1110 census tracts
Los Angeles.California housing market
This Los Angeles housing market report covers about 1,551,000 homes across 1110 census tracts. The average of 3,016 active listings, $1,656,471, costs 20.7 times the median household income, the 3rd highest ratio of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks.
- Average listing price
- $1,656,471 3,016 active listings · Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory · August 2026
- Approximate homes
- 1,551,000 across 1110 assigned tracts
- Renter-occupied
- 64% of occupied homes
Los Angeles housing market context
- Renters occupy 64% of occupied homes, higher than in 133 of the 139 markets.
- The property insurance rate is 0.19%, lower than in 129 of the 139 markets.
- Rent takes 36.1% of household income at the median (its rent-to-income ratio), higher than in 128 of the 139 markets.
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Location score distribution
How location scores vary across 1110 census tracts in Los Angeles.
Half of Los Angeles's tracts score between 75 and 81. The full range spans 65 to 91, with a median of 77.8.
What the location score shows
PriceDNA Location Score™ is a 0 to 100 signal designed to summarize local strength and risk context for rental-property analysis. Higher scores generally point to stronger location fundamentals.
The middle half of Los Angeles's tracts is 6.5 points wide on the score, wider than in 81 of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks.
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Housing composition
Key housing statistics for approximately 1,551,000 homes in Los Angeles, including occupancy, tenure, and structure type.
Of about 1,551,000 homes, 7.4% are vacant. Among occupied homes, 64% are renter-occupied, providing context on the size of the local rental base.
By structure type, about 42% of Los Angeles’s housing units are in single-family structures, 9% in small multifamily buildings (2 to 4 units), and 48% in larger multifamily buildings (5+ units). Percentages are rounded; small residual structure categories are not shown.
How Los Angeles compares
Los Angeles's median is above the California median on 4 of these 8 measures and above the U.S. median on 5. The city range shows the lower quarter, median and upper quarter of its census tracts.
| Metric | Los Angeles lower · median · upper Los Angeles | California CA | United States US |
|---|---|---|---|
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Census ACS B19013 · 2020 to 2024
|
$61,002 $79,903 $104,358 | $96,931 | $77,171 |
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Census ACS B15003 · 2020 to 2024
|
25% 41% 62% | 42% | 41% |
|
Census ACS B01001 · 2020 to 2024
|
34% 37% 44% | 34% | 32% |
|
FHFA HPI · 2025
|
4.8% every tract | 4.8% | 5.2% |
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HUD SAFMR · 2018 to 2027 + Census ACS B25064 · 2014 to 2024
|
4.8% 5.3% 5.8% | 4.6% | 3.8% |
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Census ACS B25103 · 2020 to 2024 + Lincoln Institute
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1.19% every tract | 1.19% | 1.65% |
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Census ACS B25141 · 2020 to 2024 + U.S. Treasury FIO
|
0.19% 0.19% 0.21% | 0.21% | 0.56% |
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Census ACS B25064 + B19013 · 2020 to 2024
|
33.2% 36.1% 39.3% | 33.8% | 30.8% |
About this data
PriceDNA uses the most local reliable data available for each metric. Some signals are available at the census-tract level. Others are published or more reliable at broader geographies such as county, metro, state, or national level.
Housing-unit totals are approximate. PriceDNA sums Census ACS counts for the tracts assigned to the city by centroid, so the market total can differ from a municipal boundary count when a tract crosses the city line.
The property-tax assumption combines local residential tax data with a state-level apartment benchmark to provide more conservative context for rental-property underwriting. Insurance assumptions use available residential property insurance data and should be verified for the specific property and coverage.
These pages are designed for market screening and investor education. They do not replace property-level underwriting, inspections, appraisals, insurance quotes, lender review, or professional advice.
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