Best PlacesRedondo Beach, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Redondo 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.
Redondo Beach ranks 193rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Redondo 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.
Redondo Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Redondo Beach ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 330 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of cities
- BikingBetter than 97% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of cities
Where Redondo Beach ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 17% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Redondo Beach
A household needs to earn about $359,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Redondo Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $153,705, 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 Redondo Beach's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Redondo Beach.
Who works in Redondo Beach, and how
Work in Redondo Beach centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of cities and more parkland per resident than 78% of cities. The coast is about 2 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Redondo Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Redondo Beach, month by month
Redondo Beach sees roughly 330 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 48. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 59° | 48° |
| April | 71° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 79° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 78° | 70° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Redondo Beach
The nearest airport, Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Los Angeles International, about 6 miles away.
The best schools in and around Redondo Beach
Schools across Redondo Beach average a B, better than 56% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Lincoln ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Adams MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- South HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Redondo Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Redondo 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 Redondo Beach against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Redondo Beach suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 28% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 99% of cities and health care access beats 70%.
Common questions about living in Redondo Beach
Is Redondo Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Redondo Beach ranks 193rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on the weather, biking, and population health, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Redondo Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,396,223. The overall cost of living runs about 62% above the national average. Set against a $153,705 median income, cost of living beats 55% of cities.
Is Redondo Beach safe?
Redondo Beach is safer than 17% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $465 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Redondo Beach?
July highs average about 79 degrees, and January highs near 67 with lows near 48. That works out to about 330 pleasant days a year, more than 99% of cities.
Is Redondo Beach good for families?
Schools beat 56% of cities, crime safety beats 17%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Redondo Beach with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Redondo Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Redondo 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.
Redondo Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Redondo Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Redondo Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Redondo Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Redondo Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Redondo 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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