Best PlacesVenice, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Venice, 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.
Venice ranks 393rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Venice
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.
Venice's strengths and weaknesses
Where Venice ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 338 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of cities
- BikingBetter than 99% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of cities
- TransitBetter than 98% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of cities
Where Venice ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 3% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Venice
A household needs to earn about $451,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Venice home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $137,347, 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 Venice's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Venice
Venice'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 Venice.
Who works in Venice, and how
Work in Venice centers on professional & technical and information. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 43%
- Work from home 47%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Venice
Venice has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of cities and more late-night spots per resident than 90% of cities. The coast is about 1 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Venice and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Venice, month by month
Venice sees roughly 338 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 47. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 57° | 47° |
| April | 69° | 60° | 53° |
| July | 76° | 68° | 63° |
| October | 78° | 67° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Venice
Los Angeles International sits about 4 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 36.7 million passengers in 2025, with 247 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Venice
Schools across Venice average a B−, better than 52% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Broadway ElementaryA · 72% proficient
Top high schools
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- Venice Senior HighB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Venice school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Venice 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 Venice against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Venice suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 47% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 100% of cities and health care access beats 62%.
Common questions about living in Venice
Is Venice a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Venice ranks 393rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on the weather, biking, and walkability, and lowest on empty homes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Venice expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,778,721. The overall cost of living runs about 86% above the national average. Set against a $137,347 median income, cost of living beats 30% of cities.
Is Venice safe?
Venice is safer than 5% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $603 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Venice?
July highs average about 76 degrees, and January highs near 68 with lows near 47. That works out to about 338 pleasant days a year, more than 100% of cities.
Is Venice good for families?
Schools beat 52% of cities, crime safety beats 5%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Venice with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Venice. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Venice 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.
Venice detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Venice: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Venice: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Venice: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Venice: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Venice 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.