Topanga vs West Athens

A side-by-side comparison of Topanga and West Athens: population, income, housing, and more.

Topanga and West Athens are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Athens has the higher population (9,064 vs 8,781 in Topanga). Topanga has the higher median household income ($142,553 vs $77,750 in West Athens). Topanga has the higher median home value ($1,643,000 vs $666,100 in West Athens).

Population, income & housing

	Topanga	West Athens
Population	8,781	9,064
Median age	46.0 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$142,553	$77,750
Median home value	$1,643,000	$666,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,506
Housing units	3,563	2,840
Homeownership rate	77.4%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Topanga	West Athens
Population	7,900 → 8,781 (+11.2%)	9,706 → 9,064 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$128,546 → $142,553 (+10.9%)	$60,299 → $77,750 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$1,064,400 → $1,643,000 (+54.4%)	$446,500 → $666,100 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$3,088 → $3,501 (+13.4%)	$1,181 → $1,506 (+27.5%)

Topanga

Population

7,9008,781

Median household income

$128,546$142,553

Median home value

$1,064,400$1,643,000

Median gross rent

$3,088$3,501

West Athens

Population

9,7069,064

Median household income

$60,299$77,750

Median home value

$446,500$666,100

Median gross rent

$1,181$1,506

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Topanga	West Athens
Under 5	5.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.2%
25 to 34	8.0%	17.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.4%
45 to 54	14.3%	8.7%
55 to 64	17.0%	16.5%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.1%
75 and over	10.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Topanga	West Athens
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	1.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	50.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	9.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	4.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	42.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Topanga	West Athens
No high school diploma	2.5%	15.5%
High school graduate	8.1%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	33.4%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Topanga	West Athens
Drove alone	52.2%	65.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	4.7%
Walked	2.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.3%	13.7%
Other means	6.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Topanga	West Athens
1-unit, detached	89.1%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	14.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Topanga	West Athens
Poverty rate	6.7%	10.8%
Average household size	2.83	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1971	1959