For population 25 years and over in Ladera Heights:
High school or higher: 97.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 52.7%
Graduate or professional degree: 26.3%
Unemployed: 3.9%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 28.4 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Ladera Heights CDP:
Never married: 22.6%
Now married: 54.3%
Separated: 1.8%
Widowed: 7.1%
Divorced: 14.2%
451 residents are foreign born (3.2% Latin America, 1.1% Europe, 1.0% Africa, 0.9% Asia).
This place:
6.9%
California:
26.2%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $4,980 (0.6%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $2,587 (0.3%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Inglewood, CA (2.7 miles , pop. 112,580).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Los Angeles, CA (6.7 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Ladera Heights-area historical tornado activity is significantly above California state average. It is 75% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 3/1/1983, a category F2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 0.7 miles away from the Ladera Heights place center injured 30 peopleand causedbetween $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
On 11/7/1966, a category F2 tornado 7.5 miles away from the place center causedbetween $500 and $5000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Ladera Heights-area historical earthquake activity is above California state average. It is 2973% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 7/21/1952 at 11:52:14, a magnitude 7.7 (7.7 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 78.5 miles away from the city center, causing $50,000,000 total damage On 1/17/1994 at 12:30:55, a magnitude 6.8 (6.4 MB, 6.8 MS, 6.7 MW, Depth: 11.4 mi, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 16.3 miles away from Ladera Heights center, causing 60 deaths (60 shaking deaths) and 7000 injuries On 4/21/1918 at 22:32:30, a magnitude 6.8 (6.8 UK) earthquake occurred 55.0 miles away from the city center On 6/28/1992 at 15:05:30, a magnitude 6.9 (6.3 MB, 6.7 MS, 6.5 MW, 6.9 ME, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 91.5 miles away from the city center On 2/9/1971 at 14:00:41, a magnitude 6.5 (6.5 UK) earthquake occurred 28.5 miles away from Ladera Heights center, causing 65 deaths (65 shaking deaths), causing $535,000,000 total damage On 2/28/1990 at 23:43:36, a magnitude 6.2 (5.5 MB, 5.5 MS, 6.2 ML, 5.7 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 37.4 miles away from the city center, causing $12,000,000 total damage Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), energy magnitude (ME), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Los Angeles County (51) is a lot greater than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 24 Emergencies Declared: 4
Causes of natural disasters: Fires: 34, Floods: 14, Storms: 8, Landslides: 5, Winter Storms: 5, Mudslides: 4, Earthquakes: 2, Heavy Rain: 1, Snow: 1, Storm: 1, Tornado: 1, Wind: 1, Freeze: 1, Hurricane: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Ladera Heights:
CENTINELA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 3 miles away; INGLEWOOD, CA)
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 4 miles away; LOS ANGELES, CA)
LOS ANGELES METROPOLITAN MEDICAL CTR (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, about 5 miles away; LOS ANGELES, CA)
10 miles: LOS ANGELES (800 N. ALAMEDA ST.) . Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar, free short-term parking, paid long-term parking, car rental agency, taxi stand, public transit connection.
12 miles: GLENDALE (400 W. CERRITOS AVE.) . Services: fully wheelchair accessible, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, intercity bus service, public transit connection.
15 miles: BURBANK AIRPORT (BURBANK, EMPIRE & AIRPORT AVES.) . Services: fully wheelchair accessible, public payphones, snack bar, free short-term parking, paid long-term parking, car rental agency, taxi stand, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Ladera Heights:
West Los Angeles College (about 2 miles; Culver City, CA; Full-time enrollment: 2,606)
Loyola Marymount University (about 4 miles; Los Angeles, CA; FT enrollment: 7,950)
Santa Monica College (about 6 miles; Santa Monica, CA; FT enrollment: 11,468)
Los Angeles Trade Technical College (about 7 miles; Los Angeles, CA; FT enrollment: 3,932)
Westwood College-Los Angeles (about 7 miles; Los Angeles, CA; FT enrollment: 2,344)
University of California-Los Angeles (about 7 miles; Los Angeles, CA; FT enrollment: 37,174)
Abram Friedman Occupational Center (about 7 miles; Los Angeles, CA; FT enrollment: 8,286)
User submitted facts and corrections:
You listing of univerisities near ladera heights leaves out university of southern california (which is even closer than UCLA, which you do list).
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2009 was 47.1. This is significantly worse than average.
City:
47.1
U.S.:
32.0
Lead (Pb) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 0.104. This is significantly worse than average.Closest monitor was 4.2 miles away from the city center.
City:
0.104
U.S.:
0.022
Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2009 was 0.448. This is worse than average.Closest monitor was 4.2 miles away from the city center.
City:
0.448
U.S.:
0.334
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2009 was 0.872. This is significantly better than average.Closest monitor was 4.2 miles away from the city center.
City:
0.872
U.S.:
2.433
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) [ppb] level in 2009 was 20.9. This is significantly worse than average.Closest monitor was 4.2 miles away from the city center.
City:
20.9
U.S.:
9.4
Ozone [ppb] level in 2009 was 24.1. This is about average.Closest monitor was 4.2 miles away from the city center.
City:
24.1
U.S.:
28.3
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2009 was 33.0. This is significantly worse than average.Closest monitor was 4.2 miles away from the city center.
City:
33.0
U.S.:
22.1
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2009 was 14.6. This is significantly worse than average.Closest monitor was 10.0 miles away from the city center.
City:
14.6
U.S.:
9.6
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 4.5%
(1.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 5.4% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
2.4 people
California:
2.4 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
66.0%
Whole state:
65.9%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
3.0%
Whole state:
5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for Ladera Heights (based on Los Angeles County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 58.08%
Here
58.1%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
Jewish
Southern Baptist Convention
LDS (Mormon) Church
Muslim Estimate
Adherents
68.8%
10.2%
2.0%
1.8%
1.7%
Congregations
6.9%
5.0%
7.7%
5.9%
1.2%
Name
American Baptist Churches in the USA
Charismatic Churches Independent
Assemblies of God
United Methodist Church
Other
Adherents
1.3%
1.3%
1.2%
1.0%
10.7%
Congregations
5.2%
0.3%
6.4%
4.4%
57.0%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 2,084
Los Angeles County:
2.12 / 10,000 pop.
California:
2.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 32
This county:
0.03 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.04 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 567
Los Angeles County:
0.58 / 10,000 pop.
California:
0.62 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 1,206
Los Angeles County:
1.23 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.49 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 7,008
Here:
7.15 / 10,000 pop.
State:
7.42 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
This county:
7.5%
California:
7.3%
Adult obesity rate:
Los Angeles County:
20.4%
California:
21.3%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
This county:
18.6%
State:
17.9%
3.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($43,821 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
3.22%
California average:
5.75%
0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,038 average AGI)
Los Angeles County:
0.14%
California average:
0.21%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
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KFTR (Channel 46; ONTARIO, CA; Owner: TELEFUTURA LOS ANGELES LLC)
K38CY (Channel 38; VAN NUYS, CA; Owner: CAPITAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
KWJD-LP (Channel 25; VAN NUYS, CA; Owner: FRIENDLY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers:
1
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