Best PlacesRolling Hills Estates, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rolling Hills Estates, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rolling Hills Estates ranks 846th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rolling Hills Estates
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.
Rolling Hills Estates' strengths and weaknesses
Where Rolling Hills Estates ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 312 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$189,507 median, better than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
Where Rolling Hills Estates ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,130 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rolling Hills Estates
A household needs to earn about $495,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rolling Hills Estates home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $189,507, 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 Rolling Hills Estates' 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 Rolling Hills Estates
Rolling Hills Estates runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rolling Hills Estates.
Who works in Rolling Hills Estates, and how
Work in Rolling Hills Estates centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Rolling Hills Estates
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Rolling Hills Estates, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rolling Hills Estates, month by month
Rolling Hills Estates sees roughly 312 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 Rolling Hills Estates
The nearest airport, Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Los Angeles International, about 12 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rolling Hills Estates
Schools across Rolling Hills Estates average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rancho Vista ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Miraleste IntermediateD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Humanities And Arts (harts) Academy Of Los AngelesC+ · 38% proficient
- South HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rolling Hills Estates school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rolling Hills Estates 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 Rolling Hills Estates against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rolling Hills Estates
Is Rolling Hills Estates a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rolling Hills Estates ranks 846th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and high incomes, and lowest on air quality and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rolling Hills Estates expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,927,085. The overall cost of living runs about 72% above the national average. Set against a $189,507 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Rolling Hills Estates safe?
Rolling Hills Estates is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $333 per resident a year.
Compare Rolling Hills Estates with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rolling Hills Estates. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rolling Hills Estates 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.
Rolling Hills Estates detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rolling Hills Estates: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rolling Hills Estates: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rolling Hills Estates: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rolling Hills Estates: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rolling Hills Estates 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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