Best PlacesEast Rancho Dominguez, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Rancho Dominguez, 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.
East Rancho Dominguez ranks 34,421st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in East Rancho Dominguez
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.
East Rancho Dominguez's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Rancho Dominguez ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 303 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
Where East Rancho Dominguez ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Rancho Dominguez
A household needs to earn about $149,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Rancho Dominguez home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $79,985, 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 East Rancho Dominguez's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 East Rancho Dominguez
East Rancho Dominguez 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 East Rancho Dominguez.
Who works in East Rancho Dominguez, and how
Work in East Rancho Dominguez centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in East Rancho Dominguez
East Rancho Dominguez has more restaurants and bars per resident than 65% of towns. The coast is about 9 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of East Rancho Dominguez and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Rancho Dominguez, month by month
East Rancho Dominguez sees roughly 303 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 47. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 57° | 47° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 54° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 65° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 60° |
Flying in and out of East Rancho Dominguez
The nearest airport, Long Beach (Daugherty Field), is about 6 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 East Rancho Dominguez
Schools across East Rancho Dominguez average a C, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Janie P. Abbott ElementaryD · 19% proficient
- King ElementaryD · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Marco Antonio Firebaugh HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Lynwood HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Rancho Dominguez school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Rancho Dominguez 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 East Rancho Dominguez against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Rancho Dominguez
Is East Rancho Dominguez a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Rancho Dominguez ranks 34,421st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, the weather, and walkability, and lowest on education levels and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Rancho Dominguez expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $576,044. The overall cost of living runs about 32% above the national average. Set against a $79,985 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is East Rancho Dominguez safe?
East Rancho Dominguez is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $559 per resident a year.
Compare East Rancho Dominguez with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Rancho Dominguez. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Rancho Dominguez 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.
East Rancho Dominguez detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Rancho Dominguez: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Rancho Dominguez: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Rancho Dominguez: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Rancho Dominguez: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Rancho Dominguez 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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