What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Playa Vista?
Playa Vista is ranked #8 of 94 eligible neighborhoods in Los Angeles; #665 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #5,982 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Playa Vista
Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
54.4
Stability and Strength
62.6
Value Opportunity
46.8
Momentum
51.9
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Los Angeles, CA |
| County | Los Angeles County |
| National rank | #5,982 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #665 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #8 of 94 |
| County rank | #105 of 321 |
| National percentile | 60.0 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $2,350,379 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 0.4% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.15% |
| Home value to income ratio | 15.56 |
| Median household income | $151,042 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 84.5% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 4.4% |
| Homeownership rate | 33.0% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 11.5% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 54.5% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in Playa Vista
Is Playa Vista one of the best neighborhoods in Los Angeles?
Playa Vista has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 54.4 and a city ranking of #8 of 94 eligible neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
How much are homes worth in Playa Vista?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Playa Vista is approximately $2,350,379.
Are home values rising or falling in Playa Vista?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 0.4% year over year and 0.15% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Playa Vista?
Playa Vista has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 51.9. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Playa Vista?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $151,042.
How affordable is Playa Vista relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 15.56. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Playa Vista primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 33.0%.
What is the unemployment rate in Playa Vista?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 4.4%.
How educated are residents of Playa Vista?
Approximately 84.5% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Playa Vista face high rent burden?
Approximately 54.5% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Playa Vista?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry. These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications152
Estimated originations94
Home-purchase applications80
Origination rate61.6%
Home-purchase share52.8%
Average application loan$747,897
Total application loan amount$113,707,687
National application rank#2,890 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 17.9% YoY; originations 18.0% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography. This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation. Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded. Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.