Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim
60 cities and suburbs across Los Angeles, each scored out of 100 on the same national scales. The metro's median home is $871,300 and its mean commute 29.5 min. Newport Beach scores highest overall at 72. Arcadia leads on schools, South Gate leads on cost of living.
60
Places
55
Median score
0
Poll responses
Coverage
60 places
in Los Angeles
in Los Angeles
One of 50 metros graded so far, on the same national scales.
10 mi
20 mi
30 mi
Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Long Beach
Newport Beach
Aliso Viejo
Mission Viejo
Irvine
Laguna Niguel
Torrance
San Clemente
Orange
Arcadia
Lakewood
Alhambra
Fullerton
Santa Ana
Glendale
Downey
La Habra
Santa Clarita
Los Angeles
Norwalk
Whittier
Anaheim
Inglewood
Montebello
Compton
Pomona
Lancaster
Palmdale
Dot size = overall scoreA B C D Positions plotted from place centroids · rings measured from Downtown Los Angeles
Every suburb of Los Angeles, ranked
— for Residents: fewer than 8 poll responses, so the category is not yet counted. Those places' overall scores are computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. 60 of 60 are currently below the threshold.
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