Acton vs Ladera Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Acton and Ladera Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Acton and Ladera Heights are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Acton has the higher population (7,721 vs 7,249 in Ladera Heights). Ladera Heights has the higher median household income ($153,403 vs $110,000 in Acton). Ladera Heights has the higher median home value ($1,593,500 vs $695,300 in Acton).

Population, income & housing

	Acton	Ladera Heights
Population	7,721	7,249
Median age	45.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$110,000	$153,403
Median home value	$695,300	$1,593,500
Median gross rent	$1,755	$3,089
Housing units	2,887	2,994
Homeownership rate	94.6%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	55.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acton	Ladera Heights
Population	7,232 → 7,721 (+6.8%)	6,620 → 7,249 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$97,857 → $110,000 (+12.4%)	$101,439 → $153,403 (+51.2%)
Median home value	$559,600 → $695,300 (+24.2%)	$1,021,000 → $1,593,500 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,535 → $1,755 (+14.3%)	$2,018 → $3,089 (+53.1%)

Acton

Population

7,2327,721

Median household income

$97,857$110,000

Median home value

$559,600$695,300

Median gross rent

$1,535$1,755

Ladera Heights

Population

6,6207,249

Median household income

$101,439$153,403

Median home value

$1,021,000$1,593,500

Median gross rent

$2,018$3,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acton	Ladera Heights
Under 5	6.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	9.1%	18.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	18.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	16.4%	11.4%
75 and over	4.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acton	Ladera Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	14.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	58.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	2.1%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	36.5%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acton	Ladera Heights
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	29.7%	7.4%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	27.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acton	Ladera Heights
Drove alone	68.4%	70.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.6%
Public transit	2.1%	0.6%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.1%	22.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acton	Ladera Heights
1-unit, detached	90.9%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.3%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Acton	Ladera Heights
Poverty rate	7.8%	9.3%
Average household size	2.88	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	48	31
Median year structure built	1986	1962