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West Rancho Dominguez is a small city of 23,300 people in Los Angeles County, California. It's about 11 miles from Los Angeles, CA. Summer highs average 77°F and winter highs 67°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $613k and rent runs about $2k a month.
23,300people
$613kTypical home
$1,695/moRent
77° / 67°Summer / winter
0"Snow
250Sunny days
37Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 23,300
- Part of a metro area
- About 5,868 people per sq mi
- 11 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 11 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $613k (≈$3,865/mo)
- Median rent $1,695/mo
- Median household income $87k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 77°F
- Winter highs around 67°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
- 37 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 36
- 40% of households have kids
- 12% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 4 mi to HHR airport
- 8 mi to LAX (major hub)
- 37 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1955
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 131 ft
- 8 mi to the ocean
- 130 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 36 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 107 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 8,397 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 667 bars within 25 mi
- 3,828 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 63 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 197 museums within 25 mi
- 46 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 41% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 2 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 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