Best PlacesNorth Hollywood, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around North Hollywood, 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.
North Hollywood ranks 400th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 18 minutes away. Its strengths are big-city access and biking. The cost shows up in the cost of living against local pay, noise, and air quality.
The best neighborhoods in North Hollywood
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.
North Hollywood's strengths and weaknesses
North Hollywood ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. Big-city access, biking, and the weather carry most of that.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: the cost of living against local pay, noise, and air quality all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where North Hollywood ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of cities
- BikingBetter than 93% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 244 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of cities
- TransitBetter than 90% of cities
Where North Hollywood ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 1% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 3% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in North Hollywood
A household needs to earn about $220,000 a year to comfortably buy the median North Hollywood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $74,994, 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 North Hollywood's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 North Hollywood
North Hollywood runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for North Hollywood.
Who works in North Hollywood, and how
Work in North Hollywood centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in North Hollywood
North Hollywood has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of cities and more parkland per resident than 80% of cities. The coast is about 18 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of North Hollywood and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in North Hollywood, month by month
North Hollywood sees roughly 244 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs September through July.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 90° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 57° |
Flying in and out of North Hollywood
Bob Hope sits about 2 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 North Hollywood
Schools across North Hollywood average a C, better than 38% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Bret Harte ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Providencia ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- George Washington ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Science Academy Stem MagnetA+ · 95% proficient
- Burbank HighA · 68% proficient
- Burroughs HighA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every North Hollywood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
North Hollywood 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 North Hollywood against the other 444 cities.
Who North Hollywood suits
Common questions about living in North Hollywood
Is North Hollywood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, North Hollywood ranks 400th of 445 cities. It scores highest on big-city access, biking, and the weather, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is North Hollywood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $864,554. The overall cost of living runs about 39% above the national average. Set against a $74,994 median income, cost of living beats 1% of cities.
Is North Hollywood safe?
North Hollywood is safer than 27% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $471 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in North Hollywood?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 69 with lows near 44. That works out to about 244 pleasant days a year, more than 93% of cities.
Is North Hollywood good for families?
Schools beat 38% of cities, crime safety beats 27%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Is North Hollywood good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 1% of cities, though advertised internet speeds beat only 21% of cities. About 17% of workers already work from home.
Compare North Hollywood with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to North Hollywood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in North Hollywood 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.
North Hollywood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for North Hollywood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in North Hollywood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of North Hollywood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in North Hollywood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
North Hollywood 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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