THE SPLIT BETWEEN RICH AND POOR
The 10 richest and 10 poorest areas in Los Angeles County ranked according to estimated 1987 household income. Actual 1979 household income from the 1980 census is shown for comparison. Richest areas are listed at left, richest first, and are located on map below by numbers in black ovals. Poorest areas are shown at right, poorest listed first, and are located below with numbers in gray ovals.
TOP 10
1979 1987* 1 ROLLING HILLS $106,633 $159,784 2 SAN MARINO 64,355 99,877 3 PALOS VERDES ESTATES 58,763 87,717 4 HIDDEN HILLS 55,823 85,774 5 BEVERLY HILLS 52,586 77,344 6 RANCHO PALOS VERDES 49,320 77,254 7 BRADBURY 45,751 75,580 8 LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE 47,953 74,299 9 ROLLING HILLS ESTATES 51,419 67,809 10 POINT DUME 43,337 65,236
BOTTOM 10
1979 1987* 1 FLORENCE-GRAHAM $12,247 $16,378 2 HUNTINGTON PARK 13,831 17,580 3 CUDAHY 13,245 17,582 4 BELL GARDENS 13,744 18,956 5 BELL 15,099 19,443 6 EAST LOS ANGELES 14,717 19,497 7 EAST COMPTON 15,466 19,997 8 WESTMONT 14,616 20,369 9 MAYWOOD 14,847 20,485 10 VERNON 16,872 20,852
Data on income are expressed in ‘current’ dollars for each respective year.
* Estimates: 1987 estimates produced by National Planning Data Corp.
Research: Lauri Ferguson / Los Angeles Times
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