Los Angeles

Most affordable Los Angeles suburbs

Ranked on what a household actually pays: the in-house cost-of-living index at 55%, the median home value against the metro at 25% (lower is better here), and the share of households already stretched by housing costs at 20%.

Updated Sep 2026·60 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Carson City Hall
Carson$704k median · 27.5 min commute
Cost of living B+Housing DEmployment D−
67
Affordability
overall 54 C−
2
Florence-Graham, California View along Compton Ave., August 2022
Florence-Graham$545k median · 33.4 min commute
Cost of living A−Housing FEmployment F
65
Affordability
overall 45 D
3
Pico Rivera City Hall, California
Pico Rivera$649k median · 30.3 min commute
Cost of living B+Housing FEmployment D
63
Affordability
overall 50 D+
4
South Gate$636k median · 32.5 min commute
Cost of living A−Housing FEmployment F
63
Affordability
overall 49 D+
5
This is a photograph of the intersection of Pacific Boulevard and Clarendon Avenue in Huntington Park, California on a Saturday morning in August of 2009.
Huntington Park$573k median · 32.4 min commute
Cost of living B+Housing FEmployment F
63
Affordability
overall 45 D
6
LHS Clock Tower from the 3rd floor.
Lynwood$598k median · 30.3 min commute
Cost of living B+Housing FEmployment F
62
Affordability
overall 45 D
7
East Los Angeles
East Los Angeles$643k median · 30.2 min commute
Cost of living B+Housing FEmployment F
62
Affordability
overall 48 D+
8
The Martin Luther King Monument in the City of Compton. October 2007 Photo taken by Eric Polk for Compton.
Compton$580k median · 30.5 min commute
Cost of living B+Housing FEmployment F
61
Affordability
overall 46 D
9
Paramount$534k median · 28.4 min commute
Cost of living BHousing FEmployment D−
61
Affordability
overall 49 D+
10
Post office zip 90247 Gardena Boulevard California 1939 New Deal Treasury Art Deco Section of Fine Arts
Gardena$701k median · 29.3 min commute
Cost of living B+Housing FEmployment D
60
Affordability
overall 53 C−
This list's weighting
Cost of living 55%Median home value (lower is better) 25%Cost-burdened households 20%
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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Carson (The Front Page Online · CC BY-SA 4.0); Florence-Graham (LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0); Pico Rivera (Trackinfo · CC BY-SA 3.0); Huntington Park (Jmiles92 · CC BY-SA 3.0); Lynwood (Octaviogonz · CC BY-SA 4.0); East Los Angeles (Justefrain · CC BY-SA 3.0); Compton (Epolk · CC BY 3.0); Gardena (Jengod · CC BY-SA 4.0).