Best PlacesKoreatown, Los Angeles, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Koreatown, Los Angeles, 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.
Koreatown, Los Angeles ranks 3,953rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 12 minutes away. Its strengths are the weather and big-city access. The cost shows up in air quality, civic engagement, and tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Koreatown, Los Angeles
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.
Koreatown, Los Angeles' strengths and weaknesses
Koreatown, Los Angeles lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. The weather is the standout, in the top 3% of neighborhoods. Big-city access and walkability follow.
The one real hole is air quality, near the bottom of the country. Civic engagement and tree cover also cost it ground. That varies block to block rather than evenly, and the map below shows where.
Where Koreatown, Los Angeles ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 305 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
Where Koreatown, Los Angeles ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Koreatown, Los Angeles
A household needs to earn about $252,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Koreatown, Los Angeles home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $55,809, 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 Koreatown, Los Angeles' 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 Koreatown, Los Angeles
Koreatown, Los Angeles runs younger 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 Koreatown, Los Angeles.
Who works in Koreatown, Los Angeles, and how
Work in Koreatown, Los Angeles centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 26%
Life in Koreatown, Los Angeles
Koreatown, Los Angeles has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 12 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Koreatown, Los Angeles and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Koreatown, Los Angeles, month by month
Koreatown, Los Angeles sees roughly 305 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 Koreatown, Los Angeles
The nearest airport, Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bob Hope, about 10 miles away.
The best schools in and around Koreatown, Los Angeles
Schools across Koreatown, Los Angeles average a C, better than 42% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Everest ValueC− · 30% proficient
- Camino Nuevo Charter Academy #2D+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- John Burroughs MiddleB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- School For The Visual Arts And HumanitiesB− · 43% proficient
- Central City ValueC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Koreatown, Los Angeles school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Koreatown, Los Angeles 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 Koreatown, Los Angeles against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Koreatown, Los Angeles suits
Common questions about living in Koreatown, Los Angeles
Is Koreatown, Los Angeles a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Koreatown, Los Angeles ranks 3,953rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and walkability, and lowest on air quality and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Koreatown, Los Angeles expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $986,424. The overall cost of living runs about 40% above the national average. Set against a $55,809 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Koreatown, Los Angeles safe?
Koreatown, Los Angeles is safer than 14% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $838 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Koreatown, Los Angeles?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 70 with lows near 48. That works out to about 305 pleasant days a year, more than 97% of neighborhoods.
Is Koreatown, Los Angeles good for families?
Schools beat 42% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 14%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Is Koreatown, Los Angeles good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 6% of neighborhoods, though advertised internet speeds beat only 10% of neighborhoods. About 15% of workers already work from home.
Compare Koreatown, Los Angeles with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Koreatown, Los Angeles. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Koreatown, Los Angeles 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.
Koreatown, Los Angeles detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Koreatown, Los Angeles: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Koreatown, Los Angeles: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Koreatown, Los Angeles: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Koreatown, Los Angeles: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Koreatown, Los Angeles 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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