Best PlacesHollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hollywood Riviera, Redondo 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.
Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach ranks 1,062nd 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 Hollywood Riviera, Redondo 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.
Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 326 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Household income$145,088 median, better than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Short commute31.0 minutes each way, better than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 22% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach
A household needs to earn about $420,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $145,088, 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 Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach
Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach.
Who works in Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach, and how
Work in Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach 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 67%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach
Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 2 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach, month by month
Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach sees roughly 326 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 48. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 59° | 48° |
| April | 71° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 79° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 78° | 70° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach
The nearest airport, Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Los Angeles International, about 9 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach
Schools across Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach average a B−, better than 56% of neighborhoods.
Top high schools
- South HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hollywood Riviera, Redondo 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 Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach
Is Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach ranks 1,062nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and an educated workforce, and lowest on air quality and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,654,417. The overall cost of living runs about 65% above the national average. Set against a $145,088 median income, cost of living beats 64% of neighborhoods.
Is Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach safe?
Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach is safer than 55% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $469 per resident a year.
Compare Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hollywood Riviera, Redondo 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.
Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hollywood Riviera, Redondo 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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