74fit
Downtown
$2K median rent
Towers, the Arts District, and a crime file inflated by visitors. New-urban living with a nightlife tax — same pattern as the Loop or FiDi.
NightlifePlannedWalk 100Safety 0
Los Angeles/Echo Park
36fit
Echo Park
Official neighborhood: Echo Park
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · LAPD Oct 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
The lake, Sunset, and a hillside that looks at downtown. Nightlife that still has rentals.
echo park lakesunset boulevard
Best in Los Angeles for familiesWalkable Los AngelesUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
24
137 violent · 783 property · 27.8 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Aug 2026)-26 vs city set
Schools
29
Rating 5.8 / 10 nearby-23 vs city set
Walk
18
OSM: 11 groceries · 13 cafes · 97 transit · 16 parks-8 vs city set
Cost
100
$2,008 ACS median vs your rent budget+8 vs city set
Vibe
15
OSM: 13 cafes · 45 restaurants · 13 bars · 16 parks-10 vs city set
Commute to work
From Echo Park, a typical weekday is 19 min to Downtown, 40 min to Westside, 30 min to Hollywood. Not live traffic.
Downtown is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
19 min
DTLA, Arts District · -18 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Westside
40 min
Westwood, Century City · +12 min vs the city-set median
Hollywood
30 min
Studios, the Boulevard · +5 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 $2,008 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 27% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($88K) could “afford” about $2,193 a month at 30% of pay.
77% of households rent. Median home value is $1,136,210.
ACS median rent
$2,008
30% income budget
$2,193
Rent / income
27%
Median home
$1,136,210
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Los Angeles city. Up 62% since 2014. Echo Park is 4% 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: 11 groceries, 13 cafes, 16 parks, and 97 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 16 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (97 stops or stations).
13 cafes and 45 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 8 of the other 21 areas in this city.
Population
33,030
Median age
36.9
Median income
$88K
Renters
77%
Bachelor+
52%
Violent / 1k
4.1
Property / 1k
23.7
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 10 census tracts · LAPD Oct 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
Nightlife
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.
The lake, Sunset, and a hillside that looks at downtown. Local listing copy is unusually honest: chaotic, layered, loud, political, not sanded down. Extra Space’s 2026 table put rents under Silver Lake with a weaker safety percentile. Gentrification here stacked new money on top of what did not leave.
Nightlife on Sunset is less self-conscious than Silver Lake’s and less polished than WeHo. Weight vibe and cost. The lake is the commons. Downtown is actually close. Tour the hill streets and the commercial streets as different bets.
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, 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.
937 reports
- Graffiti Removal309
- Item Pickups201
- Illegal Dumping Item Pickup178
- Service Not Complete44
- Graffiti Removal
- Graffiti Removal
- Graffiti Removal
- Flooding
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: parks, the beach, and traffic.
- Survey says 92% back protected bikeways on Sunset Boulevard through Silver Lake, Echo Park
r/LosAngeles · Aug 25 · 519 upvotes · 117 comments
- Echo Park power outage 12 hours and counting
r/LosAngeles · Aug 25 · 111 upvotes · 185 comments
- The worst pothole in LA? Drivers left with shredded tires, disabled cars along Sunset Boulevard
r/LosAngeles · Aug 29 · 151 upvotes · 74 comments
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 Echo Park safe?
Echo Park shows more Part I than most of this Los Angeles set (safety 24 vs city 50). LAPD logged 4.1 violent and 23.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 27.8 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Echo Park?
ACS median rent is $2,008 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 77% of households rent. Median home value is $1,136,210. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Echo Park walkable?
Walk is 18 here vs 26 for the Los Angeles set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 11 groceries, 13 cafes, 97 transit stops, 16 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Echo Park good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 5.8 / 10. Median age is 36.9. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Echo Park?
19 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 Echo Park?
About 33,030 people. Median income $88K. 52% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Echo Park?
Highland Park, Silver Lake, Koreatown sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Echo Park vs Highland Park.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Echo Park vs Highland ParkEcho Park vs Silver LakeEcho Park vs Koreatown
57fit
Koreatown
$2K median rent
24-hour food, the Purple Line, and the densest rentals in the subset. Walkable central LA that still has a nightlife clock.
NightlifeWalk 55Safety 33
49fit
East Hollywood
$2K median rent
Thai Town, Little Armenia, and the Red Line. Density without the Hollywood Boulevard circus.
NightlifeWalk 42Safety 43
48fit
Highland Park
$2K median rent
York Boulevard, craftsman houses, and a Gold Line stop. Northeast that gentrified without becoming a postcard.
Walk 25Safety 76
36fit
Silver Lake
$2K median rent
The reservoir, Sunset Junction, and hills that make every errand a climb. Eastside that still feels like a neighborhood, not a brand.
NightlifeWalk 11Safety 19