Best PlacesBoyle Heights, Los Angeles, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, 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.
Boyle Heights, Los Angeles ranks 4,934th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
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.
Boyle Heights, Los Angeles' strengths and weaknesses
Where Boyle Heights, Los Angeles ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 306 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Boyle Heights, Los Angeles ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
A household needs to earn about $174,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boyle Heights, Los Angeles home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $63,656, 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 Boyle Heights, Los Angeles' effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
Boyle Heights, Los Angeles runs younger than the country, 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 Boyle Heights, Los Angeles.
Who works in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, and how
Work in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
The coast is about 15 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, month by month
Boyle Heights, Los Angeles sees roughly 306 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 48. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 58° | 48° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 55° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 65° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
The nearest airport, Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Los Angeles International, about 13 miles away.
The best schools in and around Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
Schools across Boyle Heights, Los Angeles average a D+, better than 25% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Extera PublicC · 31% proficient
- Puente CharterC− · 30% proficient
- Extera Public School No. 2D · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Math Science & Technology Magnet Academy At Roosevelt HighA− · 60% proficient
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- Boyle Heights Sci Tech Engr And Math MagnetC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boyle Heights, Los Angeles school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boyle Heights, Los Angeles 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 Boyle Heights, Los Angeles against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Boyle Heights, Los Angeles suits
Common questions about living in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
Is Boyle Heights, Los Angeles a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles ranks 4,934th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, the weather, and low property taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boyle Heights, Los Angeles expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $682,872. The overall cost of living runs about 35% above the national average. Set against a $63,656 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Boyle Heights, Los Angeles safe?
Boyle Heights, Los Angeles is safer than 36% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $599 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 70 with lows near 48. That works out to about 306 pleasant days a year, more than 98% of neighborhoods.
Is Boyle Heights, Los Angeles good for families?
Schools beat 25% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 36%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Boyle Heights, Los Angeles with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles 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.
Boyle Heights, Los Angeles detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boyle Heights, Los Angeles: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boyle Heights, Los Angeles: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boyle Heights, Los Angeles 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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