Avocado Heights vs Palos Verdes Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Avocado Heights and Palos Verdes Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palos Verdes Estates has the higher population (13,047 vs 12,934 in Avocado Heights). Palos Verdes Estates has the higher median household income ($247,500 vs $95,000 in Avocado Heights). Palos Verdes Estates has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $668,700 in Avocado Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Avocado Heights	Palos Verdes Estates
Population	12,934	13,047
Median age	38.2 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$95,000	$247,500
Median home value	$668,700	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,002	$3,331
Housing units	3,687	5,383
Homeownership rate	74.7%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	78.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avocado Heights	Palos Verdes Estates
Population	15,426 → 12,934 (-16.2%)	13,434 → 13,047 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$75,142 → $95,000 (+26.4%)	$194,543 → $247,500 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$478,800 → $668,700 (+39.7%)	$2,000,000 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,468 → $2,002 (+36.4%)	$2,683 → $3,331 (+24.2%)

Avocado Heights

Population

15,42612,934

Median household income

$75,142$95,000

Median home value

$478,800$668,700

Median gross rent

$1,468$2,002

Palos Verdes Estates

Population

13,43413,047

Median household income

$194,543$247,500

Median home value

$2,000,000$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,683$3,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avocado Heights	Palos Verdes Estates
Under 5	5.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.3%	19.5%
18 to 24	12.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	4.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	7.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	18.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	12.9%
75 and over	6.9%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avocado Heights	Palos Verdes Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	4.9%	62.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.7%	24.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	81.8%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avocado Heights	Palos Verdes Estates
No high school diploma	24.7%	2.3%
High school graduate	25.6%	5.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	39.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avocado Heights	Palos Verdes Estates
Drove alone	78.1%	72.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	1.5%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.8%	24.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avocado Heights	Palos Verdes Estates
1-unit, detached	88.0%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avocado Heights	Palos Verdes Estates
Poverty rate	10.6%	2.6%
Average household size	3.57	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1964	1963