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A town of 11,115.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Del Aire grades B overall, 136th of 841 graded towns in California. The median household earns $142K and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 76% of the country. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $929K for a typical one and 9.7 times the Los Angeles metro’s $96K median household income. Del Aire’s median rent is $2,976 a month, above both California’s towns ($1,895 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Del Aire is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 92% of U.S. towns.
Where Del Aire beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Del Aire | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7% | 10.6% |
Where Del Aire’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 Del Aire is from typical.
Its grades run from A for walkability (better than 92% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 1%), so the B overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 11,930 in 1970, 10,338 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2024 and 8 maps from 1896 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Del Aire. Close and well known come first.
Big draw3 mi Stadium & arenaSoFi Stadium
Big draw13 mi LandmarkHollywood Walk of Fame10.0M visitors a year
Big draw8 mi MuseumLucas Museum of Narrative Art
Big draw3 mi Stadium & arenaIntuit Dome
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Big draw27 mi Theme parkDisneyland17.3M visitors a yearSoFi Stadium: Thank You (21 Millions+) views, CC BY 2.0 · Hollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: Kriddl, CC0 · Intuit Dome: Spatms, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: CanonStarGal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Disneyland: HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0
Del Aire is unincorporated, so Los Angeles 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Del Aire.
Del Aire has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and owes part of its health edge to its incomes, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of California.
On expected storm and flood damage, Del Aire sits above 94% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Del Aire break down as 58% from inland flooding and 41% from earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Da Vinci Connect, with 923 students. Public school enrollment in Del Aire: 1,535 students across 2 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Aire ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 612 | – |
| Da Vinci ConnectLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 923 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Against the 3,437 U.S. towns with household incomes like Del Aire’s, it is less healthy than 74%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Nearly a fifth of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Del Aire. Two figures for adults locally: 26% have obesity, 71% had a checkup this year.
| Del Aire | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 29% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 72% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Del Aire | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.6% | 5.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jobs based here fell from 2,174 in 2013 to 1,610.
Only 2% of working residents stay in Del Aire for work; the rest commute out. Del Aire’s mean commuting time comes in at 25 minutes. Employers in Del Aire shed 564 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,610. In Del Aire, 19% of workers work remotely from home.
| Del Aire | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $142,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 19% | 14% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
January nights average 48.4°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 78.7°.
The July high in Del Aire is 79°F. The seasons locally: warm winters, pleasant summers, with very little rain. It almost never snows.
| Del Aire | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 79°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 48°F | 40°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For Del Aire, the median age is 36.5 years. Every broad age group is within 4 points of the California average. Among adults 25 and older in the town, 41% hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Del Aire | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| Median age | 36.5 years | 39.1 years | 40.5 years |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.7 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women. Median age: women 35.9, men 36.8.
| Del Aire | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16.3% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.9% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.2% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.9% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.8% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.9% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.9% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 15.2% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.8% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.2% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 29.4% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Across 1 park or preserve: 0.5 miles of trail. Del Aire has one park or preserve, 6 acres in all.
| Del Aire | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.3% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Del Aire Park | 0.5 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 9.7 years of the Los Angeles metro’s $96K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 76% of California towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
Homes sold in Del Aire spent a median 19 days on the market. For households locally, the share who are owner-occupiers is 67%. In Del Aire, 38% of sales closed above the list price.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
45 within 15 miles of the center of Del Aire
About 6 of every 100 Del Aire residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
Place in California, United States
Del Aire (; ; Spanish: [del ˈajɾe]; Spanish for "Of the Air") is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in the inland South Bay, Los Angeles County, California, United States, between El Segundo and Hawthorne. The population was 10,338 at the 2020 census, up from 10,001 at the 2010 census. Del Aire is a small unincorporated residential neighborhood next to the Interstate 405/Interstate 105 interchange. It consists of two roughly rectangular shaped parts: one to the northwest bounded by I-105 and the City of Los Angeles on the north, El Segundo on the west, Hawthorne on the east, and El Segundo Blvd. on the south, and one to the southeast bounded by El Segundo Blvd. on…
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3 towns share a border with Del Aire.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; El Segundo (B−) comes closest.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Aire | #136 | B | D− | — | B+ | A− |
| Hawthorne | #634 | D | D− | D | B | C+ |
| Los Angeles | #613 | D | D− | D | B− | B− |
| El Segundo | #199 | B− | D− | D− | A | A+ |
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Del Aire grades B overall, better than 61% of U.S. towns and #136 of 841 in California. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $929,000, 22% above the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
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