Places in the Los Angeles Area
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2017 Best Suburbs to Live in the Los Angeles AreaAbout this List

Explore the best suburbs to live in the U.S. based on crime, public schools, cost of living, job opportunities, and local amenities. Ranking based on data from the U.S. Census, FBI, BLS, CDC, and other sources. Read more on how this ranking was calculated.

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  1. Manhattan Beach

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 66
    1 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Current Resident: Manhattan is a wonderful family oriented vacation-like community along the Pacific Ocean south of LAX. With wonderful public schools, cutting edge restaurants and an outdoor healthy lifestyle, Manhattan Beach real estate has become very high priced! Not only is Manhattan Beach an international vacation destination but also a vibrant safe community in which to live.
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    • 35,603 Population
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  2. Irvine

    • City in California
    • 134
    2 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Current Resident: Irvine is a very clean master planned community. I love all the walking and biking trails that have been intergrated so thoughtfully through the communities in Irvine.Irvine using recycled water for the parks and green areas creating what appears to be drought free landscape. In addition, the shopping centers are charming with music pumped through outside sitting areas. All of this creates a resort living experience!
    Read 134 Reviews

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    • 238,474 Population
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  3. Santa Monica

    • Town in California
    • 28
    3 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Current Resident: Santa Monica is a nice city to live in. You are surrounded by many amenities locally. There's entertainment and shopping such as the pier and the 3rd Street promenade close by. You'll see a lot of people, jogging, riding their bikes and walking their dog's here. The city is so great even tourist can rent a bike to get around the city. If you ever come to visit you'll be happy you did!
    Read 28 Reviews

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    • 92,169 Population
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  5. Palos Verdes Estates

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 17
    4 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Current Resident: Palos Verdes Estates is a wonderful place to live, the scenery is breath taking. There is very little to no crime due to the outstanding law enforcement agency's. There is no night life whatsoever due to the strict curfew policy. 10/10, love living here.
    Read 17 Reviews

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    • 13,614 Population
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  6. San Marino

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 36
    5 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Current Resident: I would like to see more businesses/restaurants enter San Marino. We do not offer a wide range of restaurant choices as of now, and are lacking especially in Mexican and Asian foods. Furthermore, although we do not have much of a night life, there are many cities nearby that offer a wide range of options, so it is nice to be in the middle of everything. This city is relatively safe, and has a great public education program, so it is a wonderful place to raise kids (if you can afford to live here - the real estate is very expensive).
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    • 13,353 Population
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  7. Rolling Hills

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 2
    6 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Niche User: It is an excellent gated equestrian community to raise a family.
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    • 1,820 Population
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  10. La Cañada Flintridge

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 59
    7 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Niche User: La Canada is very safe and peaceful, and I have always enjoyed being able to take strolls outside with my family without having to worry about our safety. Because of it's relatively small size, it is very easy and comfortable to get around the city. Personally, I enjoy living by the beach rather than the mountains so I plan on moving to San Diego in the future, but I know that my parents plan to stay here even after all my younger siblings graduate from high school and move out.
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    • 20,526 Population
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  11. Rancho Palos Verdes

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 62
    8 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Current Resident: Rancho Palos Verdes is a community full of friendly faces and family fun. With its safe neighborhood and top education system, families mostly reside here. Nothing much can be changed to make this community any better!
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    • 42,464 Population
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  12. South Pasadena

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 49
    9 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Current Resident: It has a small town feel; it IS a small town,very small! Yet it is minutes away from downtown Los Angeles. There are many tree-lined streets with modest houses from the 1930's, all beautifully maintained (probably due to high property values). The public schools are ranked near the top in Los Angeles. It feels safe; my boyfriend left his bass guitar on the sidewalk one night; and only realized it was missing when he was contacted by someone who took it home for safe-keeping. For over thirty years we have fought the proposed extension of the 710 freeway through the middle of our town, an almost unheard of victory. We are also home to large, thriving flocks of escaped pet store green parrots. Each evening they return to roost in the tall palm trees lining my street, and at sunrise their sleepy chatter suddenly becomes a glorious cacophony as they rise en masse to greet the day.
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    • 25,999 Population
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  14. Aliso Viejo

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 67
    10 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Current Resident: This is a very good safe place to live! It's a good environment for anyone growing up, lots of parks/recreational areas nearby.
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    • 49,829 Population
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  15. Rolling Hills Estates

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 15
    11 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Niche User: I feel safe here. There are few crimes, but none of them are violent. You only hear of a robbery once and a while.
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    • 8,188 Population
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  16. Redondo Beach

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 111
    12 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Current Resident: Redondo Beach has been a home for me and my family for almost a decade. It is a beautiful and safe city. I went to Adams Middle school and then to Redondo Union High school. Both of these schools had a fun, educational, and respectable environment where students were able to learn and share their talents with their classmates, and teachers. My favorite time of the year is the summer. Every summer brings new adventures and I have been lucky enough to have lived near the city's beautiful beach. Redondo is a home to me and my family.
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    • 67,695 Population
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  19. Newport Beach

    • Town in California
    • 24
    13 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Current Resident: Newport Beach is great because it's a small beach town that is super unique. However, there is always construction going on and they are trying to make Newport Beach too touristy. There is also too many people flocking to Newport who like to brag about their wealth. What makes Newport great is it's beautiful simplicity and humbleness.
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    • 86,911 Population
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  20. Laguna Beach

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 19
    14 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Current Resident: Laguna Beach is where I was blessed to be born & raised! Being an outdoorsman, Laguna Beach was perfect because it lends Itself to canyon hikes, surfing, tennis, & beach volleyball. It's also known for its art culture like Pageant of the Masters, Sawdust Festival, art galleries, Museums & Theatres.Though it possesses charm & character, Laguna is a bit of a " bubble." The average home price is $1.5M, kids drive exotic cars to school, have easy access to drugs/alcohol & the sense of entitlement runs rampant. It's a culture shock to people who visit from other areas! This is what I'd change about Laguna Beach. Laguna's youth are living with "checked out parents" that are trying to be their friends rather than parents. As a young man who was raised by a single mom,this was not my reality. My goal was to find a place where I could still enjoy the outdoors & experience diverse cultures yet get away from so much of the "Orange County Stigma."
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    • 23,230 Population
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  21. Beverly Hills

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 55
    15 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Current Resident: I have been a resident in Beverly Hills for my entire 22 years of living. While I have been mostly dependent on my parents, I can not speak to the financial pressures accurately, but what I can deliver is some insight into why I never plan on leaving. As a young Jewish girl, it has been very easy to find a belonging within such a large community. What I have found, as someone who attended public school as well as Jewish school in my lifetime, is that for every group or any person under any category of which they would place themselves, there is a community them. A misconception of Beverly Hills that I could like to eliminate is the idea that everyone selfish and self centered. I am surrounded by some of the most generous people I've ever met. It is a beautiful city in which people come to succeed. Perhaps that is where the misconception comes from. People identify success with selfishness rather than with hard work. That is what Beverly Hills instills in you, drive and hard work.
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    • 34,663 Population
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  22. Ladera Ranch

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 29
    16 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Niche User: I grew up in this are my whole entire life. They provide a safe family oriented atmosphere with tons of activities to do. We live in a beautiful area that is always maintained. The schools are great and allow children to grow up together and get a great education. We have many accommodations such as community pools, a water park, a skatepark, and soccer and baseball fields.
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    • 26,714 Population
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  23. Oak Park

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 41
    17 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Current Resident: Great place to live! Nice restaurants, very safe and clean, nice schools, nice people, great shops. Nice scenery. But not much to do sadly.
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    • 15,087 Population
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  26. Culver City

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 84
    18 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Niche User: Culver City has pretty expensive real estate. Nevertheless, it has a very friendly community aura with great schools and wonderful people!
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    • 39,469 Population
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  27. Hermosa Beach

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 35
    19 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Works Here: Such a fun, young, energetic city! Hermosa has a ton of diversity in regards to extracurricular activities.
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    • 19,747 Population
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  28. Claremont

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 79
    20 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Former Resident: Claremont is a nice town, it is very small & quaint. Also very quiet. There is a nice place in the center of Claremont called "The Village" you are able to enjoy many restaurants catering to every type of cuisine you're interested in & also a movie theater & other things to engage in entertainment!
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    • 35,762 Population
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  29. Seal Beach

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 27
    21 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Works Here: Seal Beach is a family friendly, safe, quiet, community involving city.
    With Cal State Long Beach right around the corner this is a great city to live! Very pleasant & peaceful it makes it very nice to come home and get your work done, with no nonsense noise, partying and loud distractions to take your focus away from your work.
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    • 24,551 Population
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  30. Arcadia

    • Town in California
    • 142
    22 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Current Resident: Was ranked the best place to live in America a few years a row several years back. Beautiful, complete with lots of wildlife like peacocks, bears, even foxes - all despite it being a suburban town outside LA. Pasadena's close by with the 210 freeway, and the new Metro Gold Line Station makes traveling to LA cheap (albeit time consuming). The race track, excellent schools, constantly vigilant and visible police force, and picturesque neighborhoods make Arcadia one of the best places in the San Gabriel Valley to live.
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    • 57,564 Population
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  32. Las Flores

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 11
    23 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Niche User: I would choose to live here again. It is truly a nice area and I love it. I love my friends and the atmosphere, also the oppurtunities this place provides!
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    • 6,339 Population
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  33. Rossmoor

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 9
    24 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Niche User: The area that I'm currently living is an area where retiree's live. Many older people live in the area so It's really quiet around here. The best part of the area is that everything is around here, because stores like Target, Ralph's, Sprouts, and more.
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    • 10,461 Population
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  34. Rancho Santa Margarita

    • Suburb of Los Angeles, CA
    • 130
    25 Best Suburbs to Live in Los Angeles Area

    Current Resident: Rancho Santa Margarita (RSM) is an underrated town home to peaceful, fair income neighborhoods as well as a caring community that demonstrates diversity, safety, and equal employment. Located down the 241 freeway lies a community of hardworking, well mannered, and fun locals who dine on a variety of fairly priced eating establishments, shop at new, innovative as well as current, popular marketing titans of sales, and discover a variety of events that stand out and continue to grow a stronger community. The one area of improvement RSM needs is more entertainment venues to draw more celebrity status. ThIs community has potential to improve the marketing status of their community's to invite more celebrities to visit, perform, sponsor, or conduct buisnesses of all areas by building more venues for entertainment or marketing its local businesses for more public interest.
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    • 49,026 Population
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