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La Habra Heights, California

La Habra Heights is a city in Los Angeles County, California, part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area. It has 5,478 residents. La Habra Heights, California has a quality-of-life score of 56 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,821 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within California it ranks #336 of 1,062 cities and towns. It ranks best on arts, entertainment and recreation (high), adult obesity (low) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on high ozone days (high), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high) and median Air Quality Index (high).

56Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,821 of 15,651 cities and towns
California: #336 of 1,062 in CA
Population: 5,478 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 889.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 0639304

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety29#11,039/15,637
Economy95#728/15,631
Housing36#9,605/14,977
Health92#1,327/15,609
Healthcare75#3,932/15,650
Environment2#15,115/15,453
Education27#11,428/15,649
Infrastructure81#3,045/15,650
Community24#11,849/15,651
Leisure & amenities86#2,129/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where La Habra Heights, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Los Angeles County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Arts, entertainment and recreation · high20.8 /10k
99/100California 8.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLos Angeles County value
Adult obesity · low21.2%
98/100California 30.4%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Comfortable days · high44.9%
98/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLos Angeles County value
Median household income · high$179,583
97/100California $100,130United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Adult smoking · low7.2%
96/100California 12.6%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Public EV charging ports · high19.3 /10k
95/100California 17.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyLos Angeles County value

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high75 days
1/100California 38 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLos Angeles County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high10.6 µg/m³
1/100California 9.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLos Angeles County value
Median Air Quality Index · high74
2/100California 602025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLos Angeles County value
Days with unhealthy air · high26.9%
2/100California 12.4%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLos Angeles County value
Students per teacher · high21.4×
5/100California 21.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsLos Angeles County value
Home price to income ratio · high6.7×
6/100California 7.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
6,574 (2015-2019) → 5,478 (2020-2024)
−17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
0.2 /1k (2021) → 0.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+416%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
39.9% (2015-2019) → 24.6% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
11.1% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$115,762 (2015-2019) → $179,583 (2020-2024)
+55%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
47.8% (2015-2019) → 51.6% (2020-2024)
+3.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, La Habra Heights, California improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+55%$115,762 → $179,583

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of La Habra Heights, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	35.0 min2015-2019	33.7 min2020-2024	−1.3 min	Within the margin of error	64%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.8%2015-2019	51.6%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Broadband subscriptions	93.2%2015-2019	93.2%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Effective property tax rate	0.71%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	11%
High school diploma or higher	91.8%2015-2019	95.3%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Home price to income ratio	8.0×2015-2019	6.7×2020-2024	−1.3×	Within the margin of error	99%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4722015-2019	0.4932020-2024	+0.021	Within the margin of error	33%
Median household income	$115,7622015-2019	$179,5832020-2024	+55%	Improved	88%
Poverty rate	7.5%2015-2019	4.9%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Rent as share of income	24.7%2015-2019	27.7%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Rent-burdened households	39.9%2015-2019	24.6%2020-2024	−15 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.0%2015-2019	6.1%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like La Habra Heights, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of La Habra Heights, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, La Habra Heights, California itself moved −2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,478 residents (±46)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 men (−3.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

5,478 residents (±46)

La Habra Heights, California
California share

White44%2,433
Black1.4%†77
Hispanic or Latino19%1,061

Education

4,129 residents (±197)

La Habra Heights, California
California share

No high school diploma4.7%†192
High school or GED15%603
Some college18%†741

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,956 households (±148)

La Habra Heights, California
California share

Under $25k3.6%†71
$25k–50k8.9%†174
$50k–75k7.2%†141
$75k–100k8.6%†168
$100k–150k14%†275
$150k–200k12%†240
$200k or more45%887

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+17.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,956 households (±148)

La Habra Heights, California
California share

Own91%1,785
Rent8.7%†171

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+12.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

171 households (±149)

La Habra Heights, California
California share

Under $7504.7%†8
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50062%†106

Home values

1,785 homes (±149)

La Habra Heights, California
California share

Under $150k0.4%†8
$150k–250k0.9%†16
$250k–400k2.9%†

Age of homes

2,059 homes (±155)

La Habra Heights, California
California share

2010 or later2.1%†43
2000–20095.1%†105
1980–199922%460

Size of homes

2,059 homes (±155)

La Habra Heights, California
California share

Studio5.2%†108
1 bedroom0.7%†14
2 bedrooms9.1%†187

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,609 workers (±279)

La Habra Heights, California
California share

Drive alone65%1,685
Carpool8.2%†214
Public transit1.0%†27
Walk1.7%†45
Bike0.0%0
Work from home23%†601
Other1.4%†37

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+19.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,008 workers (±278)

La Habra Heights, California
California share

Under 15 min11%†213
15–29 min26%523
30–44 min33%†655

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Los Angeles County, the county holding most of La Habra Heights's residents.

Los Angeles County has 304,988 employer establishments, 313 for every 10,000 residents (1.26× the US rate of 248; 1.19× California's), with 3,987,736 paid employees at an average annual pay of $75,135. The Census Bureau also counts 1,165,040 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 304,988; 1,165,040 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 313; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 3,987,736
Average annual pay: $75,135; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Los Angeles County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	30,830	31.7	1.52×More than typical	277,800	$68,847	53,534
Restaurants and other eating places	21,461	22.1	1.20×About typical	373,539	$30,093	5,079
Lessors of real estate	17,152	17.6	1.43×More than typical	69,681	$79,105	107,046
Management, scientific and technical consulting	11,436	11.8	1.75×More than typical	57,592	$103,308	40,903
Specialty trade contractors	10,621	10.9	0.70×Fewer than typical	97,612	$71,747	41,817
Offices of physicians	10,598	10.9	1.68×More than typical	62,592	$105,846	7,935
Limited-service restaurants	9,402	9.7	1.20×About typical	159,344	$26,291	1,900
Legal services	8,863	9.1	1.69×More than typical	60,647	$141,160	12,427
Full-service restaurants	8,214	8.4	1.10×About typical	169,457	$34,694	1,953
Offices of other health practitioners	7,524	7.7	1.27×More than typical	42,674	$42,762	21,994
Truck transportation	7,345	7.5	1.49×More than typical	43,158	$60,561	28,358
Motion picture and video industries	7,257	7.5	9.79×More than typical	115,687	$89,432	22,382

Rank places for an industry Open Los Angeles County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,732,568 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in La Habra Heights, California: $0 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $2,007
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

16.8KFY2024

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in La Habra Heights, California, so they do not add up across cities.

La Habra Heights, California's figures are part of those of Los Angeles County, CA ($14.2B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: La Habra Heights is mostly in Los Angeles County.

See federal money in Los Angeles County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

La Habra Heights, California is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).