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La Habra Heights, CA
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Living in La Habra Heights



La Habra Heights is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 5,447 people and two associated neighborhoods, La Habra Heights is the 499th largest community in California.

La Habra Heights home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but La Habra Heights real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

La Habra Heights is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around La Habra Heights, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.64% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Because of many things, La Habra Heights is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making La Habra Heights a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, La Habra Heights has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, La Habra Heights’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in La Habra Heights, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.92 minutes every day commuting to work.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to La Habra Heights, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. La Habra Heights is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 55.95% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in La Habra Heights in 2022 was $89,507, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $358,028 for a family of four.

La Habra Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call La Habra Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Habra Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. La Habra Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.31% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in La Habra Heights include English, German, Swedish, Irish, and Italian.

La Habra Heights also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 25.56%.

The most common language spoken in La Habra Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.


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