Ladera Heights vs Westlake Village

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

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

Westlake Village has the higher population (7,829 vs 7,249 in Ladera Heights). Westlake Village has the higher median household income ($174,069 vs $153,403 in Ladera Heights). Ladera Heights has the higher median home value ($1,593,500 vs $1,212,800 in Westlake Village).

Population, income & housing

	Ladera Heights	Westlake Village
Population	7,249	7,829
Median age	41.0 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$153,403	$174,069
Median home value	$1,593,500	$1,212,800
Median gross rent	$3,089	$3,501
Housing units	2,994	3,190
Homeownership rate	63.5%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.4%	66.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ladera Heights	Westlake Village
Population	6,620 → 7,249 (+9.5%)	8,358 → 7,829 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$101,439 → $153,403 (+51.2%)	$140,850 → $174,069 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$1,021,000 → $1,593,500 (+56.1%)	$953,700 → $1,212,800 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,018 → $3,089 (+53.1%)	$2,900 → $3,501 (+20.7%)

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

Westlake Village

Population

8,3587,829

Median household income

$140,850$174,069

Median home value

$953,700$1,212,800

Median gross rent

$2,900$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ladera Heights	Westlake Village
Under 5	6.1%	2.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	18.0%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	15.4%
75 and over	9.0%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ladera Heights	Westlake Village
White (non-Hispanic)	14.3%	76.4%
Black or African American	58.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	9.3%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ladera Heights	Westlake Village
No high school diploma	6.6%	3.1%
High school graduate	7.4%	9.1%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	40.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.2%	25.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ladera Heights	Westlake Village
Drove alone	70.4%	62.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	31.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ladera Heights	Westlake Village
1-unit, detached	61.1%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	18.4%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	3.4%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Ladera Heights	Westlake Village
Poverty rate	9.3%	6.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1962	1974