West Puente ValleyCA
22,495 residents make their home in this town in California.
Is West Puente Valley a good place to live?
Strong in places, weak in others. Cost of living is its weak spot: the typical home is worth about $745K, 7.8 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 89% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Its best grade is for walkability — it is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Overall, that makes a C, good for 393rd of 841 in California. Set against the rest, it does better than 30% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 106 of California’s 1,064 towns do worse. West Puente Valley’s midpoint rent is $2,342 a month, where California’s towns sit at $1,895 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · USGS PAD-US.
What makes West Puente Valley stand out
Where West Puente Valley beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
98% of working residents leave West Puente Valley for work
Where West Puente Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How West Puente Valley grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far West Puente Valley is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Disneyland and 245 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around West Puente Valley. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Theme parkDisneyland17.3M visitors a year
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaSoFi Stadium
Big draw22 mi LandmarkHollywood Walk of Fame10.0M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi MuseumLucas Museum of Narrative Art
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Big draw15 mi Theme parkKnott's Berry Farm4.5M visitors a yearPhoto 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 · Knott's Berry Farm: Phydend at English Wikipedia, Public domain
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Moving to West Puente Valley: who provides what
West Puente Valley 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 West Puente Valley.
West Puente Valley has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Los Angeles and beyond, but it has little public open land.
Top of a very high hazard risk in West Puente Valley: earthquakes
FEMA puts 60% of West Puente Valley’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 38% to inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools in West Puente Valley beat 68% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Hacienda la Puente Unified school district. Of its 7 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. Public school enrollment in West Puente Valley: 2,136 students across 6 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparks MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 600 | – |
| Nueva Vista Continuation HighLargest public high schoolGrades 10–12 | Grades 10–12 | 46 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
For most of its workers, the job is outside West Puente Valley
West Puente Valley has 1,299 jobs for its 9,590 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
West Puente Valley: 13% of residents live below the poverty line. Most working residents leave West Puente Valley for work: only 2% work in town. In West Puente Valley, the average trip to work is 32 minutes. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in the town rose by 127, to 1,299.
| West Puente Valley | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 7.9% | 14% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect mild winters and hot summers in West Puente Valley
January nights average 45.2°, milder than in 97% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 88.1°.
It almost never snows. In West Puente Valley, the January low is 45°F.
| West Puente Valley | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 45°F | 40°F | 22°F |
| July high | 88°F | 89°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, West Puente Valley is less healthy than 56% of U.S. towns
Among adults 18 to 64 in West Puente Valley, 18% have no health insurance. This California town does better than the California average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 13. Two figures for adults here: 26% worry about having enough food, 29% say their health is fair or poor.
| West Puente Valley | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 36% | 33% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | West Puente Valley | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.6% | 6.4% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.3% | 5.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 17.8% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For cost of living, West Puente Valley earns a D
69.8% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 55.3% across California.
Zillow values the typical West Puente Valley home at about $745,000, up 1.4% in a year, close to the California typical home. Homes sold in West Puente Valley spent a median 37 days on the market. Half of the homes sold in West Puente Valley went for more than their asking price.
| West Puente Valley | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,342 a month | $1,895 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 78% | 64% | 73% |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
West Puente Valley has set aside 1.4% of its land for conservation
Just 17 of its 1,193 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in West Puente Valley itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
West Puente Valley has 2 parks and preserves, 16 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bassett Park | — | 10 |
| 2. Allen J Martin Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about West Puente Valley
Colleges nearby
47 within 15 miles of the center of West Puente Valley
About 7 of every 100 West Puente Valley residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
About West Puente Valley
Census-designated place in California, United States
West Puente Valley () is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States, northwest of La Puente. The population was 22,959 at the 2020 census, up from 22,636 at the 2010 census. The community is probably named for its location related to the city of La Puente.
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- Area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 322 ft
West Puente Valley’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with West Puente Valley.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Puente Valley | #393 | C | D | — | B+ | C+ |
| La Puente | #461 | C− | D | C | B+ | C+ |
| Baldwin Park | #555 | D | D | C | B | C+ |
| West Covina | #387 | C | D− | C | B+ | B+ |
| Industry | — | — | — | — | — | — |
West Puente Valley reports no FBI crime data of its own. Industry isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare West Puente Valley with a neighbor →
Questions about West Puente Valley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is West Puente Valley, CA a good place to live?
West Puente Valley grades C overall, better than 30% of U.S. towns and #393 of 841 in California. It grades C+ for health and B+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is West Puente Valley, 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.