Best PlacesMarina Del Rey, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Marina Del Rey, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Marina Del Rey ranks 2,073rd 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 Marina Del Rey
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.
Marina Del Rey's strengths and weaknesses
Where Marina Del Rey ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 338 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
Where Marina Del Rey ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Marina Del Rey
A household needs to earn about $273,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Marina Del Rey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $155,760, 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 Marina Del Rey's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 Marina Del Rey
Marina Del Rey's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Marina Del Rey.
Who works in Marina Del Rey, and how
Work in Marina Del Rey centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 46%
- Work from home 50%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Marina Del Rey
Marina Del Rey has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns. The coast is about 2 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Marina Del Rey and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Marina Del Rey, month by month
Marina Del Rey sees roughly 338 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 47. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 57° | 47° |
| April | 69° | 60° | 53° |
| July | 76° | 68° | 63° |
| October | 78° | 67° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Marina Del Rey
Los Angeles International sits about 4 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 36.7 million passengers in 2025, with 247 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Marina Del Rey
Schools across Marina Del Rey average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top high schools
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Marina Del Rey school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Marina Del Rey 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 Marina Del Rey against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Marina Del Rey
Is Marina Del Rey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Marina Del Rey ranks 2,073rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, transit, and biking, and lowest on air quality and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Marina Del Rey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,061,975. The overall cost of living runs about 65% above the national average. Set against a $155,760 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Marina Del Rey safe?
Marina Del Rey is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $484 per resident a year.
Compare Marina Del Rey with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Marina Del Rey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Marina Del Rey 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.
Marina Del Rey detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Marina Del Rey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Marina Del Rey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Marina Del Rey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Marina Del Rey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Marina Del Rey 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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