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Westmont is a small city of 34,123 people in Los Angeles County, California. It's about 8 miles from Los Angeles, CA. Summer highs average 76°F and winter highs 67°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $654k and rent runs about $1k a month.
34,123people
$654kTypical home
$1,466/moRent
76° / 67°Summer / winter
0"Snow
250Sunny days
37Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 34,123
- Part of a metro area
- About 18,475 people per sq mi
- 8 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 8 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $654k (≈$4,123/mo)
- Median rent $1,466/mo
- Median household income $51k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 76°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 33
- 44% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 37 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 2 mi to HHR airport
- 6 mi to LAX (major hub)
- 38 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 53% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1956
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 226 ft
- 7 mi to the ocean
- 132 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 35 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 104 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 8,273 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 666 bars within 25 mi
- 3,747 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 64 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 199 museums within 25 mi
- 41 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 43% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 4 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