Best PlacesLennox, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lennox, 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.
Lennox ranks 38,718th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lennox
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.
Lennox's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lennox ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 339 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
Where Lennox ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lennox
A household needs to earn about $185,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lennox home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $64,479, 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 Lennox's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Lennox
Lennox 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 Lennox.
Who works in Lennox, and how
Work in Lennox centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment is close to 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 12%
Life in Lennox
The coast is about 6 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Lennox, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lennox, month by month
Lennox sees roughly 339 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 48. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 57° | 48° |
| April | 70° | 61° | 54° |
| July | 76° | 69° | 64° |
| October | 78° | 67° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Lennox
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 3 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lennox
Schools across Lennox average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top high schools
- Lennox Mathematics Science And Technology AcademyC+ · 37% proficient
- Lawndale HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lennox school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lennox 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 Lennox against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Lennox suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 6% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Lennox
Is Lennox a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lennox ranks 38,718th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and walkability, and lowest on noise and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lennox expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $722,542. The overall cost of living runs about 35% above the national average. Set against a $64,479 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Lennox safe?
Lennox is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $515 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lennox?
July highs average about 76 degrees, and January highs near 68 with lows near 48. That works out to about 339 pleasant days a year, more than 100% of towns.
Is Lennox good for families?
Schools beat 23% of towns, crime safety beats 14%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Lennox with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lennox. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lennox 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.
Lennox detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lennox: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lennox: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lennox: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lennox: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lennox 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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