Best PlacesTarzana, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tarzana, 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.
Tarzana ranks 5,931st 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 Tarzana
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.
Tarzana's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tarzana ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 235 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$160,354 median, better than 98% of towns
Where Tarzana ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tarzana
A household needs to earn about $353,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tarzana home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $160,354, 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 Tarzana's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 Tarzana
Tarzana runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tarzana.
Who works in Tarzana, and how
Work in Tarzana centers on health care & social and professional & technical. 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 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Tarzana
Tarzana has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns. The coast is about 16 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Tarzana and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tarzana, month by month
Tarzana sees roughly 235 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs October through June.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 57° | 46° |
| April | 79° | 64° | 52° |
| July | 95° | 78° | 65° |
| October | 88° | 71° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Tarzana
Bob Hope sits about 11 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 Tarzana
Schools across Tarzana average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chime Institute's Schwarzenegger CommunityB · 45% proficient
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 Tarzana school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tarzana 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 Tarzana against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Tarzana suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 87% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 27% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 100% of towns and health care access beats 62%.
Common questions about living in Tarzana
Is Tarzana a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tarzana ranks 5,931st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and biking, and lowest on air quality and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tarzana expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,362,856. The overall cost of living runs about 46% above the national average. Set against a $160,354 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Tarzana safe?
Tarzana is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $440 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Tarzana?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 70 with lows near 46. That works out to about 235 pleasant days a year, more than 100% of towns.
Is Tarzana good for families?
Schools beat 58% of towns, crime safety beats 25%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Tarzana with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tarzana. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tarzana 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.
Tarzana detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tarzana: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tarzana: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tarzana: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tarzana: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tarzana 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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