Photo: Jengod · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Ladera Heights are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Ladera Heights are A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Below the poverty line: 10.9% of residents (California 12.0%). Working from home is the commute for 30% of workers; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Ladera Heights
Nearly half of Ladera Heights works in Los Angeles
1,393 working residents, 49%, have their main job in Los Angeles, 2.8 miles away. That’s 25 times as many as work in Ladera Heights itself. The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Ladera Heights’ working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 34 minutes, longer than the California average of 29. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Ladera Heights works from home
30% of Ladera Heights workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Ladera Heights than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Ladera Heights fell from 5,869 in 2013 to 3,566 in 2023, −39%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Most Ladera Heights residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Ladera Heights’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ladera Heights is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #182 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Ladera Heights’ grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ladera Heights could be anywhere from B to A+.
49% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Ladera Heights clocks in
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
About 34 minutes each way for Ladera Heights’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ladera Heights workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,528 commuters (the 30% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Ladera Heights, services account for most jobs
3,566 jobs are based in Ladera Heights.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ladera Heights, 2013 → 2023: 5,869 → 3,566. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ladera Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Ladera Heights’ workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In and out of Ladera Heights on a workday
On a workday 2,804 residents head out to work, 62 work right here, and 3,504 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,000 people are in Ladera Heights on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Most of Ladera Heights commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ladera Heights is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #680 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,633 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 42% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 9.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 93% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.5% of Ladera Heights households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ladera Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ladera Heights next to U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,900: 844th of 3,154 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 842 | Oceanport NJ | 6,540 | $126K | 4.1% | 7.3% | 5% | A− |
| 843 | Cedarburg WI | 6,169 | $124K | 4.5% | 6.3% | 2% | A− |
| 844 | Ladera Heights CA | 7,334 | $167K | 10.9% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| 845 | Woodburn VA | 9,503 | $134K | 10.8% | 4.7% | 6% | A− |
| 846 | Monroe NY | 9,462 | $110K | 9.0% | 3.0% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,154 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ladera Heights, the top three, the last and three more from California.
How Ladera Heights compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Culver City (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ladera Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladera Heights | – | A− | B− | 34 min | $167,065 |
| Culver City | 4% | A− | A+ | 27 min | $117,389 |
| View Park-Windsor Hills | under 2% | A− | B | 31 min | $130,504 |
| Inglewood | 3% | C+ | A+ | 31 min | $72,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ladera Heights’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ladera Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Ladera Heights?
$167,065 (±$49,154) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ladera Heights?
10.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ladera Heights?
34 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ladera Heights work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (49%, 3 mi), Burbank (4%, 14 mi), Culver City (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ladera Heights walkable?
Ladera Heights is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 14.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ladera Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 42% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ladera Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ladera Heights
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.