Best PlacesPanorama City, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Panorama City, 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.
Panorama City ranks 1,761st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Panorama City
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.
Panorama City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Panorama City ranks high
- TransitBetter than 96% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 265 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of cities
- BikingBetter than 95% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of cities
Where Panorama City ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Panorama City
A household needs to earn about $170,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Panorama City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $80,048, 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 Panorama City'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 Panorama City
Panorama City's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Panorama City.
Who works in Panorama City, and how
Work in Panorama City 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 82%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Panorama City
Panorama City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of cities. The coast is about 17 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Panorama City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Panorama City, month by month
Panorama City sees roughly 265 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs October through June.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 60° | 51° |
| April | 74° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 90° | 82° | 69° |
| October | 82° | 74° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Panorama City
Bob Hope sits about 5 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 Panorama City
Schools across Panorama City average a C−, better than 22% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Valor Academy ElementaryD · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- Valley Academy Of Arts And SciencesC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Panorama City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Panorama City 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 Panorama City against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Panorama City suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Panorama City
Is Panorama City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Panorama City ranks 1,761st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on transit, the weather, and biking, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Panorama City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $663,105. The overall cost of living runs about 31% above the national average. Set against a $80,048 median income, cost of living beats 3% of cities.
Is Panorama City safe?
Panorama City is safer than 23% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $421 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Panorama City?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 66 with lows near 51. That works out to about 265 pleasant days a year, more than 96% of cities.
Is Panorama City good for families?
Schools beat 22% of cities, crime safety beats 23%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Panorama City with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Panorama City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Panorama City 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.
Panorama City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Panorama City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Panorama City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Panorama City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Panorama City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Panorama City 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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