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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-WEST-HOLLYWOOD-CA · West Hollywood, CA 35,090 pop · income 74th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around West Hollywood
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest West Hollywood on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Oildale · lowest
49,622
Oildale · lowest
49,622 median HH income
25.6% of the leader · rank #1
Pleasant Hill · near
94,840
Pleasant Hill · near
94,840 median HH income
48.9% of the leader · rank #2
West Hollywood · this city
94,844
West Hollywood · this city
94,844 median HH income
48.9% of the leader · rank #3
North Lima · near
94,844
North Lima · near
94,844 median HH income
48.9% of the leader · rank #4
Hickory · near
94,844
Hickory · near
94,844 median HH income
48.9% of the leader · rank #5
Carlstadt · near
94,854
Carlstadt · near
94,854 median HH income
48.9% of the leader · rank #6
Manhattan Bea… · highest
193,904
Manhattan Bea… · highest
193,904 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for West Hollywood on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 35,090.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
West Hollywood - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, West Hollywood lands in the 74th percentile for household income and the 2nd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
74th
percentile, household income
97th
percentile, home value
88th
percentile, median rent
2nd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: West Hollywood, CA
West Hollywood is a small city in California, home to 35,090 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in West Hollywood brings in $94,844 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 9.2%. Typical homes in West Hollywood are valued around $969,900, and the median resident age is 39.6 years. About 62.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 71.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 132 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 29% from five years earlier. West Hollywood's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: per-100,000 total crime stands at 6375.3 in FBI UCR data, above the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
California carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts California at 110.7 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,053 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in California run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of West Hollywood's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to comparison shortlist to population change to housing and income to work and mobility to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For West Hollywood, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the education layer cover for West Hollywood?
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 62.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Which cities make useful reference points for West Hollywood?
Within California, the closest population matches are San Juan Capistrano (34,998 residents, $127,893 income); Oildale (34,971 residents, $49,622 income); Orangevale (35,219 residents, $98,158 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Graham, WA (35,090 residents); Golden Glades, FL (35,042 residents); Mason, OH (35,148 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Is West Hollywood growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -1,507 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -4.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 132 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in West Hollywood?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 10.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 9.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in West Hollywood?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 57.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
3.6%
Work from home
25.6%
Drive alone
57.5%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 23,236 workers age 16+.
What can the FBI record say about safety in West Hollywood?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 6375.3 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 180% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
5491.0
Violent rate
884.2
Total reported rate
6375.3
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Above median income · poverty 9.2% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
D
City profile score · West Hollywood, CA
42/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
62.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B
$94,844
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate D
9.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
110.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime F
884 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
West Hollywood profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 93/100 (A+) · 62.9%
Household income: 74/100 (B) · $94,844
Poverty rate: 43/100 (D) · 9.2%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
Violent crime: 0/100 (F) · 884 /100k
Where West Hollywood sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
West Hollywood's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - West Hollywood highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
West Hollywood, CA (this city): home $969,900, crime 6,375/100k
Mason, OH : home $397,900, crime 565/100k
Fair Lawn, NJ : home $532,700, crime 981/100k
Redmond, OR : home $435,000, crime 2,563/100k
San Juan Capistrano, CA : home $929,700, crime 1,242/100k
Manhattan Beach, CA : home $2,000,000+, crime 2,683/100k
Temple City, CA : home $930,200, crime 1,275/100k
Pleasant Hill, CA : home $1,040,600, crime 4,261/100k
How does West Hollywood compare to other US cities?
Where West Hollywood sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income74% higher than other cities
Home value97% pricier than other cities
Median rent88% pricier than other cities
Safety2% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to California alone, West Hollywood ranks #432 of 441 California cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares West Hollywood against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to California only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
California-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places West Hollywood near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, West Hollywood ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares West Hollywood only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#571 of 1,338
57th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#255 of 1,343
81st percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#543 of 1,450
62nd percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#149 of 1,458
90th percentile in California
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within California only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
74th percentile nationally for median household income · 2nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
West Hollywood's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
West Hollywood's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How West Hollywood's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$969,9003rd percentilemore affordable than 3% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
West Hollywood's home-value-to-income ratio: 10.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,368 of 15,516
More affordable than 1% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,287 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 10.2×, West Hollywood sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,368 of 15,516 and #3,287 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$94,844West Hollywood, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context West Hollywood, CA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for West Hollywood, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)62.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)9.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)71.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
35,090
Median Income
$94,844
Median Home Value
$969,900
Median Age
39.6
Poverty Rate
9.2%
Labor force participation
71.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
62.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
6375.3
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
884.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
5491.0
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
West Hollywood's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
35,738 residents
2021
35,103 residents
2022
34,794 residents
2023
34,577 residents
2024
34,440 residents
2025
34,231 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
132
housing units authorized
Single-Family
1
detached homes
Multifamily
131
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
3.8
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
185
16
169
$48.6M
2020
108
7
101
$24.6M
2021
193
21
172
$42.2M
2022
51
4
47
$11.9M
2023
16
0
16
$5.6M
2024
132
1
131
$22.4M
Permit volume decreased 29% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
57.5%
Carpool
3.8%
Public Transit
3.6%
Walk
5.7%
Work from Home
25.6%
Other
3.8%
Based on 23,236 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
California statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across California at $275 (electricity about $150 , water and sewer about $70 ).
These are California statewide averages, not a meter reading for West Hollywood. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
California's BEA cost-of-living index is 110.7 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around West Hollywood is $2,053/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to California statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a California statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county West Hollywood sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How West Hollywood compares to similar-size California cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.