Avocado Heights
Sign in to saveAlso known as Avocado Heights, California, Avocado Heights, CA
census designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Los Angeles
- Total
- 2.25 sq mi (5.84 km )
- Land
- 2.25 sq mi (5.83 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km ) 0.10%
- Elevation
- 338 ft (103 m)
- Density
- 5,916.9/sq mi (2,284.54/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 06-03344
via Wikipedia infobox
~9 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Avocado Heights (pronunciation) 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 homes on lots of 0.5 acres 21,780 square feet (2,023 m) or more. The proximity of polluting industries in what became the City of Industry, as well as the Puente Hills Landfill, suppressed property values throughout the post-World War II era—discouraging the development that transformed most of the San Gabriel Valley into a relatively densely developed suburban area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Avocado Heights” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.