LOS ANGELES, CA – Real estate in California is expensive, but in Los Angeles County it can seem exorbitant – like that record-breaking $1 billion property that hit the market in Beverly Hills. Yup, that's billion with a "B."

But what about average home prices countywide? PropertyShark, a website that provides in-depth real estate data, analyzed neighborhoods in Los Angeles and found the median home prices in Quarter 3 of 2018. Surprisingly, they found that L.A. area's top 20 most expensive neighborhoods are overall twice as pricey as NYC's 20 most expensive.

Eight of the top 20 most expensive neighborhoods are in the City of L.A. They are: Bel Air (#6), Windsor Square (#10), Pacific Palisades (#11), Cheviot Hills (#14), Beverly Crest (#15), Brentwood (#18), Hancock Park (#19), and Hollywood Hills West (#20).