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/Los Feliz
43fit
Los Feliz
Official neighborhood: Los Feliz
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · LAPD Oct 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
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.
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Best in Los Angeles for familiesWalkable Los AngelesUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
71
51 violent · 488 property · 16.5 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Aug 2026)+21 vs city set
Schools
67
Rating 7.4 / 10 nearby+15 vs city set
Walk
9
OSM: 7 groceries · 17 cafes · 65 transit · 1 parks-17 vs city set
Cost
100
$2,142 ACS median vs your rent budget+8 vs city set
Vibe
14
OSM: 17 cafes · 79 restaurants · 8 bars · 1 parks-11 vs city set
Commute to work
From Los Feliz, a typical weekday is 42 min to Downtown, 20 min to Westside, 14 min to Hollywood. Not live traffic.
Hollywood is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
42 min
DTLA, Arts District · +5 min vs the city-set median
Westside
20 min
Westwood, Century City · -8 min vs the city-set median
Hollywood
14 min
Studios, the Boulevard · -11 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 $2,142 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 23% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($113K) could “afford” about $2,833 a month at 30% of pay.
76% of households rent. Median home value is $1,655,482.
ACS median rent
$2,142
30% income budget
$2,833
Rent / income
23%
Median home
$1,655,482
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Los Angeles city. Up 62% since 2014. Los Feliz is 11% 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: 7 groceries, 17 cafes, 1 park, and 65 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. 1 park shows up in the same walk. Transit is dense (65 stops or stations).
17 cafes and 79 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 3 of the other 21 areas in this city.
Population
32,674
Median age
38.2
Median income
$113K
Renters
76%
Bachelor+
68%
Violent / 1k
1.6
Property / 1k
14.9
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 11 census tracts · LAPD Oct 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
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.
Griffith Park at the north edge, Hillhurst cafes, and a village that still walks after dark. Eastside comparison guides call it the quieter, larger-lot alternative to Silver Lake — sit-down restaurants, the Greek Theatre, a village that behaves. Reddit locals still name it as the college-dream neighborhood they actually reached.
The park is why you stay. Hills and the 5 freeway are why you still own a car. Weight family and walk (the village, not the canyon). Silver Lake is hillier and more design-forward. Echo Park is louder and closer to downtown.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, 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.
724 reports
- Item Pickups230
- Illegal Dumping Item Pickup222
- Service Not Complete68
- Graffiti Removal52
- Item Pickups
- Item Pickups
- Graffiti Removal
- Illegal Dumping Item Pickup
- Landscape Maintenance
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.
No r/LosAngeles posts in this snapshot mentioned Los Feliz.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Los Feliz safe?
Los Feliz sits on the quieter side of this Los Angeles map (safety 71 vs city 50). LAPD logged 1.6 violent and 14.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 16.5 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Los Feliz?
ACS median rent is $2,142 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 76% of households rent. Median home value is $1,655,482. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Los Feliz walkable?
Walk is 9 here vs 26 for the Los Angeles set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 7 groceries, 17 cafes, 65 transit stops, 1 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Los Feliz good for families?
Family fit depends on the school rating nearby and how much quiet you want. Nearby school rating is 7.4 / 10. Median age is 38.2. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Los Feliz?
42 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 Los Feliz?
About 32,674 people. Median income $113K. 68% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Los Feliz?
Hollywood, Atwater Village, East Hollywood sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Los Feliz vs Hollywood.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Los Feliz vs HollywoodLos Feliz vs Atwater VillageLos Feliz vs East Hollywood
52fit
Hollywood
$2K 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.
NightlifeWalk 55Safety 10
50fit
Brentwood
$3K median rent
San Vicente, school runs, and a median home that assumes you already made it. Quiet westside, on purpose.
Family streetsWalk 17Safety 95
49fit
East Hollywood
$2K median rent
Thai Town, Little Armenia, and the Red Line. Density without the Hollywood Boulevard circus.
NightlifeWalk 42Safety 43
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