Best PlacesPlaya Vista, Los Angeles, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Playa Vista, 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.
Playa Vista, Los Angeles ranks 1,632nd 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 Playa Vista, 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.
Playa Vista, Los Angeles' strengths and weaknesses
Where Playa Vista, Los Angeles ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 338 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Household income$122,074 median, better than 82% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Playa Vista, Los Angeles ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Short commute29.8 minutes each way, better than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Playa Vista, Los Angeles
A household needs to earn about $349,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Playa Vista, Los Angeles home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $122,074, 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 Playa Vista, Los Angeles' effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Playa Vista, Los Angeles
Playa Vista, Los Angeles runs younger than the country, 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 Playa Vista, Los Angeles.
Who works in Playa Vista, Los Angeles, and how
Work in Playa Vista, Los Angeles centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Playa Vista, Los Angeles
The coast is about 3 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Playa Vista, Los Angeles, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Playa Vista, Los Angeles, month by month
Playa Vista, Los Angeles sees roughly 338 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 47. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 57° | 47° |
| April | 69° | 60° | 53° |
| July | 76° | 68° | 63° |
| October | 78° | 67° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Playa Vista, Los Angeles
Los Angeles International sits about 3 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 36.7 million passengers in 2025, with 247 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Playa Vista, Los Angeles
Schools across Playa Vista, Los Angeles average a C, better than 48% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Farragut ElementaryA · 69% proficient
- El Marino ElementaryA · 64% proficient
- El Rincon ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Culver City MiddleA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Culver City HighA− · 59% proficient
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- Venice Senior HighB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Playa Vista, Los Angeles school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Playa Vista, 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 Playa Vista, Los Angeles against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Playa Vista, Los Angeles suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 33% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Playa Vista, Los Angeles
Is Playa Vista, Los Angeles a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Playa Vista, Los Angeles ranks 1,632nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and biking, 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 Playa Vista, Los Angeles expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,368,024. The overall cost of living runs about 62% above the national average. Set against a $122,074 median income, cost of living beats 50% of neighborhoods.
Is Playa Vista, Los Angeles safe?
Playa Vista, Los Angeles is safer than 42% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $526 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Playa Vista, Los Angeles?
July highs average about 76 degrees, and January highs near 68 with lows near 47. That works out to about 338 pleasant days a year, more than 99% of neighborhoods.
Is Playa Vista, Los Angeles good for families?
Schools beat 48% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 42%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Playa Vista, Los Angeles with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Playa Vista, Los Angeles. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Playa Vista, 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.
Playa Vista, Los Angeles detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Playa Vista, Los Angeles: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Playa Vista, Los Angeles: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Playa Vista, Los Angeles: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Playa Vista, Los Angeles: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Playa Vista, 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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