63fit
Westwood
$3K ACS median rent
UCLA at the north edge, a village that still walks, and rentals that outnumber the houses. The westside that still has a bus.
- Walk index
- 36
- Safety index
- 100
- Published fit
- 63
Family streets
Home→Los Angeles→Brentwood
52fit
Brentwood
Official neighborhood: Brentwood
Published fit 52 uses default walkable weights and a $2,500 ACS rent budget — the same number as the Los Angeles table. Your current weights score this 50.
Data period. ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · LAPD Oct 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Sep 2026. ACS and LAPD retrieved 2026-09-01; OSM retrieved 2026-09-01. Editorial copy last revised Sep 2026.
San Vicente, school runs, and a median home that assumes you already made it. Quiet westside, on purpose.
san vicentebrentwood village
Best in Los Angeles for familiesWalkable Los AngelesUnder $2,500 rent
Why this published score
Default walkable weights, $2,500 ACS rent budget. Same axes as the city table and the FAQ.
Safety
95
26 violent · 326 property · 10.5 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Aug 2026)+45 vs city set
Schools
100
Rating 8.8 / 10 nearby+48 vs city set
Walk
17
OSM: 5 groceries · 14 cafes · 68 transit · 63 parks-9 vs city set
Cost
85
$2,944 ACS median vs published $2,500 rent budget-12 vs city set
Vibe
27
OSM: 14 cafes · 44 restaurants · 1 bars · 63 parks+2 vs city set
Commute to work
From Brentwood, a typical weekday is 51 min to Downtown, 15 min to Westside, 23 min to Hollywood. Not live traffic.
Westside is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
51 min
DTLA, Arts District · +14 min vs the city-set median
Westside
15 min
Westwood, Century City · -13 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Hollywood
23 min
Studios, the Boulevard · -2 min vs the city-set median
Minutes are baked from neighborhood geography to three job centers — not Google, not this hour’s traffic.
Cost of living
The ACS median rent is $2,944 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 20% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($179K) could “afford” about $4,480 a month at 30% of pay.
48% of households rent. Median home value is $1,827,541.
ACS median rent
$2,944
30% income budget
$4,480
Rent / income
20%
Median home
$1,827,541
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Los Angeles city. Up 62% since 2014. Brentwood is 52% above the 2024 city median.
Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Census does not publish a rent series for each official neighborhood, so the line is the city place. The dashed mark is this area’s ACS 2024 median.
HUD treats 30% of income as the cost-burden line. We do not split ACS rent into 1-bed vs 2-bed. Method.
Within a walk
Within a short walk of this official neighborhood: 5 groceries, 14 cafes, 63 parks, and 68 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 63 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (68 stops or stations).
14 cafes and 44 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Los Angeles set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 1 of the other 21 areas in this city.
Population
33,549
Median age
41.6
Median income
$179K
Renters
48%
Bachelor+
80%
Violent / 1k
0.8
Property / 1k
9.7
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 12 census tracts · LAPD Oct 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
Family streets
Crime is LAPD Part I reports per 1,000 ACS residents — not a judgment of who lives here. Home and rent figures are ACS medians, not live MLS. Read the method.
On the ground
What it is like to live here, beyond the scores.
San Vicente, school runs, and a median home that assumes you already made it. Quiet westside, on purpose — the opposite of Venice’s boardwalk. Barron’s and local westside guides still treat it as the family-money default: UCLA adjacent, trees, a country-club distance.
You will drive. The 405 is the eastern complaint. Weight schools, safety, and family. Palms and Sawtelle are the westside for people who still have a budget. Westwood is the village-and-campus version.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, Boston planning-neighborhood writing, Philadelphia neighborhood writing, Portland neighborhood writing, Washington neighborhood-cluster writing, and local writing, 2025–2026. Editorial — not part of the fit score.
Reported here lately
City 311 service requests in this official unit, last 14 days. This is what neighbors filed with the city — not a chat thread, and not part of the fit score.
495 reports
- Item Pickups168
- Illegal Dumping Item Pickup78
- Service Not Complete69
- Street Pavement Issues40
- Street Pavement Issues
- Dead Animal Removal
- Dead Animal Removal
MyLA311 2026 cases, last 14 days, mapped to Los Angeles Times neighborhoods. Method.
On Reddit
Public posts from r/LosAngeles that mention this neighborhood. Not Nextdoor, not people on this block, and not part of the fit score.
In r/LosAngeles lately: a few posts that name Brentwood.
- Volunteer Fire Dept. Opening New Dispatch Center in Brentwood
r/LosAngeles · Aug 25 · 14 upvotes · 7 comments
- Brentwood Bobcat
r/LosAngeles · Aug 31 · 1 upvote
The line above is a reading of the titles, not a verdict. Up to 3 links, last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Brentwood safe?
Brentwood sits on the quieter side of this Los Angeles map (safety 95 vs city 50). LAPD logged 0.8 violent and 9.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 10.5 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Brentwood?
ACS median rent is $2,944 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 48% of households rent. Median home value is $1,827,541. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Brentwood walkable?
Walk is 17 here vs 26 for the Los Angeles set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 5 groceries, 14 cafes, 68 transit stops, 63 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Brentwood good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 8.8 / 10. Median age is 41.6. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Brentwood?
51 typical weekday minutes to Downtown. Not the app on your phone this hour. Other job centers are further down this page.
How many people live in Brentwood?
About 33,549 people. Median income $179K. 80% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Brentwood?
Westwood, Sawtelle, Los Feliz sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Brentwood vs Westwood.
Next door
Closest on this schematic map, scored with the same published walkable weights as the Los Angeles table. Distances here are not street geography.
Brentwood vs WestwoodBrentwood vs SawtelleBrentwood vs Los Feliz
52fit
Hollywood
$2K ACS median rent
The Boulevard, the clubs, and a lot of visitors in the crime file. Nightlife is the product; the residential streets are quieter than the postcard.
- Walk index
- 55
- Safety index
- 10
- Published fit
- 52
Nightlife
51fit
Sherman Oaks
$2K ACS median rent
Valley flats, Ventura Boulevard, and a backyard if you pay for it. The family default north of the hills.
- Walk index
- 26
- Safety index
- 67
- Published fit
- 51
Family streets
49fit
Sawtelle
$2K ACS median rent
Little Osaka, Sawtelle Boulevard, and the 405 in earshot. Westside food without Brentwood prices.
- Walk index
- 32
- Safety index
- 38
- Published fit
- 49
43fit
Los Feliz
$2K ACS median rent
Griffith Park at the north edge, Hillhurst cafes, and a village that still walks after dark. Eastside default for people who want hills and a grocery.
- Walk index
- 9
- Safety index
- 71
- Published fit
- 43