Bel Air Real Estate
Bel Air Real Estate
This guide to Bel Air real estate covers a neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles. Wikipedia, which also spells the name Bel-Air, describes it as a residential neighborhood in the Westside region on the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. Wikipedia lists its ZIP code as 90077, gives its area as 6.37 square miles and says Bel Air borders the University of California, Los Angeles on the south.
Read on for the neighborhood’s history, Bel Air Estates, Stone Canyon Reservoir, getting around, parks, shopping, the library and schools, and the zoning and assessment tools. Current prices, rents, schools and weather follow, each with its source and date. Bel Air is one of the communities in the Central Los Angeles section of this site.
Bel Air Real Estate By The Numbers
Bel Air
Compared with 45 other Los Angeles-area communities
Why The Score Is 43
Bel Air ranks among the highest on Price Growth, below the middle on Rent Growth, and among the lowest on Rental Demand. The score is the average of the three.
It is not a rating of Bel Air, its people or its schools, and it does not measure affordability. A higher or lower number only shows how these three housing-market numbers compare with other communities.
What The Number Means
Select a range to see what it means
Generally, price growth and rent growth are among the slowest of the communities, and more rentals sit empty than in most other communities.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally among the slowest of the communities.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose less, or fell more, than in most other communities.
- If you are a tenant
- A larger share of rentals sit empty than in most other communities, and rent growth is generally among the slowest.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally among the slowest, and the share of empty rentals is higher than in most other communities.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank among the lowest of the communities.
Generally, price growth and rent growth are slower, and more rentals sit empty, than in the typical community.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally behind the typical community.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose less, or fell more, than in the typical community.
- If you are a tenant
- A larger share of rentals sit empty than in the typical community, and rent growth is generally slower.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally slower than in the typical community, and the share of empty rentals is higher.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank below the middle of the communities.
Generally, price growth and rent growth are faster, and fewer rentals sit empty, than in the typical community.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally ahead of the typical community.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose more, or fell less, than in the typical community.
- If you are a tenant
- A smaller share of rentals sit empty than in the typical community, and rent growth is generally faster.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally faster than in the typical community, and the share of empty rentals is lower.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank above the middle of the communities.
Generally, price growth and rent growth are among the fastest of the communities, and fewer rentals sit empty than in most other communities.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally among the fastest of the communities.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose more, or fell less, than in most other communities.
- If you are a tenant
- A smaller share of rentals sit empty than in most other communities, and rent growth is generally among the fastest.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally among the fastest, and the share of empty rentals is lower than in most other communities.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank among the highest of the communities.
Based on the last 12 months of Zillow data and the Census Bureau’s rental vacancy survey, which covers several years. This compares housing-market numbers across communities. It says nothing about what a property costs or earns, and it is not a forecast, advice, or a rating of any area.
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Schools Near Bel Air
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Each bar shows how Bel Air ranks among the communities with figures for that measure. A fuller bar means a higher rank, not a better or worse area. The gold tick marks the middle.
Change in the typical home value over the last 12 months (Zillow). Useful to buyers, sellers and owners.
Change in the typical rent over the last 12 months (Zillow). Useful to tenants, landlords and developers.
Share of rental homes that sit empty (Census Bureau survey, 2020 to 2024, so it can run behind today’s market). Fewer empty rentals ranks higher. Useful to tenants, landlords and developers.
See how this score is calculated
The Housing Market Score compares this community with the other Los Angeles-area communities this site covers (the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, central Los Angeles and the Santa Clarita Valley). It is a resource for anyone comparing areas: buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, investors and developers. A community with more than one ZIP code uses all of them: each ZIP code’s home values and rents count in proportion to its number of homes (the Census Bureau’s home counts), and the empty rentals and rental homes of all of them are added together. Each measure is turned into a rank from 0 to 100, then the ranks are averaged. A rank of 89 means the area is ahead of about 89 out of every 100 others on that measure. The bar below the score splits the 0 to 100 scale into four ranges (0–25, 26–49, 50–79 and 80–100). Selecting a range shows what it looks like for a buyer, seller, tenant, landlord or someone looking to invest, and the same four names label each measure bar. Price Growth is the change in Zillow’s typical home value over the last 12 months. Rent Growth is the change in Zillow’s typical rent over the last 12 months. Rental Demand is how few rental homes sit empty, from the Census Bureau’s rental vacancy rate (fewer empty rentals ranks higher). If a measure has too little data for an area, it is left out and the score says how many measures it used. The score describes housing-market numbers only. It is not a rating of the people or the neighborhood, and it is not investment advice.
Price Level
Price Level compares how high typical home values and rents are with the other communities. It is separate from the Housing Market Score and does not change it. A fuller bar means a higher rank, not a better or worse area. The gold tick marks the middle.
Bel Air ranks among the highest on Home Values and Rents.
The typical home value (Zillow), with all of this community’s ZIP codes combined. Useful to buyers, sellers and owners.
The typical monthly rent (Zillow), with all of this community’s ZIP codes combined. Useful to tenants, landlords and developers.
It is not part of the Housing Market Score, and it does not measure affordability or the cost of living. It compares typical home values and rents across communities. Dollar figures are in the Market Snapshot tab.
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A Short History Of Bel Air
Wikipedia’s article on the neighborhood says the name Bel-Air derives from the initial land grant known as Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres, and that the community was founded in 1923 by Alphonzo Bell. It says Bell bought a large ranch on what is now Bel Air Road and subdivided and developed the property with large residential lots. Wikipedia’s Alphonzo Bell article gives an earlier year, saying that in 1922 Bell founded Bel Air Estates.
According to Wikipedia, on November 6, 1961, a fire ignited and destroyed 484 homes in Bel Air; the Los Angeles Fire Department’s fire zone history page says 484 homes were lost in the November 1961 Bel Air Fire. The numbers section links to official fire and earthquake hazard maps.
Bel Air Estates
Wikipedia describes Bel Air Estates as the original subdivision of the Bel Air community, generally bounded by Nimes Road to the north, Sunset Boulevard to the south, Beverly Glen Boulevard to the east and both sides of Bel Air Road to the west. It names two main entrances: the East Gate at Beverly Glen and Sunset Boulevard, and the West Gate at Bellagio Way and Sunset Boulevard.
Stone Canyon Reservoir
Wikipedia says Stone Canyon Reservoir lies in the northeastern part of Bel Air. Wikipedia’s Stone Canyon Reservoir article describes Stone Canyon Reservoir and Upper Stone Canyon Reservoir as adjoining reservoirs, says they are owned by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and says they lie south of Mulholland Drive and west of North Beverly Glen Boulevard. An October 9, 2019 LADWP news release describes the Upper Stone Canyon Reservoir as a 139 million-gallon reservoir first constructed in 1954.
Getting Around Bel Air
Wikipedia’s Interstate 405 article says the entire route is known as the northern segment of the San Diego Freeway and that the freeway passes just to the west of the University of California, Los Angeles. Its exit list shows exit 57A for Sunset Boulevard and exit 61 for Mulholland Drive.
Metro’s line schedules page lists Line 2 as Westwood – Exposition Park via Sunset Bl and Line 602 as Pacific Palisades – Westwood via Sunset Bl; the timetables it links for both are effective June 7, 2026. The numbers section shows the closest rail station and its distance.
Parks And Open Space
The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority lists Stone Canyon Overlook at 13931 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles. Its page lists parking and describes a short trail with views of the Santa Monica Mountains and Stone Canyon Reservoir.
In adjacent Westwood, the City’s Recreation and Parks page for Holmby Park gives the address as 601 Club View Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90024, and lists barbecue pits, a play area, picnic tables, bowling greens and a jogging path. Wikipedia’s Westwood article says Holmby Park is in Westwood and gives Westwood’s northern boundary as Sunset Boulevard, with Bel Air as the adjacent neighborhood. The numbers section also counts the parks, grocery stores, restaurants and coffee shops within one mile, using OpenStreetMap.
Shopping And Dining
In adjacent Westwood, Wikipedia’s Westwood article describes Westwood Village as a major regional district for shopping, dining, movie theaters and other entertainment.
Library, Schools And Colleges
In adjacent Westwood, the Los Angeles Public Library lists the Westwood Branch Library at 1246 Glendon Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024, with a parking lot, a bike rack, public computers, Wi-Fi and wireless printing. Wikipedia says the Bel Air community is in the Los Angeles Unified School District, whose website links to School Search, School Directory and enrollment pages.
Colleges nearby include the University of California, Los Angeles. The numbers section lists nearby K-12 and adult schools, colleges and trade schools by distance, with links to their official pages. School attendance areas are set by the school district, so confirm them with the district for any address you are considering.
Look Up A Bel Air Address
Free public tools let anyone check an address’s zoning and assessment details. City Planning’s Bel Air – Beverly Crest Community Plan page lists Beverly Glen and Bel Air Crest among the plan area’s neighborhoods. ZIMAS is a web-based mapping tool from City Planning that provides zoning information for properties located in Los Angeles. The County Office of the Assessor also has a public portal for property assessment information.
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