Ladera Heights is a community in Los Angeles County, California, home to about 7,334 people across 3.0 square miles. Its ZIP code is 90056, and parts of 90230 are in Ladera Heights too.
Homes sold for a median of $638 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a balanced market.
Population7,3342,469 per sq mi
Median home value$1,661,600Census, as estimated by owners
Price per sq ft$638Sold homes, 3 months to August 2026
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Ladera Heights. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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Around Ladera Heights
Distances
Nearest major airport
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)4 miles away
Nearest city of 250,000+
Los Angeles, CA3 miles away
Straight-line distances from the center of Ladera Heights; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Population over time
Ladera Heights had 6,654 residents in the 2020 census, up 1% since 2000.
It’s the 566th largest of 1,563 towns in California by population.
Los Angeles County grew from 170,298 residents in 1900 to 10,014,009 in 2020.
Los Angeles County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Weather by month
Average highs peak around 79°F in summer, and winter lows average 47°F. About 14.2 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Culver City, CA weather station (2 miles away).
Jobs in Los Angeles County
3,987,736 jobs at 304,988 businesses in Los Angeles County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Health care
117 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Ladera Heights.
Nearest hospitals
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterGeneral hospital · no emergency room · CMS rating 2 of 5 · Inglewood3.3 miles
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LaGeneral hospital · no emergency room · CMS rating 3 of 5 · Los Angeles3.4 miles
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey HospitalGeneral hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 4 of 5 · Marina Del Rey3.4 miles
Providers with an office here
Primary care doctors
5
Specialist doctors
4
Dentists
4
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants
5
Mental health providers
94
Physical and occupational therapists
4
Optometrists
1
Pharmacies
2
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Places in and around Ladera Heights
Parks (10 nearby)
Yvonne Burke Sports Complex · 22 acres0.9 mi
Ladera Park · 16 acres1.2 mi
Fox Hills Park · 10 acres0.5 mi
Blanco Park · 3 acres0.8 mi
Triangle Park · 3 acres1.1 mi
Steve Soboroff Court Park · 3 acres1.2 mi
Grocery stores (7 nearby)
Trader Joe's0.7 mi
Sprouts Farmers Market0.7 mi
Ralphs0.9 mi
Super King0.9 mi
Pharmacies (4 nearby)
CVS Pharmacy0.8 mi
CVS Pharmacy0.9 mi
CVS Pharmacy1.0 mi
Ralphs1.2 mi
Libraries (1 nearby)
West Los Angeles College Library1.1 mi
Museums
Centinela Adobe1.5 mi
Wende Museum of the Cold War2.0 mi
Museum of Jurassic Technology2.7 mi
Center for Land Use Interpretation2.7 mi
Flight Path Museum LAX4.2 mi
Theaters and performance venues
Robert Lee Frost Auditorium1.8 mi
Westchester Playhouse1.8 mi
Skyline Terrace2.0 mi
Inglewood Playhouse2.4 mi
UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios2.4 mi
Counts are within about 1.5 miles of the center of town.
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