Global CityIntelligence

United States / North America

Los Angeles City Intelligence

Los Angeles is a major Pacific-coast metropolis with a globally significant creative economy, large port and logistics base, and active climate-adaptation work. Los Angeles is a north america city of about 13.2M metro in United States. On the composite city-intelligence score, Los Angeles sits around the indexed median (78/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
13.2M metro
View of Los Angeles, United States

Image credit: Image: Alek Leckszas / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Visual context

Additional verified imagery for Los Angeles, United States. Each photo is sourced from Wikimedia Commons with full attribution and a permissive license.

  • Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, United States

    Walt Disney Concert Hall

    Image credit: Image: Carol M. Highsmith / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

Overall score

Los Angeles is most useful for users comparing creative-economy depth and amenity against affordability, mobility, and climate-exposure trade-offs.

Overall78/100
Affordability56/100
Air quality66/100
Energy80/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

78/100

Strong creative and innovation profile balanced against affordability and climate exposure.

Creative economy

Globally leading

Film, media, and design ecosystems shape opportunity.

Climate exposure

Heat and wildfire

Heat, drought, and wildfire shape adaptation priorities.

Los Angeles data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Los Angeles city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score78/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living56/100Los Angeles is expensive on housing and central services, partially offset by amenity and labor-market depth.
Air Quality66/100Los Angeles' air-quality profile is shaped by basin geography, traffic, and seasonal wildfire smoke, with long-running policy attention.
Energy80/100Los Angeles benefits from strong solar resource, ambitious state-level transition policy, and active building and transport electrification.
Safety70/100Los Angeles has mid-tier safety with strong neighborhood variation; resident experience differs widely across districts.
Internet Speed88/100Los Angeles delivers fast fiber broadband and dense mobile coverage, supporting media production and a large remote-work community.
Climate Risk64/100Los Angeles carries meaningful climate exposure from heat, drought, wildfire, and coastal pressure, balanced by active state-level adaptation.
Resilience70/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety73/100
Low crime74/100
Personal safety75/100
Night safety66/100
Road safety73/100

Los Angeles is estimated to be a generally safe city (73/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators, though night-time scores run lower.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life81/100
Healthcare86/100
Education90/100
Green space77/100
Cleanliness80/100
Infrastructure96/100
Mobility75/100

Los Angeles has a very high quality-of-life estimate (81/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, public transport, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness79/100
Education90/100
Green space77/100
Overall safety73/100

Los Angeles scores high for family living (79/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability76/100
Walkability77/100
Cycling64/100
Infrastructure96/100

Los Angeles is high for remote workers (76/100), based on connectivity, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability74/100
Healthcare86/100
Cleanliness80/100
Outdoor lifestyle50/100

Los Angeles is high for retirement (74/100), appealing for healthcare access and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Los Angeles

Local public safety guidance for Los Angeles, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
United States emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
Universal emergency91124/7911 reaches police, fire, and emergency medical dispatch across the United States.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Los Angeles, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the United States emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Los Angeles

Healthcare context for Los Angeles, with national-level information from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Los Angeles, see the United States healthcare profile.

Official hospital registry

Medicare Care Compare

Federal directory for comparing Medicare-certified hospitals, nursing homes, and other care providers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Healthcare sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Los Angeles

Local mobility context for Los Angeles, with national-level context from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Los Angeles, see the United States transport profile.

Transport sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Los Angeles. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Los Angeles

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Los Angeles will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Los Angeles air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Related comparisons

Pairs that share a city, comparison intent, or region — useful for users planning a wider relocation, remote-work, or business decision.

Explore Los Angeles modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Air Quality in Los Angeles

Los Angeles' air-quality profile is shaped by basin geography, traffic, and seasonal wildfire smoke, with long-running policy attention.

Energy in Los Angeles

Los Angeles benefits from strong solar resource, ambitious state-level transition policy, and active building and transport electrification.

Safety in Los Angeles

Los Angeles has mid-tier safety with strong neighborhood variation; resident experience differs widely across districts.

Internet Speed in Los Angeles

Los Angeles delivers fast fiber broadband and dense mobile coverage, supporting media production and a large remote-work community.

Climate Risk in Los Angeles

Los Angeles carries meaningful climate exposure from heat, drought, wildfire, and coastal pressure, balanced by active state-level adaptation.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Los Angeles

Cost of living estimates for Los Angeles — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Los Angeles

Climate profile for Los Angeles — Desert climate, annual average 22.2°C, comfort score 63/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Los Angeles

Economy and jobs profile for Los Angeles — global hub, economy score 88/100, key industries including technology, aerospace, research. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Los Angeles

Education profile for Los Angeles — research center, education score 78/100, 9 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Los Angeles

Healthcare and retirement profile for Los Angeles — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 68/100, retirement score 67/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Arrival planning guide for Los Angeles

Practical arrival planning context for Los Angeles — links into transport, public-safety, healthcare, budgeting tools, and methodology. Not an official airport or travel instruction service.

Neighborhood planning guide for Los Angeles

Structured neighborhood research checklist for Los Angeles — links into transport, public-safety, healthcare, arrival planning, and budgeting tools. Not a real-estate, rental, or safety-ranking service.

Moving to Los Angeles planning guide

Structured relocation research checklist for Los Angeles — links into country context, arrival planning, neighborhood research, cost tools, healthcare, public safety, and transport. Not immigration, visa, tax, legal, financial, medical, or property advice.

Visual guide to Los Angeles

Source-attributed visual context for Los Angeles using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Summer 2026 travel planning guide for Los Angeles

Summer 2026 travel planning checklist for Los Angeles — links into arrival planning, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not a weather forecast, events calendar, hotel-price guide, or tourism ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Los Angeles

Weekend trip planning checklist for Los Angeles — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Los Angeles

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Los Angeles

Estimate a monthly budget for Los Angeles using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Los Angeles

Plan a trip budget for Los Angeles using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Los Angeles

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Los Angeles. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Anaheim, United States

Same region · about 41 km from Los Angeles. Explore Anaheim's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Los Angeles — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Los Angeles — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Los Angeles is most useful for users comparing creative-economy depth and amenity against affordability, mobility, and climate-exposure trade-offs. Its standout dimensions are internet speed (88/100) and energy (80/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (56/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 5 institutional references.

Country context is available on the United States country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Los Angeles appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

5 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.