About East Los Angeles
East Los Angeles is an attractive neighborhood for people who want to live in L.A. without paying L.A. prices. The cost of living in East L.A. is ten percent lower than the California average, and fifteen percent lower than the cost of living in Los Angeles. The biggest discrepancy between the two neighboring districts is the cost of housing, the good thing though is regardless you can still obtain a shuttle pick up to LAX Airport.

The median rent for East L.A. is nine hundred and fifty dollars per month. This is twenty two percent lower than the California average. sixty five percent of residents in East L.A. rent their homes. Owners make out well in East L.A. too, as the average home price is twenty percent lower than in the rest of the state.

The average age of residents is 29. East L.A. is overwhelmingly made up of young families. Eighty five percent of all households are family households. The average household size is 4 people. Almost half of the residents have never been married, though over thirty six percent are currently married.

Less than ten percent of residents in East L.A. hold a bachelor’s degree. forty seven percent have no high school and an additional twenty one percent did not graduate. The median household income is thirty seven thousand dollars per year. This is forty percent lower than the state average. The unemployment rate is seven point seven percent, which is twenty percent higher than the national average.

Many of the public schools in East L.A. are ranked very low. The area is split in between two districts, Los Angeles Unified School District and Montebello Unified School District. The best schools are in the middle of East L.A. There are several Catholic schools in the area run by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.