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Brentwood vs Westwood
Brentwood and Westwood are official neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Westwood leads safety (100 vs 95). Westwood leads walk. Westwood has the lower ACS median rent ($2,746).
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · LAPD Oct 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
| Axis | Brentwood | Westwood |
|---|---|---|
| Safety | 95 | 100 |
| Schools | 100 | 86 |
| Walk | 17 | 36 |
| Cost fit | 85 | 91 |
| Vibe | 27 | 43 |
| Median rent | $2,944 | $2,746 |
| Median home | $1,827,541 | $1,627,095 |
| Population | 33,549 | 55,668 |
| Commute to Downtown | 51 min | 42 min |
| Commute to Westside | 15 min | 6 min |
| Commute to Hollywood | 23 min | 16 min |
Brentwood
San Vicente, school runs, and a median home that assumes you already made it. Quiet westside, on purpose.
$2,944 median rent · safety 95 · walk 17
Westwood
UCLA at the north edge, a village that still walks, and rentals that outnumber the houses. The westside that still has a bus.
$2,746 median rent · safety 100 · walk 36
Scores are relative among official Los Angeles neighborhoods with the same editorial weights. Read the method.