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South Monrovia Island is a big small town of 6,830 people in Los Angeles County, California. It's about 25 miles from Los Angeles, CA. Summer highs average 92°F and winter highs 71°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $681k and rent runs about $2k a month.
6,830people
$681kTypical home
$1,814/moRent
92° / 71°Summer / winter
0"Snow
335Sunny days
40Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 6,830
- Part of a metro area
- About 12,464 people per sq mi
- 25 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 25 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $681k (≈$4,294/mo)
- Median rent $1,814/mo
- Median household income $104k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 92°F
- Winter highs around 71°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 335 sunny days a year (231 totally clear)
- 30 cloudy days a year
- 17 of 90 winter days are gray
- 40 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 6 days a year over 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 34
- 54% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 26% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 21 mi to BUR airport
- 21 mi to BUR (major hub)
- 20 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 92% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1953
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 394 ft
- 27 mi to the ocean
- 119 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 16 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 96 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 6,905 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 510 bars within 25 mi
- 3,229 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 59 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 186 museums within 25 mi
- 28 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 38% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 6 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
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