Best PlacesToluca Lake, North Hollywood, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Toluca Lake, North Hollywood, 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.
Toluca Lake, North Hollywood ranks 2,436th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Toluca Lake, North Hollywood
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.
Toluca Lake, North Hollywood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Toluca Lake, North Hollywood ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 245 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
Where Toluca Lake, North Hollywood ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Toluca Lake, North Hollywood
A household needs to earn about $396,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Toluca Lake, North Hollywood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $107,485, 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 Toluca Lake, North Hollywood'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 Toluca Lake, North Hollywood
Toluca Lake, North Hollywood runs older than the country, 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 Toluca Lake, North Hollywood.
Who works in Toluca Lake, North Hollywood, and how
Work in Toluca Lake, North Hollywood centers on information and arts & entertainment. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 60%
- Work from home 36%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Toluca Lake, North Hollywood
Toluca Lake, North Hollywood has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 16 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Toluca Lake, North Hollywood and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Toluca Lake, North Hollywood, month by month
Toluca Lake, North Hollywood sees roughly 245 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 Toluca Lake, North Hollywood
Bob Hope sits about 3 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 Toluca Lake, North Hollywood
Schools across Toluca Lake, North Hollywood average a B, better than 69% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- R. L. Stevenson ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Burroughs HighA− · 62% proficient
- 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 Toluca Lake, North Hollywood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Toluca Lake, North Hollywood 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 Toluca Lake, North Hollywood against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Toluca Lake, North Hollywood
Is Toluca Lake, North Hollywood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Toluca Lake, North Hollywood ranks 2,436th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and health care access, and lowest on air quality and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Toluca Lake, North Hollywood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,538,493. The overall cost of living runs about 53% above the national average. Set against a $107,485 median income, cost of living beats 50% of neighborhoods.
Is Toluca Lake, North Hollywood safe?
Toluca Lake, North Hollywood is safer than 43% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $537 per resident a year.
Compare Toluca Lake, North Hollywood with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Toluca Lake, North Hollywood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Toluca Lake, North Hollywood 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.
Toluca Lake, North Hollywood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Toluca Lake, North Hollywood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Toluca Lake, North Hollywood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Toluca Lake, North Hollywood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Toluca Lake, North Hollywood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Toluca Lake, North Hollywood 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.
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