Best PlacesEl Dorado Park, Long Beach, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around El Dorado Park, Long Beach, 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.
El Dorado Park, Long Beach ranks 819th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in El Dorado Park, Long Beach
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.
El Dorado Park, Long Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where El Dorado Park, Long Beach ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 268 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA−, better than 93% of neighborhoods
- Household income$148,631 median, better than 91% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
Where El Dorado Park, Long Beach ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 25% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in El Dorado Park, Long Beach
A household needs to earn about $261,000 a year to comfortably buy the median El Dorado Park, Long Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $148,631, 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 El Dorado Park, Long Beach's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 El Dorado Park, Long Beach
El Dorado Park, Long Beach runs older 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 El Dorado Park, Long Beach.
Who works in El Dorado Park, Long Beach, and how
Work in El Dorado Park, Long Beach centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in El Dorado Park, Long Beach
El Dorado Park, Long Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 98% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 7 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of El Dorado Park, Long Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in El Dorado Park, Long Beach, month by month
El Dorado Park, Long Beach sees roughly 268 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 43. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 55° | 43° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 51° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 82° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of El Dorado Park, Long Beach
The nearest airport, Long Beach (Daugherty Field), is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Wayne/Orange County, about 15 miles away.
The best schools in and around El Dorado Park, Long Beach
Schools across El Dorado Park, Long Beach average an A−, better than 93% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Newcomb AcademyA+ · 76% proficient
- Tincher PreparatoryA · 63% proficient
- Cubberley K-8A− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Helen Keller MiddleA · 60% proficient
- Sharon Christa Mcauliffe MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Eunice Sato Academy Of Math & ScienceA+ · 83% proficient
- Los Alamitos HighA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every El Dorado Park, Long Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
El Dorado Park, Long Beach 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 El Dorado Park, Long Beach against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in El Dorado Park, Long Beach
Is El Dorado Park, Long Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, El Dorado Park, Long Beach ranks 819th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and good schools, 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 El Dorado Park, Long Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,023,573. The overall cost of living runs about 52% above the national average. Set against a $148,631 median income, cost of living beats 68% of neighborhoods.
Is El Dorado Park, Long Beach safe?
Yes, El Dorado Park, Long Beach is safer than 82% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $294 per resident a year.
Compare El Dorado Park, Long Beach with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to El Dorado Park, Long Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in El Dorado Park, Long Beach 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.
El Dorado Park, Long Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for El Dorado Park, Long Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in El Dorado Park, Long Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of El Dorado Park, Long Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in El Dorado Park, Long Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
El Dorado Park, Long Beach 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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