Best PlacesDel Aire, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Del Aire, 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.
Del Aire ranks 6,800th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Del Aire
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.
Del Aire's strengths and weaknesses
Where Del Aire ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 338 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
Where Del Aire ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Del Aire
A household needs to earn about $243,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Del Aire home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $131,553, 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 Del Aire's effective rate of 0.75%, 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 Del Aire
Del Aire's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Del Aire.
Who works in Del Aire, and how
Work in Del Aire centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Del Aire
The coast is about 4 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Del Aire, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Del Aire, month by month
Del Aire sees roughly 338 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 48. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 57° | 48° |
| April | 70° | 61° | 54° |
| July | 76° | 69° | 64° |
| October | 78° | 67° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Del Aire
The nearest airport, Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Los Angeles International, about 3 miles away.
The best schools in and around Del Aire
Schools across Del Aire average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Billy Mitchell ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Lawndale HighD · 23% proficient
- Hawthorne HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Del Aire school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Del Aire 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 Del Aire against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Del Aire
Is Del Aire a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Del Aire ranks 6,800th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on air quality and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Del Aire expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $934,155. The overall cost of living runs about 43% above the national average. Set against a $131,553 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Del Aire safe?
Del Aire is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $370 per resident a year.
Compare Del Aire with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Del Aire. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Del Aire 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.
Del Aire detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Del Aire: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Del Aire: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Del Aire: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Del Aire: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Del Aire 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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