60fit
Westwood
$3K 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.
Family streetsWalk 36Safety 100
Los Angeles/Hollywood
52fit
Hollywood
Official neighborhood: Hollywood
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · LAPD Oct 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
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.
hollywood boulevardhollywood blvdhollywood and vine
Best in Los Angeles for familiesWalkable Los AngelesUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
10
712 violent · 2662 property · 43.2 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Aug 2026)-40 vs city set
Schools
10
Rating 5.0 / 10 nearby-42 vs city set
Walk
55
OSM: 37 groceries · 38 cafes · 203 transit · 24 parks+29 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,961 ACS median vs your rent budget+8 vs city set
Vibe
47
OSM: 38 cafes · 194 restaurants · 30 bars · 24 parks+22 vs city set
Commute to work
From Hollywood, a typical weekday is 34 min to Downtown, 16 min to Westside, 6 min to Hollywood. Not live traffic.
Hollywood is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
34 min
DTLA, Arts District · -3 min vs the city-set median
Westside
16 min
Westwood, Century City · -12 min vs the city-set median
Hollywood
6 min
Studios, the Boulevard · -19 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
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 $1,961 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 34% of median household income — over the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($70K) could “afford” about $1,753 a month at 30% of pay.
91% of households rent. Median home value is $1,257,688.
ACS median rent
$1,961
30% income budget
$1,753
Rent / income
34%
Median home
$1,257,688
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Los Angeles city. Up 62% since 2014. Hollywood is 1% 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: 37 groceries, 38 cafes, 24 parks, and 203 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 24 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (203 stops or stations).
38 cafes and 194 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 21 of the other 21 areas in this city.
Population
78,077
Median age
35.7
Median income
$70K
Renters
91%
Bachelor+
51%
Violent / 1k
9.1
Property / 1k
34.1
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 27 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 Boulevard, the clubs, and a lot of visitors in the crime file. Nightlife is the product; the residential streets north toward the hills are quieter than the postcard. The Red Line makes it a real transit neighborhood, which the rest of the city pretends not to need.
Tour Hollywood Boulevard once, then tour the side streets you would actually live on. Weight nightlife and walk. Safety numbers are visitor numbers plus the rest — same caveat as Downtown. East Hollywood is the denser, less-postcard neighbor; Los Feliz is the park.
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.
1,365 reports
- Illegal Dumping Item Pickup508
- Item Pickups201
- Graffiti Removal107
- Service Not Complete91
- Service Not Complete
- Obstructions
- Graffiti Removal
- Graffiti 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 Hollywood.
- Jumbo’s Clown Room mentioned at the David Byrne concert at the Hollywood Bowl
r/LosAngeles · Aug 29 · 252 upvotes · 61 comments
- Trump Endorses U.S. Tax Incentive to Keep Hollywood Production: ‘Let’s Get This Done!’
r/LosAngeles · Sep 1 · 1 upvote · 1 comment
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 Hollywood safe?
Hollywood shows more Part I than most of this Los Angeles set (safety 10 vs city 50). LAPD logged 9.1 violent and 34.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 43.2 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Hollywood?
ACS median rent is $1,961 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 91% of households rent. Median home value is $1,257,688. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Hollywood walkable?
Walk is 55 here vs 26 for the Los Angeles set — some errands work on foot; some still need a ride. Inside 800 meters: 37 groceries, 38 cafes, 203 transit stops, 24 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Hollywood good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 5.0 / 10. Median age is 35.7. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Hollywood?
34 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 Hollywood?
About 78,077 people. Median income $70K. 51% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Hollywood?
Los Feliz, Fairfax, East Hollywood sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Hollywood vs Los Feliz.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Hollywood vs Los FelizHollywood vs FairfaxHollywood vs East Hollywood
49fit
East Hollywood
$2K median rent
Thai Town, Little Armenia, and the Red Line. Density without the Hollywood Boulevard circus.
NightlifeWalk 42Safety 43
43fit
Los Feliz
$2K 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 9Safety 71
36fit
Atwater Village
$2K median rent
A small commercial strip, the river on the east, and Glendale in walking distance. Quiet eastside that stayed a village.
Walk 3Safety 62
26fit
Fairfax
$3K median rent
Melrose, Canter’s, and a district that still has a nightlife strip. Compact, central, and not cheap.
NightlifeWalk 8Safety 5