Best PlacesAlondra Park, Lawndale, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Alondra Park, Lawndale, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Alondra Park, Lawndale ranks 3,195th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Alondra Park, Lawndale
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.
Alondra Park, Lawndale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Alondra Park, Lawndale ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 334 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
Where Alondra Park, Lawndale ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Alondra Park, Lawndale
A household needs to earn about $207,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Alondra Park, Lawndale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $97,905, 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 Alondra Park, Lawndale's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Alondra Park, Lawndale
Alondra Park, Lawndale's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Alondra Park, Lawndale.
Who works in Alondra Park, Lawndale, and how
Work in Alondra Park, Lawndale centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Alondra Park, Lawndale
The coast is about 6 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Alondra Park, Lawndale, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Alondra Park, Lawndale, month by month
Alondra Park, Lawndale sees roughly 334 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 49. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 58° | 49° |
| April | 72° | 62° | 55° |
| July | 79° | 71° | 65° |
| October | 80° | 68° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Alondra Park, Lawndale
The nearest airport, Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Los Angeles International, about 5 miles away.
The best schools in and around Alondra Park, Lawndale
Schools across Alondra Park, Lawndale average a D+, better than 25% of neighborhoods.
Top high schools
- Lawndale HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Alondra Park, Lawndale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Alondra Park, Lawndale 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 Alondra Park, Lawndale against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Alondra Park, Lawndale
Is Alondra Park, Lawndale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Alondra Park, Lawndale ranks 3,195th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and low property taxes, and lowest on cell coverage and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Alondra Park, Lawndale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $810,466. The overall cost of living runs about 34% above the national average. Set against a $97,905 median income, cost of living beats 38% of neighborhoods.
Is Alondra Park, Lawndale safe?
Alondra Park, Lawndale is safer than 53% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $463 per resident a year.
Compare Alondra Park, Lawndale with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Alondra Park, Lawndale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Alondra Park, Lawndale 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.
Alondra Park, Lawndale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Alondra Park, Lawndale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Alondra Park, Lawndale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Alondra Park, Lawndale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Alondra Park, Lawndale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Alondra Park, Lawndale 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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