« Friday Fun: 50,000+ Square Feet via Bird’s Eye | Home | Carnival of Real Estate »

Jul

10

Heat Map: City of Angels

By: Tommy Unger, Data Analyst | July 10, 2006 |

Back by popular demand, we have more heat maps coming your way.  Today we take a look at Los Angeles and what happens when we take current Zestimates and divide by the finished square footage of homes — a map to the most expensive places to live. (Click on map for a larger view.)

Los Angeles heatmp

The Los Angeles metro area includes some of the most expensive real estate in the nation, and this map’s highlighting of pricier properties along the coast comes as no surprise.  From the beaches of Malibu and Santa Monica, up to the highlands of Brentwood, Bel-Air and Beverly Hills, one has to pay over $1000 per square foot to rub elbows with Hollywood’s celebrities.  There is even a rumored secret $150 million asking price which also happens to be one of the most-browsed homes on Zillow. 

Although not particularly known for a downtown, there is a pretty well-defined city center which also has some of the most affordable housing in the LA area.  The I-10 corridor out to Ontario appears to be a bit more affordable than the surrounding areas to the north and south.  Following the I-110 and I-710 from LA to Long Beach one comes across more affordable real estate, including the San Pedro area right on the bay.  To the south it’s interesting to note the contrast in prices between the coastal spots of Huntington and Newport Beach.

Stumble it!

Topics: Zestimate, Zillow |

Enjoy this post? Subscribe to the Zillow Blog feed or get updates via e-mail

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner


Comments

3 Comments so far

  1. Jon on July 10, 2006 4:42 pm

    Amazing. I’ve never lived in LA, never even been there. ALl I really know is what I pick up from the media, and that’s not too reliable in most cases.

    But this map tells me sooo much about LA. All the different areas, the map tells me all about the income levels (to an extent) of the city and surrounding areas.

    East LA doesn’t look too popular, and clearly the coastal areas are always in demand. However, the area southeast of Rancho Palos Verdes is somewhat less expensive than most others for the coast — don’t know why, yet…

    Wonderful, keep it up!

  2. DON Hosek on July 11, 2006 10:10 am

    “Southeast of Rancho Palos Verdes” is San Pedro, which is a traditionally working-class area near the Port of Los Angeles. The ocean views are often of container ships and the like, and the air quality is rather poor for a coastal area, and the homes smaller than in many other coastal areas which combines for a lower price per square foot. The cluster of blue/green in western Long Beach is similarly positioned with respect to the port of Long Beach with many of the same problems although San Pedro is, I think, quite a bit nicer than western Long Beach. The red/orange portions of Long Beach, on the other hand, are REALLY nice. I tutored a kid who lived in one of the houses right on the harbor: Oh my, what a nice neighborhood, and one which I suspect I’ll never be able to afford. On the flip side, when the polar ice caps melt, I imagine that the view will be a lot less nice.

  3. Monica Almaaz on July 25, 2007 8:55 am

    hi!!
    question!!!! I’m planning on moving to LA or near LA actualy. What areas near LA are the less expensive ones?

Name (required)

Email (required)

Website

Speak your mind