Cold semi-arid
La Habra Heights, California
Los Angeles County, California · Population 5.5k · 745 ft elevation
Living in La Habra Heights
La Habra Heights has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and mild winters (January lows around 44°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 12″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (84% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 74, with about 98 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around La Habra Heights: about 24% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 5,400 ft around town.
La Habra Heights at a glance
- Population
- 5.5k
- Elevation
- 745 ft
- Average daily high
- 74°F73th percentile
- Average daily low
- 54°F81th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 12″5th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,762 hrs96th percentile
- Median AQI
- 7498th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.1M98th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,186/mo50th percentile
- Median household income
- $187k97th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.86%41th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.783th percentile
- Average commute
- 35 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 23%15th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 41%
- Violent crime rate
- 132 per 100k39th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 922 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 24%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 5,413 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 67°F | 44°F | 2.9″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Feb | 67°F | 46°F | 3.0″ | — | 227 hrs |
| Mar | 69°F | 49°F | 1.7″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Apr | 72°F | 52°F | 0.6″ | — | 317 hrs |
| May | 74°F | 56°F | 0.3″ | — | 364 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 61°F | 0.1″ | — | 386 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 64°F | 0.0″ | — | 408 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 64°F | 0.0″ | — | 394 hrs |
| Sep | 83°F | 63°F | 0.1″ | — | 342 hrs |
| Oct | 78°F | 56°F | 0.5″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Nov | 72°F | 49°F | 0.7″ | — | 259 hrs |
| Dec | 66°F | 44°F | 1.9″ | — | 233 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology