Willowbrook, California.
Typical home $655,105 (+2.1% in a year). Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,712 (+99%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,325 +2%
- $641,780$655,105 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $86,045 +15%
- $569,061$655,105 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.
- Willowbrook$3,438
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 25 years.
Typical home values in Willowbrook, CA rose 2.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Willowbrook, Los Angeles County, California
Willowbrook, in Los Angeles County, had 24,295 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $62,582 a year and half less, against $90,112 across Los Angeles County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 43% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 57% 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 transport and warehouses.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Willowbrook is a community in Los Angeles County with a younger population than many places, and fewer residents who own their homes than renters among its households. Household incomes run below the county's, and a smaller share of adults hold a four-year degree than is typical. Winters are mild and summers warm, with little rain through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in transport, warehouses and utilities, and in shops. Some of the largest workplaces in Willowbrook are Martin Luther King Community Hospital, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, and Bowman Plating Company. The commute to work is on the long side, and only a small number of people work from home.
Things to do. A short drive away are SoFi Stadium and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, both stadiums for sports and big events. Farther afield, a longer drive reaches Disneyland, an amusement park, and the Getty Center, a museum and a well-known stop for art and views.
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- 5,914households
- 11%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 33 mintypical commute
- 9%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 66° and lows near 49°; warmest in August, with highs near 79° and lows near 65°. About 12 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hawthorne Municipal Airport weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Willowbrook
- Martin Luther King Community HospGeneral hospital1,160FTE
- Charles R Drew University of Medicine and ScienceUniversity or college895
- Bowman Plating CompanyElectroplating metals and formed products for the trade160
- LacmtaMixed mode transit systems145
- Sodexo at Martin Luther King JRFood service contractors121
- Public HealthHealth program administration87
- Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit AuthorityLocal transit systems, mixed mode72
- Food 4 Less FoodsCoSupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores58
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 10 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 802 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Willowbrook’s 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.
Willowbrook home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Willowbrook$655,105
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 8 Willowbrook 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.
- Willowbrook12.48%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Willowbrook22
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Willowbrook8
Zip codes with a Willowbrook address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Willowbrook — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Willowbrook
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90059 | Los Angeles | 37,511 | $2,348 | $613,149 |
| 90061 | Los Angeles | 30,051 | $2,378 | $631,084 |