Best PlacesAgoura Hills, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Agoura Hills, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Agoura Hills ranks 1,701st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Agoura Hills
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Agoura Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Agoura Hills ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 233 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Household income$183,572 median, better than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
Where Agoura Hills ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Agoura Hills
A household needs to earn about $302,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Agoura Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $183,572, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Agoura Hills' effective rate of 0.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Agoura Hills
Agoura Hills runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Agoura Hills.
Who works in Agoura Hills, and how
Work in Agoura Hills centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Agoura Hills
Agoura Hills has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns and more parkland per resident than 81% of towns. The coast is about 18 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Agoura Hills and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Agoura Hills, month by month
Agoura Hills sees roughly 233 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs October through June.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 57° | 46° |
| April | 79° | 64° | 52° |
| July | 95° | 78° | 65° |
| October | 88° | 71° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Agoura Hills
Bob Hope sits about 23 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.1 million passengers in 2025, with 54 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Agoura Hills
Schools across Agoura Hills average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Willow ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- White Oak ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Yerba Buena ElementaryA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Arthur E. Wright MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Lindero Canyon MiddleA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Agoura HighA · 68% proficient
- Calabasas HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Agoura Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Agoura Hills measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Agoura Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Agoura Hills suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 94% of towns and 29% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 100% of towns and health care access beats 82%.
Common questions about living in Agoura Hills
Is Agoura Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Agoura Hills ranks 1,701st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, high incomes, and biking, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Agoura Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,173,552. The overall cost of living runs about 47% above the national average. Set against a $183,572 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Agoura Hills safe?
Agoura Hills is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $350 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Agoura Hills?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 70 with lows near 46. That works out to about 233 pleasant days a year, more than 100% of towns.
Is Agoura Hills good for families?
Schools beat 89% of towns, crime safety beats 42%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Agoura Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Agoura Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Agoura Hills represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Agoura Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Agoura Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Agoura Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Agoura Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Agoura Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Agoura Hills detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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