Best PlacesStudio City, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Studio 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.
Studio City ranks 553rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Studio 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.
Studio City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Studio City ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of cities
- BikingBetter than 95% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 244 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of cities
Where Studio City ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 6% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Studio City
A household needs to earn about $375,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Studio City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $155,290, 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 Studio City's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Studio City
Studio City's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Studio City.
Who works in Studio City, and how
Work in Studio City centers on information and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 36%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Studio City
Studio City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of cities. The coast is about 15 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Studio City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Studio City, month by month
Studio City sees roughly 244 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs September through July.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 90° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Studio City
Bob Hope sits about 4 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 Studio City
Schools across Studio City average a B+, better than 62% of cities.
Top high schools
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Studio City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Studio 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 Studio City against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Studio City suits
Retirees
The weather beats 95% of cities and health care access beats 68%.
Common questions about living in Studio City
Is Studio City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Studio City ranks 553rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on population health, biking, and big-city access, and lowest on air quality and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Studio City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,463,968. The overall cost of living runs about 64% above the national average. Set against a $155,290 median income, cost of living beats 62% of cities.
Is Studio City safe?
Studio City is safer than 12% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $497 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Studio City?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 69 with lows near 44. That works out to about 244 pleasant days a year, more than 95% of cities.
Is Studio City good for families?
Schools beat 62% of cities, crime safety beats 12%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Studio City with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Studio City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Studio 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.
Studio City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Studio City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Studio City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Studio City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Studio City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Studio 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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