Living in South San Gabriel, CA
South San Gabriel is a big small town of 7,923 people in Los Angeles County, California. It's about 18 miles from Los Angeles, CA. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 69°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $690k and rent runs about $2k a month.
7,923people
$690kTypical home
$2,148/moRent
86° / 69°Summer / winter
0"Snow
333Sunny days
32Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 7,923
- Part of a metro area
- About 9,500 people per sq mi
- 18 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 18 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $690k (≈$4,354/mo)
- Median rent $2,148/mo
- Median household income $77k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 69°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 333 sunny days a year (222 totally clear)
- 32 cloudy days a year
- 16 of 90 winter days are gray
- 32 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 7 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 44
- 31% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 16 mi to HHR airport
- 16 mi to LGB (major hub)
- 26 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 88% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1962
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 345 ft
- 20 mi to the ocean
- 123 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 22 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 121 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 8,829 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 679 bars within 25 mi
- 4,056 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 64 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 213 museums within 25 mi
- 44 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 44% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 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