North Hollywood

The short version

Median price

$800K–$950K

ZIP codes

91601, 91602, 91605, 91606

Region

East San Fernando Valley

County

Los Angeles County

Schools covered

6 rated

North Hollywood's median sale price sat around $895,000 to $910,000 through mid-2026: PropertyShark recorded a second-quarter 2026 median of about $905,000 across 179 sales, RealtyTrac put the September 2026 median sold price in ZIP 91601 near $894,500, and Resideline's six-month median through August 2026 was $910,000. Asking prices run lower, with Movoto's September 2026 median list price about $805,000 and homes averaging 54 days on market. Those figures blend Arts District condos, which often trade between $500,000 and $850,000, with detached houses, and renovated three- and four-bedroom homes in the $780,000–$950,000 band draw the most competing offers. The May 2026 source guide's $895,000 median and 4.1% year-over-year gain could not be confirmed; 2026 year-over-year readings from the sources above range from flat to down.

About North Hollywood

North Hollywood is a good fit for buyers who want urban energy and real transit at San Fernando Valley prices: it is the only Valley neighborhood where you can walk from a subway station through a square mile of live theaters, bars, and restaurants to a detached post-war house that still sells for under $1 million. It covers roughly six square miles at the east end of the Valley, bounded by the 101 Freeway to the south and the Burbank city line to the northeast, with Lankershim Boulevard running through its core. The neighborhood has two distinct zones. The NoHo Arts District, along Lankershim south of Magnolia Boulevard, packs twenty-plus professional theaters, the Laemmle NoHo 7, the 1926 El Portal Theatre, and most of the restaurants and nightlife into one walkable square mile around the Metro B Line's North Hollywood terminus, where trains run directly to Universal City, Hollywood, and Downtown Los Angeles and the G Line busway heads west across the Valley. North and west of there, the streets turn into standard Valley blocks of late-1940s to early-1970s ranch houses on 5,500–7,500-square-foot lots, which is why North Hollywood draws so many accessory-dwelling-unit investors alongside first-time buyers. Warner Bros., Disney, and NBCUniversal in Burbank and Universal City are a 10–15 minute drive or a ride down the Chandler Bikeway, and the Television Academy keeps its headquarters on Lankershim, so entertainment-industry workers make up a large share of both buyers and renters.

Where Locals Actually Eat

Hidden gems and city-specific favorites — no chains.

• Sri Siam Cafe — a family-run Thai institution at 12843 Vanowen Street in the Valley’s Thai corridor, known for its crispy rice salad, shrimp pancakes, and whole fried trout.
• Granville — the locally owned New American dining room at 11136 Magnolia Boulevard, by Lankershim, with a big patio, a thick-cut pork chop, and a happy hour that fills early; the Arts District’s dress-up-a-little anchor.
• The Front Yard — the restaurant at The Garland hotel, 4222 Vineland Avenue, with a sprawling patio under old sycamores, fire pits, and a modern-classics cocktail bar.
• Eat — the breakfast-and-lunch café at 11108 Magnolia Boulevard whose weekend brunch line runs down the block; pancakes, French toast, chilaquiles, and huevos rancheros from 8 a.m. daily.
• Republic of Pie — a three-room pie shop and café at 11118 Magnolia Boulevard with banana cream and strawberry rhubarb by the slice, open mics on weekday evenings, and a laptop-friendly back room.
• Mi Ranchito Veracruz — a family-run Veracruz-style kitchen at 13363 Saticoy Street, open from 8 a.m., known for banana-leaf tamales steamed daily and chilaquiles.

Just Opened

New to North Hollywood — restaurants, businesses, and entertainment that weren't here last year.

• The Alley Burger — a smash-burger counter at 5072 Lankershim Boulevard at Otsego Street, opened in March 2026 in the former Alley Music Studio, with barley-fed beef, tallow-fried fries, and milkshakes.
• Where the Creatures Sleep at Shadow Grove Brewing — a brewpub with a full kitchen at 5249 Lankershim Boulevard in the former District Pub space, soft-opened April 24–25, 2026 and in regular service since May; open Tuesday through Sunday.

Openings verified as of October 2026.

Top-Rated Schools

• North Hollywood High School — LAUSD comprehensive high school at 5231 Colfax Avenue, founded in 1927 with about 2,440 students in 2024–25; it houses the Highly Gifted Magnet (which admits students testing at the 99.5th percentile or above), the Zoo Magnet on a campus beside the Los Angeles Zoo, and a STEM magnet.
• Science Academy STEM Magnet — LAUSD grades 6–12 at 5525 Vineland Avenue, sharing a campus with East Valley High; U.S. News ranked it among the ten best high schools in the country and first in California in its 2026 rankings, with 100% AP participation. Admission is through the LAUSD magnet application, not by address.
• East Valley High School — LAUSD comprehensive high school at 5525 Vineland Avenue, the neighborhood school for much of central and north North Hollywood.
• Walter Reed Middle School — LAUSD grades 6–8 at 4525 Irvine Avenue with a gifted and talented program; 62.5% of students were proficient or better in English in 2023–24, against 43% for the district.
• Rio Vista Elementary — LAUSD K–5 at 4243 Satsuma Avenue in the 91602 pocket near Toluca Lake, which tested above district averages in English and math in 2023–24; check the California School Dashboard for the newest scores, which have slipped.
• Oakwood School — independent K–12 at 11600 Magnolia Boulevard with need-blind admissions and need-based aid; current tuition is published on the school’s 2026–27 tuition page.

Fun Places & Local Character

• NoHo Arts District theaters — twenty-plus professional stages in one square mile along Lankershim south of Magnolia, including The Road Theatre Company and the Sherry Theater, plus Hollywood Fringe residencies each summer.
• El Portal Theatre — the 1926 vaudeville-and-movie house at 5269 Lankershim Boulevard, Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 573, rebuilt in the late 1990s as a three-stage complex anchored by the Debbie Reynolds Mainstage.
• Laemmle NoHo 7 — the independent seven-screen cinema at 5240 Lankershim Boulevard; Laemmle Theatres bought the building back in April 2026, ending a plan to replace it with apartments, and books first-run, festival, and special screenings.
• Lankershim Depot — the 1896 Southern Pacific station at 11275 Chandler Boulevard, a Pacific Electric Red Car stop from 1911 to 1952, restored by Metro and home to a Groundwork Coffee café since 2017, open 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
• Idle Hour — the barrel-shaped 1941 bar at 4824 Vineland Avenue, a city landmark since 2011 and reopened in 2015 after a three-year restoration, with twenty-plus taps, sandwiches, and weekend brunch.
• Chandler Bikeway — a 2.8-mile car-free path from Vineland Avenue east to Mariposa Street in Burbank, along the old Pacific Electric right-of-way; Burbank filed plans in November 2025 for a 0.6-mile extension.
• Television Academy — the Emmy organization’s headquarters and Saban Media Center at Lankershim and Magnolia, marked by the oversized Emmy statue in its plaza.

What's Coming & What to Watch

District NoHo at the Metro station — Trammell Crow's roughly 1,500-unit, 16-acre mixed-use project around the B Line station at Lankershim and Chandler won final City Council approval in March 2024 and a Metro joint-development agreement in October 2024, with phased construction over up to 15 years and a new station entrance on the west side of Lankershim. No groundbreaking had been confirmed as of October 2026.

The North Hollywood–Pasadena busway — Metro’s bus rapid transit line from the North Hollywood station through Burbank, Glendale, and Eagle Rock to Pasadena began construction in Pasadena in April 2026, with North Hollywood work slated to start in October 2026 and service targeted for early 2028.

New ownership at the Burbank studios — Paramount completed its roughly $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery in October 2026, putting the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank under new management. Studio staffing drives a large share of North Hollywood’s buyer and renter demand, so watch for hiring or consolidation news.

Measure ULA — the City of Los Angeles transfer tax applies at 4% on sales above $5.4 million and 5.5% at $10.9 million or more for closings after June 30, 2026, charged on the whole price. It rarely touches a North Hollywood house, but it does apply to larger apartment buildings and commercial parcels along Lankershim.