Data report · Greater Los Angeles
The State of Los Angeles Apartments, 2026
What 3,594 public Google reviews say about 24 Los Angeles apartment buildings — rebuilt month by month, so declines, recoveries, and complaint patterns are visible instead of averaged away. Sourced, not scored: every number below is derived from the public record.
Data through Jun 2026 · updated with each data refresh
Key findings
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Across 24 tracked Los Angeles apartment buildings (3,594 public Google reviews), the median overall rating is 4.1★ and the average is 4.1★.
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1 of 24 buildings (4%) are in a sustained ratings decline — their review average dropped at a detectable change-point and hasn't recovered. 0 (0%) are in a sustained improvement.
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The most-cited complaint theme in negative (1–2★) reviews is management, with 450 mentions, ahead of maintenance (272).
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Management replies to 93% of reviews on average; 100% of buildings reply to at least half of theirs.
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The steepest sustained decline is AVA Little Tokyo (Los Angeles): 4.6★ → 3.9★ since Jun 2023.
Where the ratings are heading
Each building is classified by its current trajectory: a sustained decline or improvement means the rating moved at a change-point and has stayed there — a transient dip that recovered counts as steady.
- 1 · 4%
- sliding
- 23 · 96%
- steady
- 0 · 0%
- improving
Steepest sustained declines
Biggest sustained recoveries
- No sustained improvements right now.
What negative reviews cite most
Theme mentions across all 1–2★ reviews in the tracked set — what Los Angeles renters actually complain about, ranked.
- Management450
- Maintenance272
- Amenities235
- Fees & rent228
- Parking213
- Safety190
- Pests175
Citing this report
Cite as: Apartment History, "The State of Los Angeles Apartments, 2026" — https://apartmenthistory.com/los-angeles/report/. Free to quote with attribution; every figure is derived from public Google reviews (data through Jun 2026). Change-points are detected statistically from each building's monthly rating series — see the methodology for limits and sources. We never assign our own scores.