Best PlacesCanoga Park, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Canoga Park, 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.
Canoga Park ranks 1,448th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Canoga Park
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.
Canoga Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Canoga Park ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of cities
- TransitBetter than 95% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 237 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of cities
Where Canoga Park ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Canoga Park
A household needs to earn about $176,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Canoga Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $92,648, 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 Canoga Park's 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 Canoga Park
Canoga Park runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Canoga Park.
Who works in Canoga Park, and how
Work in Canoga Park centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Canoga Park
Canoga Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of cities and more parkland per resident than 74% of cities. The coast is about 17 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Canoga Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Canoga Park, month by month
Canoga Park sees roughly 237 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 Canoga Park
Bob Hope sits about 14 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 Canoga Park
Schools across Canoga Park average a C, better than 30% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Vista ElementaryA · 69% proficient
Top middle schools
- Alice C. Stelle MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Valley View MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- Calabasas HighB− · 45% proficient
- Simi Valley HighC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Canoga Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Canoga Park 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 Canoga Park against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Canoga Park suits
Common questions about living in Canoga Park
Is Canoga Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Canoga Park ranks 1,448th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on biking, walkability, and transit, and lowest on air quality and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Canoga Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $682,948. The overall cost of living runs about 36% above the national average. Set against a $92,648 median income, cost of living beats 9% of cities.
Is Canoga Park safe?
Canoga Park is safer than 24% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $419 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Canoga Park?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 70 with lows near 46. That works out to about 237 pleasant days a year, more than 94% of cities.
Is Canoga Park good for families?
Schools beat 30% of cities, crime safety beats 24%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Canoga Park with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Canoga Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Canoga Park 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.
Canoga Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Canoga Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Canoga Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Canoga Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Canoga Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Canoga Park 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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