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/Mid-Wilshire
41fit
Mid-Wilshire
Official neighborhood: Mid-Wilshire
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · LAPD Oct 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Miracle Mile museums, Park La Brea towers, and Wilshire buses. Central without downtown’s visitor count.
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Best in Los Angeles for familiesWalkable Los AngelesUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
57
118 violent · 763 property · 21.4 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Aug 2026)+7 vs city set
Schools
52
Rating 6.8 / 10 nearby0 vs city set
Walk
19
OSM: 12 groceries · 10 cafes · 112 transit · 11 parks-7 vs city set
Cost
90
$2,442 ACS median vs your rent budget-2 vs city set
Vibe
10
OSM: 10 cafes · 42 restaurants · 3 bars · 11 parks-15 vs city set
Commute to work
From Mid-Wilshire, a typical weekday is 22 min to Downtown, 31 min to Westside, 29 min to Hollywood. Not live traffic.
Downtown is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
22 min
DTLA, Arts District · -15 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Westside
31 min
Westwood, Century City · +3 min vs the city-set median
Hollywood
29 min
Studios, the Boulevard · +4 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 $2,442 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 30% of median household income — on the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($99K) could “afford” about $2,475 a month at 30% of pay.
81% of households rent. Median home value is $1,478,482.
ACS median rent
$2,442
30% income budget
$2,475
Rent / income
30%
Median home
$1,478,482
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Los Angeles city. Up 62% since 2014. Mid-Wilshire is 26% 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: 12 groceries, 10 cafes, 11 parks, and 112 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 11 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (112 stops or stations).
10 cafes and 42 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 9 of the other 21 areas in this city.
Population
41,134
Median age
39.2
Median income
$99K
Renters
81%
Bachelor+
64%
Violent / 1k
2.9
Property / 1k
18.5
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 14 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.
Miracle Mile museums, Park La Brea towers, and Wilshire buses. Central without downtown’s visitor count. The Academy Museum and LACMA are the civic front yard. Housing is towers and a few houses hiding behind them.
Wilshire is the seam, not a village square. Weight walk along the mile. Fairfax and Hancock Park are the adjacent neighborhoods with more identity. This is a practical central address — museums, buses, a grocery, a commute that does not require the 10 every day.
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.
577 reports
- Item Pickups244
- Illegal Dumping Item Pickup127
- Service Not Complete48
- Streetlight Repair Services24
- Dockless Mobility Enforcement
- Dockless Mobility Enforcement
- Sewer or Sidewalk Rebates
- Dockless Mobility Enforcement
- Item Pickups
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 Mid-Wilshire.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Mid-Wilshire safe?
Mid-Wilshire is middle of the pack for Part I here (safety 57 vs city 50). LAPD logged 2.9 violent and 18.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 21.4 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Mid-Wilshire?
ACS median rent is $2,442 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 81% of households rent. Median home value is $1,478,482. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Mid-Wilshire walkable?
Walk is 19 here vs 26 for the Los Angeles set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 12 groceries, 10 cafes, 112 transit stops, 11 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Mid-Wilshire good for families?
Family fit depends on the school rating nearby and how much quiet you want. Nearby school rating is 6.8 / 10. Median age is 39.2. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Mid-Wilshire?
22 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 Mid-Wilshire?
About 41,134 people. Median income $99K. 64% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Mid-Wilshire?
Hancock Park, Koreatown, Fairfax sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Mid-Wilshire vs Hancock Park.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Mid-Wilshire vs Hancock ParkMid-Wilshire vs KoreatownMid-Wilshire vs Fairfax
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
35fit
Venice
$3K median rent
Abbot Kinney, the boardwalk, and canals that still photograph. The ocean is the amenity; the visitors are the tax.
WaterfrontNightlifeWalk 21Safety 14
33fit
Hancock Park
$3K median rent
Windsor Square houses, Larchmont Village, and a median that prices like the westside. Central, quiet, and not trying to be a scene.
Family streetsWalk 0Safety 52
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