Avocado HeightsCA
A town of 12,593.
Is Avocado Heights a good place to live?
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 93% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Overall it grades C, 366th among California's 841 graded towns. It is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $826K, 8.6 years of the Los Angeles metro’s $96K median household income. Avocado Heights’ trail density is 2.2 miles per square mile, where California’s towns sit at 1.0 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Avocado Heights is home to Latin American Bible Institute.
What makes Avocado Heights stand out
Where Avocado Heights beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| College | Students |
|---|---|
| Latin American Bible Institute | 27 |
Avocado Heights has shrunk 14% from 2010 to 2020
15,411 counted in 2010 and 13,317 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Avocado Heights grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Avocado Heights is from typical.
Its grades run from A for walkability (better than 87% of comparable towns) to D− for hazard risk (better than 5%), so the C overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Disneyland and 246 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Avocado Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Theme parkDisneyland17.3M visitors a year
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaSoFi Stadium
Big draw20 mi LandmarkHollywood Walk of Fame10.0M visitors a year
Big draw17 mi MuseumLucas Museum of Narrative Art
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaCrypto.com ArenaPhoto credits
Disneyland: HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · SoFi Stadium: Thank You (21 Millions+) views, CC BY 2.0 · Hollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: Kriddl, CC0 · Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: CanonStarGal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Crypto.com Arena: Troutfarm27, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Avocado Heights: who provides what
Avocado Heights is unincorporated, so Los Angeles County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Avocado Heights.
Avocado Heights has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and trades workers with Los Angeles and other neighbors, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. San Angelo Park | — | 9 |
| 2. Avocado Heights Park | 0.2 mi | 8 |
| 3. Avenue Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools in Avocado Heights beat 65% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Bassett Unified school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Julian ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 544 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Very high risk in Avocado Heights, with earthquakes at the top
One flood insurance claim has been paid in Avocado Heights since 1998.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Avocado Heights, expect mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 45.9°, milder than in 97% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 87.5°.
Avocado Heights has warm winters and warm summers, with very little rain. Avocado Heights’ January low is 46°F, above both California’s towns (40°F) and U.S. towns (22°F). Snow is almost unheard of.
| Avocado Heights | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 46°F | 40°F | 22°F |
| July high | 88°F | 89°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Avocado Heights
Avocado Heights has about as many jobs (5,191) as working residents, but only 158 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 3,867 in 2013 to 5,191.
Most working residents leave Avocado Heights for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Avocado Heights grew to 5,191 in 2023, 1,324 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Avocado Heights is 31 minutes.
| Avocado Heights | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 7.3% | 14% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Avocado Heights earns a D for cost of living
Avocado Heights’ median rent is $1,989 a month. The typical Avocado Heights home is worth about $826,000, up 1.3% in a year, 9% above the California typical home.
| Avocado Heights | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,989 a month | $1,895 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 74% | 64% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Health in Avocado Heights trails 52% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,691 U.S. towns with household incomes like Avocado Heights’s, it is less healthy than 69%, so it trails even them.
Avocado Heights beats the California average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 42% of Avocado Heights adults feel lonely.
| Avocado Heights | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 36% | 33% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 16% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 72% | 79% |
| What stands out | Avocado Heights | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.8% | 6.4% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.5% | 10.6% |
| More uninsured adults | 17.2% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Avocado Heights
Colleges nearby
47 within 15 miles of the center of Avocado Heights
About 13 of every 100 Avocado Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
13% of Avocado Heights is in college
About Avocado Heights
Place in California, United States
Avocado Heights () is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is almost entirely surrounded by the City of Industry with only a small strip of unincorporated Los Angeles County separating it from South El Monte. It is in close proximity to both the Pomona (SR-60) and San Gabriel (I-605) freeways. To the west is the San Gabriel River and the California Country Club. Avocado Heights is approximately 15 miles (24 km) from the downtown Los Angeles Civic Center. The population was 13,317 at the 2020 census. A significant portion of Avocado Heights remains equestrian and semi-rural, with many home…
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- Area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 338 ft
- Area code
- 626
Avocado Heights’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Avocado Heights.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avocado Heights | #366 | C | D | — | B+ | B− |
| Industry | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Avocado Heights reports no FBI crime data of its own. Industry isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Avocado Heights with a neighbor →
Questions about Avocado Heights
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Avocado Heights, CA a good place to live?
Avocado Heights grades C overall, better than 32% of U.S. towns and #366 of 841 in California. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Avocado Heights, CA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.