Best PlacesLynwood, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lynwood, 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.
Lynwood ranks 1,964th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lynwood
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.
Lynwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lynwood ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 324 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of cities
- TransitBetter than 94% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of cities
Where Lynwood ranks low
- QuietBetter 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
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 2% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Lynwood
A household needs to earn about $156,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lynwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $80,341, 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 Lynwood's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Lynwood
Lynwood 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 Lynwood.
Who works in Lynwood, and how
Work in Lynwood centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Lynwood
Lynwood has more parkland per resident than 75% of cities. The coast is about 11 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Lynwood and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lynwood, month by month
Lynwood sees roughly 324 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 Lynwood
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 12 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lynwood
Schools across Lynwood average a D, better than 7% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Washington ElementaryD+ · 24% proficient
- Soleil Academy CharterD+ · 21% proficient
- Thurgood Marshall ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hosler MiddleD · 23% proficient
- Cesar Chavez MiddleD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- Pathway Independent StudyD+ · 25% proficient
- Marco Antonio Firebaugh HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lynwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lynwood 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 Lynwood against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Lynwood suits
Common questions about living in Lynwood
Is Lynwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lynwood ranks 1,964th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on big-city access, the weather, and transit, and lowest on noise 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 Lynwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $606,690. The overall cost of living runs about 33% above the national average. Set against a $80,341 median income, cost of living beats 2% of cities.
Is Lynwood safe?
Lynwood is safer than 9% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $542 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lynwood?
July highs average about 79 degrees, and January highs near 69 with lows near 49. That works out to about 324 pleasant days a year, more than 99% of cities.
Is Lynwood good for families?
Schools beat 7% of cities, crime safety beats 9%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Lynwood with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lynwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lynwood 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.
Lynwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lynwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lynwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lynwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lynwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lynwood 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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