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Ladera Heights is a big small town of 7,334 people in Los Angeles County, California. It's about 3 miles from Los Angeles, CA. Summer highs average 76°F and winter highs 66°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.7M and rent runs about $3k a month.
7,334people
$1.7MTypical home
$2,875/moRent
76° / 66°Summer / winter
0"Snow
250Sunny days
31Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 7,334
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,474 people per sq mi
- 3 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 3 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 1 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.7M (≈$10k/mo)
- Median rent $2,875/mo
- Median household income $167k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 76°F
- Winter highs around 66°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 250 sunny days a year (97 totally clear)
- 115 cloudy days a year
- 29 of 90 winter days are gray
- 31 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (539 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,118 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 31% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 57% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 36 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 4 mi to LAX airport
- 4 mi to LAX (major hub)
- 42 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 69% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1961
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 289 ft
- 5 mi to the ocean
- 137 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 35 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 95 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 7,401 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 602 bars within 25 mi
- 3,380 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 66 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 196 museums within 25 mi
- 39 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 45% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 5 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Los Angeles County: D+33 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk