Best PlacesLomita, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lomita, 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.
Lomita ranks 9,994th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lomita
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.
Lomita's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lomita ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 327 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
Where Lomita ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lomita
A household needs to earn about $215,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lomita home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $99,092, 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 Lomita's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Lomita
Lomita'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 Lomita.
Who works in Lomita, and how
Work in Lomita centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Lomita
Lomita has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns. The coast is about 6 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Lomita and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lomita, month by month
Lomita sees roughly 327 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 Lomita
The nearest airport, Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Los Angeles International, about 12 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lomita
Schools across Lomita average a C−, better than 29% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Howard Wood ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Miraleste IntermediateD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Humanities And Arts (harts) Academy Of Los AngelesC+ · 38% proficient
- South HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lomita school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lomita 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 Lomita against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Lomita suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Lomita
Is Lomita a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lomita ranks 9,994th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and biking, and lowest on air quality and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lomita expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $823,297. The overall cost of living runs about 41% above the national average. Set against a $99,092 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Lomita safe?
Lomita is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $399 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lomita?
July highs average about 79 degrees, and January highs near 67 with lows near 48. That works out to about 327 pleasant days a year, more than 100% of towns.
Is Lomita good for families?
Schools beat 29% of towns, crime safety beats 26%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Lomita with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lomita. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lomita 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.
Lomita detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lomita: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lomita: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lomita: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lomita: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lomita 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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