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View Park-Windsor HillsCA

Some 11,230 people live in this town, in California.

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Is View Park-Windsor Hills a good place to live?

A town of contrasts. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.2 million, 12.3 years of the Los Angeles metro’s $96K median household income. It lags on hazard risk as well (D) — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 91% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Where it does best is health — it is healthier than 79% of U.S. towns. Add incomes to its strengths: the median household earns $131K. The overall grade lands at C, better than just over a third of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 349th of 841 in California. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 99% of U.S. towns, with 1 place on the National Register.

Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · FEMA National Risk Index.

What makes View Park-Windsor Hills stand out

Where View Park-Windsor Hills beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.

A commuter town

98% of working residents leave View Park-Windsor Hills for work

Where View Park-Windsor Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

47% → Los Angeles Los Angeles 47% 4% → Burbank Burbank 4% 4% → Santa Monica Santa Monica 4% 3% → Culver City Culver City 3% 3% → El Segundo El Segundo 3% 2% → Inglewood Inglewood 2% View Park-Windsor Hills · 2% stay
1,536jobs based in View Park-Windsor Hills
2%of working residents work in town
7 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

How View Park-Windsor Hills grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far View Park-Windsor Hills is from typical.

How grading works

Its best grade is an A+ for history (#1 of 847 in California; 1 place on the National Register), which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its C comes from the livability subjects above.

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

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Nearby attractions

SoFi Stadium and 233 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around View Park-Windsor Hills. Close and well known come first.

All 271 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

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 · La Brea Tar Pits: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Crypto.com Arena: Troutfarm27, CC BY-SA 4.0

Getting set up

Moving to View Park-Windsor Hills: who provides what

View Park-Windsor Hills is unincorporated, so Los Angeles County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerSouthern California Edison31.5¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterLos Angeles-City, Dept. of Water & PowerNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet5 providers99% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesLos Angeles CountyLos Angeles County provides services here
SchoolsLos Angeles Unified School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereLos Angeles Registrar-Recorder County ClerkLos Angeles County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2025
ZIP codes90043, 90008, 9005690043 77% · 90008 14% · 90056 9%Census 2020

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 View Park-Windsor Hills.

View Park-Windsor Hills has less no health insurance than most of California and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of California.

OutdoorsB+

Protected land: 8.1% of View Park-Windsor Hills

The biggest place to walk is Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area, 33 acres with 1.7 miles of trail. Walkers can cover 2.9 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. View Park-Windsor Hills’ density of trails is 1.6 miles per square mile, against 1.0 in California’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.

#227for trails in CA
View Park-Windsor HillsCalifornia townsU.S. towns
Miles of trail per square mile1.6 miles per square mile1.00.4
Conserved land8.1%4.2%4.3%
8.1%
conserved · 95 of 1,178 acres
2.9 mi
of trails · 1.6 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area1.7 mi33
2. Ladera Park0.7 mi16
3. Ingold Park0.5 mi3

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

SchoolsB−

View Park-Windsor Hills’ schools rank ahead of 50% of California districts

Of its 4 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. Its public schools are run by the Los Angeles Unified school district. 2 public schools serve View Park-Windsor Hills, with 541 students in all.

50%of CA districts it outscoresB−School Grade
SchoolLevelStudentsLetter
Windsor Hills Math ScienceLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5Grades K–5332–
Everyday Ibaadah LLC; Everyday Ibaadah Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–11Grades PK–11319–

NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation

HousingCost of living grade D−

View Park-Windsor Hills earns a D− for cost of living

At 12.3 years of the Los Angeles metro’s $96K median household income, the typical home (about $1.18M) costs more against local pay than in 87% of California towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.

Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home lost 1.6% of its value. View Park-Windsor Hills’ median rent is $2,132 a month, above both California’s towns ($1,895 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Among households locally, 70% own their home.

$1.18MZillow home value
View Park-Windsor HillsCalifornia townsU.S. towns
Median rent$2,132 a month$1,895 a month$1,185 a month
Households that own their home70%64%73%

Typical home value

View Park-Windsor Hills$1.18M
California$762K
−1.6%
value change, 1 year
1
homes sold in May

Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade D

Top of a very high hazard risk in View Park-Windsor Hills: earthquakes

Paid flood insurance claims in View Park-Windsor Hills since 1983: 2. 55% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from earthquakes, followed by inland flooding at 45%.

91risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
91Very high riskLowerHigher
EarthquakesInland flooding
2
paid flood claims since 1983

FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

HealthA−

View Park-Windsor Hills stands out in California and nationally, with more of its adults who had a checkup this year

Its widest gap with California is no health insurance: 4.1% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 10.6% statewide. Against the 4,488 U.S. towns with household incomes like View Park-Windsor Hills’s, it is less healthy than 59%: its national edge comes with its incomes.

View Park-Windsor Hills: 39% of adults feel lonely. CDC measures, 32 in all: View Park-Windsor Hills beats California on 18 and trails on 6.

79%healthier than U.S. townsA−Health Grade
View Park-Windsor HillsCalifornia townsU.S. towns
Depression (CDC PLACES)17%22%23%
Binge drink (CDC PLACES)12%16%16%
Feel lonely (CDC PLACES)39%36%33%
Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES)81%72%79%
32 measures vs. California
18 better8 too close to call6 worse
What stands outView Park-Windsor HillsCA
Fewer uninsured adults4.1%10.6%
Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth6.3%10.6%
More adults who have had a stroke4.2%3.1%
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
5.4 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage
68th
percentile among CA towns

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Work & commuteJobs & income grade A−

About half of View Park-Windsor Hills’ working residents commute to Los Angeles

27.6% of workers work from home, against 17.2% across California.

For residents in View Park-Windsor Hills, the share who live below the poverty line is 7.1%. Most people who work leave View Park-Windsor Hills to do it: just 2% work in town. Jobs in View Park-Windsor Hills grew by 255 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 1,536. View Park-Windsor Hills’ mean commuting time comes in at 31 minutes.

2%work in town
View Park-Windsor HillsCalifornia townsU.S. towns
Median household income$131,000$95,000$80,000
Average trip to work31 minutes28 minutes25 minutes
Working residents who work in town2.4%6.6%8%
Below the poverty line7.1%10%9.6%

Where working residents work

In View Park-Windsor Hills2%
Los Angeles47%
Burbank4%
Santa Monica4%
Culver City3%
7 mi
median commute distance
1,536
jobs based in View Park-Windsor Hills
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B
Walkability grade: more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

Expect mild winters and pleasant summers in View Park-Windsor Hills

January nights average 48.2°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 79.2°.

It almost never snows. View Park-Windsor Hills’ midsummer high is 79°F.

81°summer high
View Park-Windsor HillsCalifornia townsU.S. towns
January low48°F40°F22°F
July high79°F89°F85°F

Typical low → high °F

Winter48–67°
Spring53–71°
Summer62–78°
Fall57–77°
+2.4°
vs. the 20th-century average
81°
typical summer high

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

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About View Park-Windsor Hills

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Windsor Hills is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California. The Windsor Hills neighborhood is on the southern end to the north of Slauson Avenue. Windsor Hills is one of the wealthiest primarily African-American neighborhoods in the United States. The two neighborhoods are part of a band of neighborhoods, from Culver City's Fox Hills district on the west to the Los Angeles neighborhood of Leimert Park on the east, that comprise one of the wealthiest geographically contiguous historically black communities in the Western United States. This corridor also includes the neighborhood of Baldwin Hills and the unincorporated community of Ladera Heights. It was developed between…

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
1.8 sq mi
Elevation
341 ft

View Park-Windsor Hills’s neighbors

One town shares a border with View Park-Windsor Hills.

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Ladera HeightsLadera HeightsView Park-Windsor Hills
How the neighbors grade
TownCA rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
View Park-Windsor Hills#349CD−—B−A−
Ladera Heights#354CD−—B−A−

View Park-Windsor Hills and Ladera Heights report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare View Park-Windsor Hills with a neighbor →

Questions about View Park-Windsor Hills

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is View Park-Windsor Hills, CA a good place to live?

View Park-Windsor Hills grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #349 of 841 in California. It grades A− for health and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.

Is View Park-Windsor Hills, 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−.