Best PlacesMorningside Park, Inglewood, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Morningside Park, Inglewood, 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.
Morningside Park, Inglewood ranks 3,636th 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 Morningside Park, Inglewood
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.
Morningside Park, Inglewood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Morningside Park, Inglewood ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 336 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 72% of neighborhoods
- Household income$100,838 median, better than 68% of neighborhoods
Where Morningside Park, Inglewood ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Short commute35.4 minutes each way, better than only 6% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD−, better than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Morningside Park, Inglewood
A household needs to earn about $213,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morningside Park, Inglewood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $100,838, 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 Morningside Park, Inglewood's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Morningside Park, Inglewood
Morningside Park, Inglewood runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Morningside Park, Inglewood.
Who works in Morningside Park, Inglewood, and how
Work in Morningside Park, Inglewood centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Morningside Park, Inglewood
Morningside Park, Inglewood has more parkland per resident than 74% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 8 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Morningside Park, Inglewood and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Morningside Park, Inglewood, month by month
Morningside Park, Inglewood sees roughly 336 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 Morningside Park, Inglewood
The nearest airport, Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Los Angeles International, about 4 miles away.
The best schools in and around Morningside Park, Inglewood
Schools across Morningside Park, Inglewood average a D−, better than 10% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Centinela Tk-8 ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
- Beulah Payne P-8 Steam AcademyD− · 15% proficient
- Woodworth-monroe Tk-8 AcademyD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crozier (george W.) MiddleD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Morningside HighD+ · 24% proficient
- Inglewood HighD− · 14% proficient
- Horace Mann Ucla CommunityF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morningside Park, Inglewood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morningside Park, Inglewood 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 Morningside Park, Inglewood against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Morningside Park, Inglewood
Is Morningside Park, Inglewood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morningside Park, Inglewood ranks 3,636th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and low property taxes, and lowest on air quality and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Morningside Park, Inglewood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $837,918. The overall cost of living runs about 34% above the national average. Set against a $100,838 median income, cost of living beats 42% of neighborhoods.
Is Morningside Park, Inglewood safe?
Morningside Park, Inglewood is safer than 24% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $730 per resident a year.
Compare Morningside Park, Inglewood with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morningside Park, Inglewood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morningside Park, Inglewood 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.
Morningside Park, Inglewood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morningside Park, Inglewood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morningside Park, Inglewood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morningside Park, Inglewood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morningside Park, Inglewood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morningside Park, Inglewood 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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