LA's Most and Least Expensive Condo Neighborhoods by Price per Square Foot (October 2026)

As of October 21, 2026, Century City was the most expensive LA condo neighborhood by price per square foot, at a median asking $1,164, followed by Venice at $1,044 and Santa Monica at $980. Westlake was the least expensive at $442, then Highland Park at $490 and Sherman Oaks at $506. These are asking prices, not closed sales.

Every figure here was read on October 22, 2026 from the neighborhood market reports at /market-reports on LA Condo HQ, each of which showed data as of October 21, 2026, and from the citywide report at /market-stats. All are asking prices on CRMLS listings published on this site. The reports define the figure as the median of each listing's own asking price divided by its own interior square footage, counting only listings that publish both. Differences and ratios not printed on the pages are our own arithmetic. LA Condo HQ is published by Eltherion, LLC, a research publisher, not a brokerage.

The top of the ladder: Century City, Venice, Santa Monica

Century City stands alone. Its 47 for-sale listings asked a median $1,164 per square foot as of October 21, 2026, per /market-reports/century-city, at a median asking price of $2,195,000 and a median size of 1,760 square feet. Venice was next at $1,044 across 15 listings, then Santa Monica at $980 across 161 and Beverly Hills at $912 across 64.

Below that the ladder steps down in a tight cluster. West Hollywood asked $814 and Marina del Rey $813, Playa Vista $776 and Beverly Grove $773, then Brentwood at $742. Los Feliz and Westwood tied at $720, followed by Silver Lake and Echo Park at $703, Hollywood Hills West at $685 and Sawtelle at $679. Those 14 neighborhoods all sat above the citywide median.

The bottom of the ladder: Westlake, Highland Park, Sherman Oaks

Westlake was the lowest of the 28 reports with a per-foot figure, at $442 across 15 listings as of October 21, 2026, per /market-reports/westlake, with a median asking price of $399,000. Highland Park followed at $490 across 22 listings, and Sherman Oaks at $506 across 74, the deepest pool in the bottom group.

There is a visible gap above them. The next rung was West Adams at $575, then Hollywood at $582, Koreatown at $583, Culver City at $592 and Downtown LA at $605. Downtown is worth singling out: with 327 for-sale listings it was the largest inventory of any neighborhood, so its $605 median rests on far more listings than most of the ladder.

At the extremes, Century City's median was about 2.6 times Westlake's, a difference of $722 per square foot. On a 1,000-square-foot unit, that is the difference between roughly $442,000 and $1,164,000 at each neighborhood's median rate, before any adjustment for building, floor or condition.

The middle of the ladder and the citywide $673

The citywide report showed 1,976 published for-sale condo listings as of October 21, 2026, at a median asking price of $780K and a median of $673 per square foot. Exactly half of the 28 neighborhoods sat above that $673 and half below it.

The band just under it is crowded. Mar Vista asked $659, Cheviot Hills and Rancho Park $655, Palms $652, Pacific Palisades $651 and Pico-Robertson $650, five neighborhoods within $9 of each other. Mid-Wilshire followed at $630. In that range a ranking means little: a single listing entering or leaving can reorder them from one refresh to the next.

University Park (USC) had no for-sale listings on October 21, 2026, so its report shows no per-foot figure, and it is left out of the ladder rather than estimated.

Two-bedrooms side by side

A neighborhood median mixes studios with three-bedrooms, so the bedroom table on each report is a fairer comparison.

As of October 21, 2026, two-bedrooms asked a median $1,194 per square foot in Century City across 30 listings, $1,021 in Venice across six, $940 in Santa Monica across 96 and $866 in Beverly Hills across 38. At the other end, two-bedrooms asked $442 in Westlake across seven listings, $487 in Highland Park across 17 and $513 in Sherman Oaks across 44. Among these seven, the two-bedroom order matches the overall ladder, so the gap between them is not just a difference in unit mix.

The bedroom tables also show that bigger is not always cheaper per foot. In Century City the six three-bedrooms asked a median $2,086 per square foot against $911 for its eight one-bedrooms. Sherman Oaks ran the other way, from $533 for one-bedrooms to $513 for two-bedrooms and $483 for three-bedrooms. Your rate depends on the layout you want, not just the neighborhood.

When the per-foot rank and the price rank disagree

The two medians measure different things, and several neighborhoods rank very differently on each. Pacific Palisades asked a median $1,187,500, seventh-highest of the 28, but only $651 per square foot, 18th, because its median listing measured 1,755 square feet. Los Feliz ran the opposite way: a median asking price of $709,750 but $720 per square foot, tied for tenth, on a median size of 995 square feet.

West Adams shows the same effect at the low end. Its $472,500 median asking price was the second-lowest of the 28, yet its $575 per-foot median ranked above Highland Park, Sherman Oaks and Westlake, because its median listing was only 847 square feet. Smaller units can ask more per foot. One Westlake sample listing on its report, a 476-square-foot one-bedroom at 210 S La Fayette Park Place asking $325,000, worked out to $683 per square foot as of October 21, 2026, well above that neighborhood's $442 median.

Small samples and other limits

Some rungs rest on very few listings. Marina del Rey's $813 came from 12 listings, and Venice's $1,044 and Westlake's $442 from 15 each. The reports omit any figure computed from fewer than three listings or from a field fewer than half the listings publish, but a median of 12 still moves easily.

Price per square foot also leaves out the monthly cost. HOA dues, the association's reserves and any special assessment are separate, and two units at the same per-foot rate can carry very different dues. The questions and documents to request are listed at /condo-associations.

Questions buyers ask about price per square foot by LA neighborhood

Using the ranking on a real search

Start from the floor area you need, multiply it by a neighborhood's per-foot median for a first read of the budget, then check it against actual listings at /condos-for-sale, which can be sorted by price per square foot from low to high. The neighborhood guides, such as /neighborhoods/sherman-oaks and /neighborhoods/century-city, describe the buildings behind each number.

All of these figures are fixed to October 21, 2026, and the reports refresh as listings change, so reopen them before you act. For a budget-first view of the same data, see /blog/la-condo-600-per-square-foot-july-2026, and for layouts, /blog/la-condo-prices-by-bedroom-count-october-2026. LA Condo HQ does not list on the MLS, represent buyers or close transactions.