HoodEx scores areas of Los Angeles, California, United States from 0 to 10 on green space and air, comfort and safety, homes and buildings, shops and services, and getting around. Of the areas reported on in depth so far, Pacific Palisades scores highest at 8.7/10, against an average of 6.3/10. Open any report below, or find which part of Los Angeles fits you.
Los Angeles occupies a broad coastal basin backed by mountains and opening to the Pacific, with a dry Mediterranean climate and a sprawling grid threaded by freeways and major boulevards. The city is a patchwork of distinct neighborhoods, from coastal Pacific Palisades and Venice to inland Panorama City and Warner Center, each with its own housing stock and street character. The measurements are strongest for networks and weakest for nature, so transport and walkability exceed greenery and environmental quality across the city. Shells vary most between areas, making the physical condition and type of housing the clearest difference from one address to another. Whether in the flat districts of Van Nuys and Northridge, the hills of Hollywood or Los Feliz, or the denser corridors of Koreatown and Downtown, residents navigate a landscape of wide roads where neighborhood identity shifts block by block.
Across the 26 measured areas HoodEx has mapped in Los Angeles, the average score is 6.3 out of 10 — solid. That places Los Angeles 24th of the 33 cities measured so far, 0.3 below the 6.6 average across those cities.
The highest-scoring area is Pacific Palisades at 8.7/10; the lowest is Florence at 4.4/10. A gap of 4.3 points across one city is large — in Los Angeles the address matters more than the city does. 5 of the 26 areas score 7 or better, and 2 sit below 5.
Averaged across Los Angeles: green & air 5.5, comfort & safety 6.2, homes & buildings 5.6, shops & services 6.1 and getting around 7.9, each out of 10.
Los Angeles's strongest category is getting around — transport and walkability — at 7.9/10, 0.8 above the 7.1 average for that category. The weakest is green & air — greenery and environmental quality — at 5.5/10, 0.2 below the 5.7 average. Those two are the shape of the city: what it gives you everywhere, and what you have to hunt for.
The score that swings most from one Los Angeles area to the next is homes & buildings: 3.0/10 in Florence, 9.0/10 in Pacific Palisades — a spread of 6.0 points. In practice that means what you are actually renting or buying is the thing your choice of address actually decides here.
By contrast getting around moves by only 3.7 points across the whole city, so it is close to a constant: worth knowing about Los Angeles, but not worth paying extra for one street over another.
Within United States, HoodEx has measured 2 cities, averaging 6.6/10. Los Angeles is 0.3 below the 6.6 average for the country, 2nd of the 2.
No single area wins on everything, so it is worth knowing which one leads on the thing you care about. In Los Angeles that is most green space: Pacific Palisades (8.5/10 green & air), best connected: Downtown (9.7/10 getting around), strongest community life: Pacific Palisades (9.5/10 shops & services) and best housing stock: Pacific Palisades (9.0/10 homes & buildings).
Open any of them below for the full breakdown — the five category scores, the components underneath them, and what residents have reported.
Describe the life you want — budget, commute, how much green you need, how lively the street should be — and HoodEx ranks Los Angeles's neighbourhoods against your answers instead of you looking up one address at a time.
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These parts of Los Angeles have been measured in full — each has its own page with the five scores, the readings underneath them and photos of the streets.
Every HoodEx neighbourhood is scored from 0 to 10 in five categories. Scores are generated by AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets, then blended into a single overall score.
HoodEx has scored 26 neighbourhoods in Los Angeles. New areas are added when someone checks a local address.
The average overall score across scored Los Angeles neighbourhoods is 6.3/10, blended from our five scoring categories — 0.3 below the 6.6 average across the 33 cities HoodEx has measured.
Pacific Palisades currently has the highest overall score in Los Angeles at 8.7/10, 4.3 points ahead of the lowest-scoring measured area, Florence (4.4/10).
Pacific Palisades scores highest on green & air in Los Angeles at 8.5/10, covering green space, air and water quality and natural features. The city average for green & air is 5.5/10.
Downtown leads on getting around — transit access, road connectivity, walkability and reaching everyday destinations — at 9.7/10, against a Los Angeles average of 7.9/10.
Homes & buildings varies most across Los Angeles — a spread of 6.0 points between Florence (3.0/10) and Pacific Palisades (9.0/10). That makes what you are actually renting or buying the thing your address decides here, while getting around is close to constant citywide (3.7 points).
HoodEx has measured 2 cities in United States, averaging 6.6/10. Los Angeles is 0.3 below the 6.6 average, ranking 2nd of the 2.
Every neighbourhood is scored 0–10 in five categories — Green & air, Comfort & safety, Homes & buildings, Shops & services, and Getting around — using AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets. The five category scores are blended into a single overall score.
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Scores update as new analyses are run and community feedback comes in. Each neighbourhood page shows when it was last updated.