Bell CanyonCA
A town of 2,177.
Is Bell Canyon a good place to live?
The best of Bell Canyon’s subject grades are an A for health and schools and an A+ for the outdoors; the weakest is a D− for cost of living. Bell Canyon’s typical home value is $2,144,000, above both the California town median ($710,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($332,000). On walkability, just 33 of California’s 1,063 towns do worse. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of U.S. communities, with wildfire at the top. 28% of the land in Bell Canyon is conserved, against 4.3% in California’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Only 88 of California’s 1,064 towns score higher on the outdoors. Bell Canyon Equestrian Center is on the National Register of Historic Places. Bell Canyon has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Bell Canyon stand out
Where Bell Canyon beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
97% of working residents leave Bell Canyon for work
Where Bell Canyon’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Bell Canyon grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Bell Canyon is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Hollywood Walk of Fame and 187 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bell Canyon. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi LandmarkHollywood Walk of Fame10.0M visitors a year
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaSoFi Stadium
Big draw26 mi MuseumLucas Museum of Narrative Art
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Big draw22 mi LandmarkHollywood Sign
Big draw22 mi MuseumLa Brea Tar PitsPhoto credits
Hollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · SoFi Stadium: Thank You (21 Millions+) views, CC BY 2.0 · Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: Kriddl, CC0 · Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: CanonStarGal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hollywood Sign: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · La Brea Tar Pits: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5
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Moving to Bell Canyon: who provides what
Bell Canyon is unincorporated, so Ventura County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bell Canyon.
Bell Canyon earns a D− for cost of living
The typical Bell Canyon home is worth about $2,144,000, down 0.8% in a year, 3 times the California typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Residents of Bell Canyon are healthier than 94% of U.S. towns
Bell Canyon beats the California average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 22% of Bell Canyon adults have obesity.
| Bell Canyon | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 29% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 36% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 24% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Bell Canyon | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.8% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.1% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very high risk in Bell Canyon, with wildfire at the top
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers nearly a quarter of Bell Canyon
9.1 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The trail density in Bell Canyon is 2.5 miles per square mile. SSFL South Buffer, at 383 acres with 1.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Upper Las Virgenes Open Space Preserve | 3.1 mi | 255 |
| 2. SSFL South Buffer | 1.6 mi | 383 |
| 3. Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | — | 108 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Bell Canyon stands out in California and nationally, with the median household income higher than most
Bell Canyon’s median household income is $250,000. Only 1 of the 848 California towns we compare have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Bell Canyon. Bell Canyon’s average trip to work is 39 minutes.
| Bell Canyon | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 39 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $250,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 0.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Bell Canyon
Bell Canyon has warm winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 45° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Bell Canyon
Colleges nearby
11 within 15 miles of the center of Bell Canyon
About 11 of every 100 Bell Canyon residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Bell Canyon
Place in California, United States
Bell Canyon is an unincorporated community in eastern Ventura County, California, United States. Bell Canyon is a gated community in the Simi Hills with the main access through the Los Angeles community of West Hills and the western San Fernando Valley. Bell Canyon sits at an elevation of 1,368 feet (417 m). The 2020 census reported Bell Canyon's population was 1,946. For statistical purposes, the Census Bureau has defined Bell Canyon as a census-designated place (CDP). According to a 2016 study, Bell Canyon is the seventh wealthiest community in the state of California with an annual median income of $230,000.
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- Area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,368 ft
- Area code
- 818
Questions about Bell Canyon
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bell Canyon, CA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.