Best PlacesHuntington Park, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Huntington Park, 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.
Huntington Park ranks 1,926th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Huntington Park
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.
Huntington Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Huntington Park ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 302 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of cities
- TransitBetter than 97% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 84% of cities
Where Huntington Park ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 1% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Huntington Park
A household needs to earn about $148,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Huntington Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $66,522, 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 Huntington Park's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 Huntington Park
Huntington Park 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 Huntington Park.
Who works in Huntington Park, and how
Work in Huntington Park centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Huntington Park
Huntington Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of cities and more parkland per resident than 75% of cities. The coast is about 14 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Huntington Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Huntington Park, month by month
Huntington Park sees roughly 302 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 48. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 58° | 48° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 55° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 65° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Huntington Park
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 11 miles away.
The best schools in and around Huntington Park
Schools across Huntington Park average a C−, better than 20% of cities.
Top high schools
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst Of Appl MedB · 48% proficient
- Aspire Ollin University Preparatory AcademyC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Huntington Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Huntington Park 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 Huntington Park against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Huntington Park suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 6% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Huntington Park
Is Huntington Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Huntington Park ranks 1,926th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on big-city access, walkability, and the weather, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Huntington Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $570,613. The overall cost of living runs about 23% above the national average. Set against a $66,522 median income, cost of living beats 0% of cities.
Is Huntington Park safe?
Huntington Park is safer than 9% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $553 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Huntington Park?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 70 with lows near 48. That works out to about 302 pleasant days a year, more than 98% of cities.
Is Huntington Park good for families?
Schools beat 20% of cities, crime safety beats 9%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Huntington Park with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Huntington Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Huntington Park 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.
Huntington Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Huntington Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Huntington Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Huntington Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Huntington Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Huntington Park 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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