
54th percentile vs. 640 peers
High confidence
What this measures →
Climate Investment Score
37/100
Stands out: Earthquake & Inland flooding
High confidence
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Transparency Score
64/100
16th percentile vs. 629 peers
Medium confidence
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Community Investment Score
37/100
19th percentile vs. 638 peers
Medium confidence
What this measures →
Demographic Diversity Index
64/100
Largest group: 50%
Research data
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Sample profile

This is the level of detail data partners receive for every city: component breakdowns, peer percentiles and hazard shares. Other city pages show headline scores.

Climate Investment Score

18th percentile among 639 peers · completeness 100% · high confidence

Standout risks: Earthquake (7.2× typical), inland flooding (2.4× typical).

Hazard exposure
20
Hazard mitigation plan
100
Flood insurance program standing
72
FEMA mitigation projects secured
0
City resilience spending
41
  • FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plan (expires 2029-09-21)
  • In the National Flood Insurance Program, Community Rating System class 6 (1 is best)
  • No FEMA mitigation projects since 2016
Exposure by hazard
Earthquake
7.2× the typical US city; about $1,491 a year per $1M of property
Very high
Inland flooding
2.4× the typical US city; about $2,177 a year per $1M of property; 0.7% of homes in the FEMA 100-year flood zone
High
Wildfire
1.2× the typical US city; about $38 a year per $1M of property
Moderate

Little or no expected damage: landslide, tornado, strong wind, hail, lightning, winter weather, volcanic activity, coastal flooding, hurricane, tsunami, avalanche, ice storm.

Health risk, not in the score: FEMA values expected harm to residents per $1M of property at extreme heat about $83 a year (county-wide estimates).

Transparency Score

16th percentile among 629 peers · completeness 100% · medium confidence
Audit timeliness
0
Audit results
100
Financial reporting to the Census
84
Budget disclosure
87
Spending detail
100

Community Investment Score

19th percentile among 638 peers · completeness 70% · medium confidence
Investment intensity
61
Spending trend
6
Budget execution
not in this release
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Peer position
33
Funding stability
not in this release
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Demographic Diversity Index research

completeness 100% · high confidence
Research data. Descriptive only: not ranked, not a measure of quality. Display policy
Asian alone, not Hispanic
50%
White alone, not Hispanic
33%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)
8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic
6%
Black alone, not Hispanic
3%
Some other race alone, not Hispanic
1%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic
0%
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic
0%

Political lean descriptive

County voting pattern in the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections
What this shows
Descriptive only: how the county voted, not a rating of the city and not a measure of any resident's views. Not ranked. Not for use in housing, lending, insurance or employment decisions or advertising.
Deep blueDeep blueLeaning blueLeaning blueNeutralNeutralLeaning redLeaning redDeep redDeep redShift from 2020 to 2024
Deep blue
Trending red: 7.4 points toward Republicans from 2020 to 2024
Presidential vote margin: 2020 D+45.3 · 2024 D+37.9

County-level voting pattern: every city in a county shares its reading. Cities in more than one county are weighted by 2020 population.

About this profile

Scores compare San Ramon with 8,099 US cities; peer percentiles use the 50k-150k residents group.

Methodology 2027.3

As of 2026-11

Overall data completeness 94%

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