Best PlacesChatsworth, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chatsworth, 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.
Chatsworth ranks 892nd 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 Chatsworth
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.
Chatsworth's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chatsworth ranks high
- BikingBetter than 95% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 233 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 82% of cities
Where Chatsworth ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Chatsworth
A household needs to earn about $229,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chatsworth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $130,249, 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 Chatsworth's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Chatsworth
Chatsworth runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Chatsworth.
Who works in Chatsworth, and how
Work in Chatsworth centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Chatsworth
Chatsworth has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of cities and more parkland per resident than 89% of cities. The coast is about 22 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Chatsworth and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Chatsworth, month by month
Chatsworth 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 Chatsworth
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 Chatsworth
Schools across Chatsworth average a C, better than 32% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Vista ElementaryA · 69% proficient
- Our Community CharterB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Valley View MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- Chatsworth Charter HighB− · 43% proficient
- Simi Valley HighC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chatsworth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chatsworth 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 Chatsworth against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Chatsworth suits
Common questions about living in Chatsworth
Is Chatsworth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chatsworth ranks 892nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on biking, the weather, and big-city access, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chatsworth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $886,283. The overall cost of living runs about 36% above the national average. Set against a $130,249 median income, cost of living beats 51% of cities.
Is Chatsworth safe?
Chatsworth is safer than 41% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $353 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Chatsworth?
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 Chatsworth good for families?
Schools beat 32% of cities, crime safety beats 41%, and childcare runs $1,133 a month.
Compare Chatsworth with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chatsworth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chatsworth 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.
Chatsworth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chatsworth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chatsworth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chatsworth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chatsworth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chatsworth 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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