Best PlacesInglewood, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Inglewood, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Inglewood ranks 371st of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 7 minutes away. Its strengths are the weather and big-city access. The cost shows up in the cost of living against local pay, the schools, and air quality.
The best neighborhoods in Inglewood
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.
The best areas in Inglewood
The parts of Inglewood, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Morningside Park
More adults hold degrees, health care is easier to reach, and incomes run higher.
Northern Inglewood
It is quieter and streets are more walkable.
Westchester
Fewer households have young kids.
Inglewood shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 7% of the country and others in the top 10%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Inglewood's strengths and weaknesses
Inglewood ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. The weather is the standout, in the top 1% of cities. Big-city access and walkability follow.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: the cost of living against local pay, the schools, and air quality all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where Inglewood ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 338 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of cities
- TransitBetter than 91% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of cities
Where Inglewood ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of cities
- School gradeD, better than only 4% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 8% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Inglewood
A household needs to earn about $193,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Inglewood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $79,308, 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 Inglewood's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Inglewood
Inglewood's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Inglewood.
Who works in Inglewood, and how
Work in Inglewood centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Inglewood
Inglewood has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of cities and more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. The coast is about 7 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Inglewood and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Inglewood, month by month
Inglewood sees roughly 338 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 49. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 58° | 49° |
| April | 72° | 62° | 55° |
| July | 79° | 71° | 65° |
| October | 80° | 68° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Inglewood
The nearest airport, Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Los Angeles International, about 4 miles away.
The best schools in and around Inglewood
Schools across Inglewood average a D, better than 4% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Wilder's Preparatory Academy CharterB− · 44% proficient
- Centinela Tk-8 ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
- La Tijera K-8 Academy Of Excellence CharterD+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter MiddleB− · 43% proficient
- Century Community CharterD− · 15% proficient
- Crozier (george W.) MiddleD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Middle College HighA · 73% proficient
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- City Honors International Preparatory HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Inglewood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Inglewood 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 Inglewood against the other 444 cities.
Who Inglewood suits
Common questions about living in Inglewood
Is Inglewood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Inglewood ranks 371st of 445 cities. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and walkability, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Inglewood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $751,862. The overall cost of living runs about 32% above the national average. Set against a $79,308 median income, cost of living beats 3% of cities.
Is Inglewood safe?
Inglewood is safer than 13% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $595 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Inglewood?
July highs average about 79 degrees, and January highs near 69 with lows near 49. That works out to about 338 pleasant days a year, more than 100% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Inglewood?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Morningside Park, Northern Inglewood, and Westchester. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Inglewood good for families?
Schools beat 4% of cities, crime safety beats 13%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Is Inglewood good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 3% of cities, though advertised internet speeds beat only 28% of cities. About 13% of workers already work from home.
Compare Inglewood with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Inglewood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Inglewood 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.
Inglewood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Inglewood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Inglewood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Inglewood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Inglewood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Inglewood 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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