Ladera Heights vs Rolling Hills Estates

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

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

Rolling Hills Estates has the higher population (8,158 vs 7,249 in Ladera Heights). Rolling Hills Estates has the higher median household income ($187,500 vs $153,403 in Ladera Heights). Rolling Hills Estates has the higher median home value ($1,602,300 vs $1,593,500 in Ladera Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Ladera Heights	Rolling Hills Estates
Population	7,249	8,158
Median age	41.0 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$153,403	$187,500
Median home value	$1,593,500	$1,602,300
Median gross rent	$3,089	$3,501
Housing units	2,994	3,034
Homeownership rate	63.5%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.4%	72.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ladera Heights	Rolling Hills Estates
Population	6,620 → 7,249 (+9.5%)	8,169 → 8,158 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$101,439 → $153,403 (+51.2%)	$150,135 → $187,500 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$1,021,000 → $1,593,500 (+56.1%)	$1,326,600 → $1,602,300 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,018 → $3,089 (+53.1%)	$3,353 → $3,501 (+4.4%)

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

Rolling Hills Estates

Population

8,1698,158

Median household income

$150,135$187,500

Median home value

$1,326,600$1,602,300

Median gross rent

$3,353$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ladera Heights	Rolling Hills Estates
Under 5	6.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	3.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	18.0%	7.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.8%
75 and over	9.0%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ladera Heights	Rolling Hills Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	14.3%	58.0%
Black or African American	58.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	3.9%	26.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	9.3%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ladera Heights	Rolling Hills Estates
No high school diploma	6.6%	2.4%
High school graduate	7.4%	5.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.2%	31.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ladera Heights	Rolling Hills Estates
Drove alone	70.4%	68.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	22.5%	23.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ladera Heights	Rolling Hills Estates
1-unit, detached	61.1%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	1.3%
20 or more units	7.9%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ladera Heights	Rolling Hills Estates
Poverty rate	9.3%	3.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1962	1970