Los Angeles, CA

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Climate

July average high

75°F

January average low

49°F

Annual rainfall

13.5 in

Annual snowfall

0.0 in

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Santa Monica Muni Ap (3 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Los Angeles ranks

• #2 Most Walkable Cities of 22 cities · score 84.9
• #11 Best Cities for Food Lovers of 22 cities · score 51.0
• #13 Most Bike-Friendly Cities of 22 cities · score 40.5
• #15 Best Cities for Healthcare Access of 22 cities · score 47.6
• #15 Best Cities for Nightlife of 22 cities · score 37.7
• #18 Best Cities for Arts & Culture of 22 cities · score 27.9
• #19 Best College Cities of 22 cities · score 23.0
• #19 Greenest Cities of 22 cities · score 16.2
• #21 Most Family-Friendly Cities of 22 cities · score 11.9
• #32 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 63.6
• #46 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 53.2
• #48 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 52.7
• #54 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 55 cities · score 3.8
• #62 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 41.3
• #77 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 20.0
• #84 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 35.1
• #93 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 2.4
• #98 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 18.9

Things to do in Los Angeles

Places mapped within 5 km of the city center. Use the layers control to show or hide categories.

• Parks 97

  Admiralty Park, Airport Avenue Demonstration Gardens, Airport Park…

• Playgrounds 101

  Aidan's Place…

• Restaurants 493

  5i Indochine, A Food Affair, AL DENTE · Pasta Shop…

• Cafes 179

  "Le" Coffee Shop, 10 Speed Coffee, 310 Coffee…

• Bars & pubs 51

  33 Taps, 7 Kingdoms, Alibi Room…

• Museums 6

  Center for Land Use Interpretation, Main Building, Museum of Flying…

• Art galleries 7

  Benjamin Creme Museum, Ernie Wolfe Gallery, Giant Robot Gallery…

• Theaters & cinemas 32

  AMC Century City 15, AMC Dine-in Marina 6, Backstage Theatre…

• Libraries 8

  Culver City Julian Dixon Library, Fairview Branch Library, LA County Library…

• Attractions 12

  Autumn's Peak, Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, Christine's Point…

• Grocery stores 42

  99 Ranch Market, Advance Food Market, Bristol Farms…

• Gyms & sports centers 112

  24 Hour Fitness, 9 Round, A Tighter U…

• Hospitals & clinics 42

  Accelerated Urgent Care, Alliance Health, Bluedoor…

• Colleges & universities 4

  Institute for Creative Technologies, SMC Airport Arts, Santa Monica College Bundy Campus…

Local facts

Median household income

$80,366

Median rent

$1,879 / mo

Median home value

$879,500

Median age

36.9

Unemployment

7.9%

Bachelor's degree or higher

37.8%

Poverty rate

16.6%

Renter-occupied homes

63.7%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

576

Students enrolled

265,050

Students per teacher

19.7 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

85.2%

Charter schools

30.7%

School districts serving the city

174

Browse all 576 public schools →

Districts: Los Angeles Unified, Montebello Unified, Los Angeles County Office Of Education, Los Angeles Unified Rocp, Crete Academy District

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

27.4%

No leisure-time physical activity

26.6%

Adults with diabetes

11.9%

Adults who smoke

12.0%

Frequent mental distress

17.3%

Sleeping under 7 hours

36.6%

Adults without health insurance

13.2%

Routine checkup in past year

70.7%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

61.8%

Share of city that is parkland

13.4%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

15.6

Median air quality index (county)

74

Unhealthy air days (county)

98

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

91.3%

Households with no internet

6.6%

Average commute

31.1 min

Work from home

17.3%

Commute by transit

6.7%

Commute on foot

3.1%

Commute by bike

0.7%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Los Angeles County as very high overall for natural hazard risk, with 29 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Earthquake: very high
• Riverine flooding: very high
• Wildfire: very high
• Heat wave: relatively high

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