Avocado Heights, California.
Typical home $826,257 (+1.3% in a year). Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,283 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,447 +1%
- $815,810$826,257 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $145,711 +21%
- $680,547$826,257 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Avocado Heights$4,337
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.
Typical home values in Avocado Heights, CA rose 1.3% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Avocado Heights, Los Angeles County, California
Avocado Heights, in Los Angeles County, had 13,317 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $92,155 a year and half less, against $90,112 across Los Angeles County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Los Angeles County was 4.5% in September 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Avocado Heights is a community in Los Angeles County where most homes are lived in by their owners, and the share of owners is higher than in many parts of the county. Household incomes run a little above the county's, though a noticeable portion of residents live below the poverty line. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many parts of the region, and winters are mild, with little or no snow and modest rainfall through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, in shops, and in transport, warehouses and utilities. Among the largest workplaces in Avocado Heights are Quality Custom Distribution, a grocery wholesaler, Amazon's courier and delivery operation, and Redwood Family Care Network, which provides residential care. Commutes are fairly long, and only a small number of people work from home.
Things to do. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden a short drive away. Farther afield, a longer drive brings you to Disneyland, the amusement park, and to Dodger Stadium, where baseball is played. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is another longer drive away for those who enjoy art museums.
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- 3,542households
- 23%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 31 mintypical commute
- 7%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Los Angeles County had 4,525,460 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 68° and lows near 45°; warmest in August, with highs near 88° and lows near 66°. About 16 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the San Gabriel Fire Dept weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Avocado Heights
- Quality Custom Distribution - QLAGroceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers171
- So Cal SanitationToilet renting and/or servicing, portable171
- AmazonCouriers and express delivery services103
- GrayconHvac contractors59
- Redwood Family Care NetworkResidential intellectual and development46
- Redwood Family Care NetworkResidential intellectual and development37
- Penske Truck LeasingTruck tractor rental or leasing33
- Latin American Bible InstituteUniversity or college28
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 620 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24). Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- EarthquakesVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Avocado Heights’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro.
Avocado Heights home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Avocado Heights$826,257
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Avocado Heights listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Avocado Heights18.02%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Avocado Heights20
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Avocado Heights6
Zip codes with a Avocado Heights address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Avocado Heights — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.