Best PlacesEncino, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Encino, 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.
Encino ranks 1,041st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Encino
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.
Encino's strengths and weaknesses
Where Encino ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 238 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of cities
- BikingBetter than 91% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 89% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of cities
Where Encino ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 11% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Encino
A household needs to earn about $326,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Encino home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $128,616, 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 Encino's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 Encino
Encino runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Encino.
Who works in Encino, and how
Work in Encino centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Encino
Encino has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of cities and more parkland per resident than 86% of cities. The coast is about 13 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Encino and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Encino, month by month
Encino sees roughly 238 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 Encino
Bob Hope sits about 9 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 Encino
Schools across Encino average a B−, better than 49% of cities.
Top high schools
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Encino school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Encino 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 Encino against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Encino suits
Retirees
The weather beats 94% of cities and health care access beats 66%.
Common questions about living in Encino
Is Encino a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Encino ranks 1,041st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and biking, 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 Encino expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,257,038. The overall cost of living runs about 48% above the national average. Set against a $128,616 median income, cost of living beats 46% of cities.
Is Encino safe?
Encino is safer than 20% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $442 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Encino?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 70 with lows near 46. That works out to about 238 pleasant days a year, more than 94% of cities.
Is Encino good for families?
Schools beat 49% of cities, crime safety beats 20%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Encino with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Encino. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Encino 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.
Encino detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Encino: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Encino: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Encino: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Encino: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Encino 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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