Best PlacesBixby Knolls, Long Beach, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bixby Knolls, Long Beach, 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.
Bixby Knolls, Long Beach ranks 195th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bixby Knolls, Long Beach
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.
Bixby Knolls, Long Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bixby Knolls, Long Beach ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 301 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Household income$172,659 median, better than 95% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA−, better than 94% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where Bixby Knolls, Long Beach ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Short commute33.2 minutes each way, better than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Bixby Knolls, Long Beach
A household needs to earn about $312,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bixby Knolls, Long Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $172,659, 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 Bixby Knolls, Long Beach's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Bixby Knolls, Long Beach
Bixby Knolls, Long Beach runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bixby Knolls, Long Beach.
Who works in Bixby Knolls, Long Beach, and how
Work in Bixby Knolls, Long Beach centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bixby Knolls, Long Beach
Bixby Knolls, Long Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 7 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Bixby Knolls, Long Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bixby Knolls, Long Beach, month by month
Bixby Knolls, Long Beach sees roughly 301 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 47. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 57° | 47° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 54° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 65° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Bixby Knolls, Long Beach
The nearest airport, Long Beach (Daugherty Field), is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Los Angeles International, about 15 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bixby Knolls, Long Beach
Schools across Bixby Knolls, Long Beach average an A−, better than 94% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Longfellow ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Helen Keller MiddleA · 60% proficient
- Hughes MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Eunice Sato Academy Of Math & ScienceA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bixby Knolls, Long Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bixby Knolls, Long Beach 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 Bixby Knolls, Long Beach against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Bixby Knolls, Long Beach
Is Bixby Knolls, Long Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bixby Knolls, Long Beach ranks 195th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and high incomes, and lowest on air quality and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bixby Knolls, Long Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,195,364. The overall cost of living runs about 40% above the national average. Set against a $172,659 median income, cost of living beats 86% of neighborhoods.
Is Bixby Knolls, Long Beach safe?
Bixby Knolls, Long Beach is safer than 38% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $570 per resident a year.
Compare Bixby Knolls, Long Beach with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bixby Knolls, Long Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bixby Knolls, Long Beach 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.
Bixby Knolls, Long Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bixby Knolls, Long Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bixby Knolls, Long Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bixby Knolls, Long Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bixby Knolls, Long Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bixby Knolls, Long Beach 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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