Best Places to Live in California for Walkable City Living

Top 25 places

1. #1Garden GrovePopulation 171,637 · mixed overall livability100% match
2. #2FullertonPopulation 142,280 · mixed overall livability100% match
3. #3El MontePopulation 108,682 · mixed overall livability100% match
4. #4InglewoodPopulation 106,806 · mixed overall livability100% match
5. #5NorwalkPopulation 101,893 · mixed overall livability100% match
6. #6Arden-ArcadePopulation 96,076 · mixed overall livability100% match
7. #7CarsonPopulation 94,475 · mixed overall livability100% match
8. #8South GatePopulation 92,381 · mixed overall livability100% match
9. #9WestminsterPopulation 90,638 · mixed overall livability100% match
10. #10Citrus HeightsPopulation 87,127 · mixed overall livability100% match
11. #11HawthornePopulation 86,978 · mixed overall livability100% match
12. #12AlhambraPopulation 82,295 · mixed overall livability100% match
13. #13UplandPopulation 78,847 · mixed overall livability100% match
14. #14BellflowerPopulation 78,352 · mixed overall livability100% match
15. #15CarmichaelPopulation 78,144 · solid overall livability100% match
16. #16Baldwin ParkPopulation 71,692 · mixed overall livability100% match
17. #17DavisPopulation 67,203 · solid overall livability100% match
18. #18Florence-GrahamPopulation 63,132 · mixed overall livability100% match
19. #19La HabraPopulation 62,904 · mixed overall livability100% match
20. #20Pico RiveraPopulation 61,561 · mixed overall livability100% match
21. #21La MesaPopulation 60,888 · mixed overall livability100% match
22. #22Monterey ParkPopulation 60,386 · mixed overall livability100% match
23. #23GardenaPopulation 60,377 · mixed overall livability100% match
24. #24South WhittierPopulation 57,383 · mixed overall livability100% match
25. #25HighlandPopulation 56,789 · mixed overall livability100% match

Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.

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