Best PlacesMid City West, Los Angeles, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mid City West, 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 West, Los Angeles ranks 1,579th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mid City West, 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 West, Los Angeles' strengths and weaknesses
Where Mid City West, Los Angeles ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 316 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where Mid City West, Los Angeles ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Mid City West, Los Angeles
A household needs to earn about $414,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mid City West, Los Angeles home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $115,324, 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 West, Los Angeles' effective rate of 0.66%, 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 West, Los Angeles
Mid City West, Los Angeles'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 Mid City West, Los Angeles.
Who works in Mid City West, Los Angeles, and how
Work in Mid City West, Los Angeles centers on professional & technical and information. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Mid City West, Los Angeles
Mid City West, Los Angeles has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of neighborhoods and more late-night spots per resident than 72% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 10 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Mid City West, Los Angeles and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mid City West, Los Angeles, month by month
Mid City West, Los Angeles sees roughly 316 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 West, Los Angeles
Bob Hope sits about 9 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.1 million passengers in 2025, with 54 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Mid City West, Los Angeles
Schools across Mid City West, Los Angeles average a B−, better than 62% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Hawthorne ElementaryA− · 61% proficient
- Horace Mann ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Beverly Vista MiddleA · 59% proficient
- John Burroughs MiddleB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Beverly Hills HighB+ · 56% proficient
- Fairfax Senior HighB+ · 51% proficient
- 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 Mid City West, Los Angeles school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mid City West, 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 West, Los Angeles against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Mid City West, Los Angeles suits
Retirees
The weather beats 98% of neighborhoods and health care access beats 72%.
Common questions about living in Mid City West, Los Angeles
Is Mid City West, Los Angeles a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mid City West, Los Angeles ranks 1,579th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and walkability, and lowest on air quality and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mid City West, Los Angeles expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,613,896. The overall cost of living runs about 70% above the national average. Set against a $115,324 median income, cost of living beats 43% of neighborhoods.
Is Mid City West, Los Angeles safe?
Mid City West, Los Angeles is safer than 18% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $757 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Mid City West, Los Angeles?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 70 with lows near 48. That works out to about 316 pleasant days a year, more than 98% of neighborhoods.
Is Mid City West, Los Angeles good for families?
Schools beat 62% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 18%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Mid City West, Los Angeles with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mid City West, Los Angeles. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mid City West, 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 West, Los Angeles detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mid City West, Los Angeles: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mid City West, Los Angeles: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mid City West, Los Angeles: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mid City West, Los Angeles: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mid City West, 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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