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Population 30,764: a town settled in 1911. A regional job hub with 50,720 jobs.
Trash day: look up yoursWith a C+ overall, Beverly Hills is better than 43% of U.S. towns and ranks 261st of 841 in California. Cost of living is its weak spot: the typical home is worth about $3.7 million, 38.3 years of the Los Angeles metro’s $96K median household income. Health is where it shines: it is healthier than 96% of U.S. towns. Add walkability to its strengths (A+). 70% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in the town, against 29% in California’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. On safety, just 28 of California’s 426 towns do worse. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Beverly Hills's schools rank ahead of 86% of California towns.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FBI crime data, 2025 · FEMA National Risk Index · schools, state test and graduation results.
Where Beverly Hills beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Beverly Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Beverly Hills is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 1%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 674 in 1920, 32,701 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1919 and 8 maps from 1896 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Beverly Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw4 mi LandmarkHollywood Walk of Fame10.0M visitors a year
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaSoFi Stadium
Big draw3 mi MuseumLa Brea Tar Pits
Big draw8 mi MuseumLucas Museum of Narrative Art
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Big draw6 mi LandmarkHollywood SignHollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · SoFi Stadium: Thank You (21 Millions+) views, CC BY 2.0 · La Brea Tar Pits: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Beverly Hills, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Beverly Hills.
Beverly Hills draws workers from Los Angeles and beyond, has less no health insurance than most of California and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
At 38.3 years of the Los Angeles metro’s $96K median household income, the typical home (about $3.68M) costs more against local pay than in any other California town; that ratio is one input to that grade.
Beverly Hills: 41% of households own their home. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 9.3%. Also worth knowing: the median rent in the town is $2,830 a month.
| Beverly Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,830 a month | $1,895 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 41% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
That grade comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $3.68M.
Public schools: the Beverly Hills Unified school district. Of its 11 schools, three are listed below, each with the reason.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Vista MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 687 | A |
| Beverly Hills HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,173 | A |
| Horace Mann ElementaryTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 578 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with California is no health insurance: 3.5% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 10.6% statewide.
The share of adults in Beverly Hills who feel lonely: 35%. Of 32 CDC measures, Beverly Hills beats the California average on 20 and trails it on 3. Among adults in the town, 16% get no exercise outside work and 7.4% smoke cigarettes.
| Beverly Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 29% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 24% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.4% | 11% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Beverly Hills | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.5% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.6% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Reported crimes fell from 1,691 to 1,208 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Beverly Hills reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 94% report less. In Beverly Hills, the violent crime rate is 4.1 per 1,000 residents.
| Beverly Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 35.3 per 1,000 residents | 13.3 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.1 per 1,000 residents | 2.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
50,720 jobs are based in Beverly Hills, 3.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 30.1% of workers work from home, against 17.2% across California.
14% of working residents work locally in Beverly Hills. Half the trips to work are shorter than 7 miles. Beverly Hills’ median household income is $133,000. The top destinations are Los Angeles (45%), Burbank (7%) and Santa Monica (3%).
| Beverly Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 30% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $133,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
117 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 10 properties have flooded more than once.
Flood insurance has paid out on 117 claims in Beverly Hills since 1980. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 64% come from earthquakes and 36% from inland flooding. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 9 declared disasters, most recently in 2025.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Count the trails in 9 parks and preserves and they come to 4.5 miles. Beverly Hills’ trail density comes in at 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Beverly Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Virginia Robinson Gardens | 0.8 mi | 6 |
| 2. Greystone Mansion & Gardens | 0.7 mi | 19 |
| 3. Roxbury Park | 0.4 mi | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
January nights average 47.9°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 80.9°.
Snow is almost unheard of. Beverly Hills’ January low stands at 48°F.
| Beverly Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 48°F | 40°F | 22°F |
| July high | 81°F | 89°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
61 within 15 miles of the center of Beverly Hills
About 8 of every 100 Beverly Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
8 places in Beverly Hills on the National Register of Historic Places.
36 notable people were born in Beverly Hills.
City in California, United States
Beverly Hills is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is located southwest of the Hollywood Hills, approximately 12.2 miles (19.6 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The city's land area totals 5.71 square miles (14.8 km2) and (together with the neighboring smaller city of West Hollywood to the east) is entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 32,701, marking a decrease of 1,408 from the 2010 census count of 34,109. In American popular culture, Beverly Hills has been known as an affluent suburb within Greater Los Angeles, which corresponds to higher property values and taxes in the area. The city is …
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One town shares a border with Beverly Hills.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Hills | #261 | C+ | D− | D | A | A+ |
| West Hollywood | #494 | C− | D− | D− | B− | A |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Beverly Hills grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #261 of 841 in California. It grades A+ for health, D for safety and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
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−.
36 notable people were born here, including Logan Lerman and Paris Jackson.
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