Best PlacesMid City, Los Angeles, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mid City, 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.
Mid City, Los Angeles ranks 4,309th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 9 minutes away. Its strengths are the weather and big-city access. The cost shows up in air quality, the cost of living against local pay, and tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Mid City, 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.
Mid City, Los Angeles' strengths and weaknesses
Mid City, 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 low property taxes follow.
The one real hole is air quality, near the bottom of the country. The cost of living against local pay and tree cover also cost it ground. That varies block to block rather than evenly, and the map below shows where.
Where Mid City, Los Angeles ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 303 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
Where Mid City, Los Angeles ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Short commute32.6 minutes each way, better than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Mid City, Los Angeles
A household needs to earn about $277,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mid City, Los Angeles home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,414, 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 Mid City, Los Angeles' effective rate of 0.53%, 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 Mid City, Los Angeles
Mid City, Los Angeles'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 Mid City, Los Angeles.
Who works in Mid City, Los Angeles, and how
Work in Mid City, Los Angeles centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Mid City, Los Angeles
Mid City, Los Angeles has less late-night activity than most neighborhoods. The coast is about 9 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Mid City, Los Angeles and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mid City, Los Angeles, month by month
Mid City, Los Angeles sees roughly 303 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 Mid City, Los Angeles
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 8 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mid City, Los Angeles
Schools across Mid City, Los Angeles average a C, better than 43% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Global Education Academy 2D · 20% proficient
- Camino Nuevo Elementary #3D− · 13% proficient
- Stella Elementary Charter AcademyF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- John Burroughs MiddleB− · 39% proficient
- Rise Kohyang MiddleC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Girls Academic Leadership Acad Dr. Michelle King Sch StemA− · 65% proficient
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- Los Angeles Senior HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mid City, Los Angeles school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mid City, 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 Mid City, Los Angeles against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Mid City, Los Angeles suits
Common questions about living in Mid City, Los Angeles
Is Mid City, Los Angeles a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mid City, Los Angeles ranks 4,309th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and low property taxes, and lowest on air quality and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mid City, Los Angeles expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,100,248. The overall cost of living runs about 44% above the national average. Set against a $72,414 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Mid City, Los Angeles safe?
Mid City, Los Angeles is safer than 18% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $744 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Mid City, Los Angeles?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 70 with lows near 48. That works out to about 303 pleasant days a year, more than 97% of neighborhoods.
Is Mid City, Los Angeles good for families?
Schools beat 43% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 18%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Is Mid City, Los Angeles good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 6% of neighborhoods, though advertised internet speeds beat only 50% of neighborhoods. About 15% of workers already work from home.
Compare Mid City, Los Angeles with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mid City, Los Angeles. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mid City, 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.
Mid City, Los Angeles detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mid City, Los Angeles: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mid City, Los Angeles: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mid City, Los Angeles: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mid City, Los Angeles: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mid City, 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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