Best PlacesCalabasas, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Calabasas, 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.
Calabasas ranks 532nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Calabasas
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.
Calabasas' strengths and weaknesses
Where Calabasas ranks high
- Household income$187,330 median, better than 99% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 233 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of cities
Where Calabasas ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Short commute33.9 minutes each way, better than only 8% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Calabasas
A household needs to earn about $400,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Calabasas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $187,330, 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 Calabasas' effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Calabasas
Calabasas runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Calabasas.
Who works in Calabasas, and how
Work in Calabasas centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Calabasas
Calabasas has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of cities and more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. The coast is about 16 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Calabasas and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Calabasas, month by month
Calabasas 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 Calabasas
Bob Hope sits about 18 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 Calabasas
Schools across Calabasas average a B+, better than 78% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Chaparral ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Round Meadow ElementaryA+ · 74% proficient
- Lupin Hill ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Arthur E. Wright MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Alice C. Stelle MiddleA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- Calabasas HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Calabasas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Calabasas 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 Calabasas against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Calabasas suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 77% of cities and 24% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 94% of cities, health care access beats 81%, and it is quieter than 84%.
Common questions about living in Calabasas
Is Calabasas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Calabasas ranks 532nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on high incomes, an educated workforce, and the weather, and lowest on internet speeds and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Calabasas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,553,650. The overall cost of living runs about 67% above the national average. Set against a $187,330 median income, cost of living beats 77% of cities.
Is Calabasas safe?
Calabasas is safer than 37% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $370 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Calabasas?
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 94% of cities.
Is Calabasas good for families?
Schools beat 78% of cities, crime safety beats 37%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Calabasas with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Calabasas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Calabasas 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.
Calabasas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Calabasas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Calabasas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Calabasas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Calabasas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Calabasas 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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