LA Neighborhoods: Price per Square Foot
How much space does your dollar buy across Los Angeles? This page compares 35 neighborhoods by price per square foot — the ratio of median home price to typical home size. Neighborhoods are grouped into five tiers based on median home price:
- Ultra-Luxury (>$3M): Bel Air, Beverly Hills, Holmby Hills, Malibu
- Luxury ($2M–$3M): Brentwood, Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades
- Upper-Mid ($1.3M–$2M): Venice, Silver Lake, Sherman Oaks
- Mid-Range ($900K–$1.3M): Highland Park, Pasadena, Eagle Rock
- Affordable (<$900K): Boyle Heights, North Hollywood, Koreatown
Data Sources
All data is traceable and reproducible. Run
Rscript scripts/la_real_estate_data.R to refresh.
| Source | What | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| Zillow ZHVI | Typical home values (neighborhood & city level) | 2026-02-28 |
| Zillow ZORI | Typical observed rents (zip-code level) | 2026-02-28 |
| Redfin | Median sale prices, $/sqft | Manual; see source CSV |
| American Home Field | $/sqft study | 2025 |
Raw data files: la_neighborhoods.csv | Redfin sources | Zillow ZHVI extract | Zillow ZORI extract
Price per Square Foot by Neighborhood
Bar Chart
Interactive Table
What Does $1 Million Buy You?
Bar Chart
Scatter: Price vs Size
Price-to-Rent Ratio
The price-to-rent ratio divides median home price by annual rent. Under 15 favors buying; 15–20 is a toss-up; over 20 favors renting.
How to update this data: Run
Rscript scripts/la_real_estate_data.R to refresh Zillow
ZHVI/ZORI. For Redfin $/sqft and median sale prices, update
data/la_neighborhoods_redfin.csv with the latest values
from each neighborhood’s Redfin page (URLs are in the CSV). Then
re-render this page.