Best PlacesPoly High District, Long Beach, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Poly High District, Long Beach, 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.
Poly High District, Long Beach ranks 3,490th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Poly High District, Long Beach
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.
Poly High District, Long Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Poly High District, Long Beach ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 304 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
Where Poly High District, Long Beach ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Poly High District, Long Beach
A household needs to earn about $164,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Poly High District, Long Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $64,185, 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 Poly High District, Long Beach's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 Poly High District, Long Beach
Poly High District, Long Beach runs younger than the country, 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 Poly High District, Long Beach.
Who works in Poly High District, Long Beach, and how
Work in Poly High District, Long Beach centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Poly High District, Long Beach
The coast is about 3 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Poly High District, Long Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Poly High District, Long Beach, month by month
Poly High District, Long Beach sees roughly 304 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 47. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 57° | 47° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 54° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 65° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Poly High District, Long Beach
The nearest airport, Long Beach (Daugherty Field), is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Los Angeles International, about 17 miles away.
The best schools in and around Poly High District, Long Beach
Schools across Poly High District, Long Beach average a B, better than 84% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Alvarado ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Birney ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
- Robinson AcademyC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Helen Keller MiddleA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Eunice Sato Academy Of Math & ScienceA+ · 83% proficient
- Polytechnic HighB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Poly High District, Long Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Poly High District, Long Beach 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 Poly High District, Long Beach against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Poly High District, Long Beach suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 7% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 97% of neighborhoods and it is quieter than 61%.
Common questions about living in Poly High District, Long Beach
Is Poly High District, Long Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Poly High District, Long Beach ranks 3,490th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Poly High District, Long Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $631,796. The overall cost of living runs about 35% above the national average. Set against a $64,185 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Poly High District, Long Beach safe?
Poly High District, Long Beach is safer than 34% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $610 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Poly High District, Long Beach?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 70 with lows near 47. That works out to about 304 pleasant days a year, more than 97% of neighborhoods.
Is Poly High District, Long Beach good for families?
Schools beat 84% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 34%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Poly High District, Long Beach with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Poly High District, Long Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Poly High District, Long Beach 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.
Poly High District, Long Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Poly High District, Long Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Poly High District, Long Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Poly High District, Long Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Poly High District, Long Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Poly High District, Long Beach 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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