Living in Bell Canyon, CA
Bell Canyon is a small town of 2,177 people in Ventura County, California. It's about 21 miles from Los Angeles, CA. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 67°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $2.0M and rent runs about $2k a month.
2,177people
$2.0MTypical home
$2,317/moRent
91° / 67°Summer / winter
0"Snow
333Sunny days
35Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,177
- Part of a metro area
- About 598 people per sq mi
- 21 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 21 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $2.0M (≈$13k/mo)
- Median rent $2,317/mo
- Median household income $250k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 67°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 56°F)
- 333 sunny days a year (222 totally clear)
- 32 cloudy days a year
- 16 of 90 winter days are gray
- 35 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 26 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (242 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (919 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 51
- 36% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 56% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 11% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 39 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 19 mi to BUR airport
- 19 mi to BUR (major hub)
- 59 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 95% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 99% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,463 ft
- 12 mi to the ocean
- 158 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 44 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 64 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,736 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 267 bars within 25 mi
- 1,585 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 41 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 111 museums within 25 mi
- 15 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 42% of California districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 5 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Ventura County: D+15 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.