West Hollywood Real Estate
West Hollywood Real Estate
This guide to West Hollywood real estate covers the City of West Hollywood, a city in Los Angeles County that Wikipedia describes as located between the cities of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. The City’s About West Hollywood page gives its size as 1.9 square miles. Wikipedia says it is bounded by Beverly Hills on the west and by neighborhoods of the city of Los Angeles: Hollywood Hills on the north, Hollywood on the east, the Fairfax District on the southeast and Beverly Grove on the southwest. Wikipedia also lists ZIP codes 90038, 90046, 90048 and 90069.
Read on for the city’s history, the Sunset Strip, the Pacific Design Center, getting around, parks, shopping and dining, the library and schools, and free zoning and assessment tools. Current prices, rents, schools and weather follow, each with its source and date. West Hollywood is one of the communities in the Central Los Angeles section of this site.
West Hollywood Real Estate By The Numbers
West Hollywood
Compared with 45 other Los Angeles-area communities
Why The Score Is 36
West Hollywood ranks below the middle on Price Growth, above the middle on Rent Growth, and among the lowest on Rental Demand. The score is the average of the three.
It is not a rating of West Hollywood, its people or its schools, and it does not measure affordability. A higher or lower number only shows how these three housing-market numbers compare with other communities.
What The Number Means
Select a range to see what it means
Generally, price growth and rent growth are among the slowest of the communities, and more rentals sit empty than in most other communities.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally among the slowest of the communities.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose less, or fell more, than in most other communities.
- If you are a tenant
- A larger share of rentals sit empty than in most other communities, and rent growth is generally among the slowest.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally among the slowest, and the share of empty rentals is higher than in most other communities.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank among the lowest of the communities.
Generally, price growth and rent growth are slower, and more rentals sit empty, than in the typical community.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally behind the typical community.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose less, or fell more, than in the typical community.
- If you are a tenant
- A larger share of rentals sit empty than in the typical community, and rent growth is generally slower.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally slower than in the typical community, and the share of empty rentals is higher.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank below the middle of the communities.
Generally, price growth and rent growth are faster, and fewer rentals sit empty, than in the typical community.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally ahead of the typical community.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose more, or fell less, than in the typical community.
- If you are a tenant
- A smaller share of rentals sit empty than in the typical community, and rent growth is generally faster.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally faster than in the typical community, and the share of empty rentals is lower.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank above the middle of the communities.
Generally, price growth and rent growth are among the fastest of the communities, and fewer rentals sit empty than in most other communities.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally among the fastest of the communities.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose more, or fell less, than in most other communities.
- If you are a tenant
- A smaller share of rentals sit empty than in most other communities, and rent growth is generally among the fastest.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally among the fastest, and the share of empty rentals is lower than in most other communities.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank among the highest of the communities.
Based on the last 12 months of Zillow data and the Census Bureau’s rental vacancy survey, which covers several years. This compares housing-market numbers across communities. It says nothing about what a property costs or earns, and it is not a forecast, advice, or a rating of any area.
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Schools Near West Hollywood
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Each bar shows how West Hollywood ranks among the communities with figures for that measure. A fuller bar means a higher rank, not a better or worse area. The gold tick marks the middle.
Change in the typical home value over the last 12 months (Zillow). Useful to buyers, sellers and owners.
Change in the typical rent over the last 12 months (Zillow). Useful to tenants, landlords and developers.
Share of rental homes that sit empty (Census Bureau survey, 2020 to 2024, so it can run behind today’s market). Fewer empty rentals ranks higher. Useful to tenants, landlords and developers.
See how this score is calculated
The Housing Market Score compares this community with the other Los Angeles-area communities this site covers (the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, central Los Angeles and the Santa Clarita Valley). It is a resource for anyone comparing areas: buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, investors and developers. A community with more than one ZIP code uses all of them: each ZIP code’s home values and rents count in proportion to its number of homes (the Census Bureau’s home counts), and the empty rentals and rental homes of all of them are added together. Each measure is turned into a rank from 0 to 100, then the ranks are averaged. A rank of 89 means the area is ahead of about 89 out of every 100 others on that measure. The bar below the score splits the 0 to 100 scale into four ranges (0–25, 26–49, 50–79 and 80–100). Selecting a range shows what it looks like for a buyer, seller, tenant, landlord or someone looking to invest, and the same four names label each measure bar. Price Growth is the change in Zillow’s typical home value over the last 12 months. Rent Growth is the change in Zillow’s typical rent over the last 12 months. Rental Demand is how few rental homes sit empty, from the Census Bureau’s rental vacancy rate (fewer empty rentals ranks higher). If a measure has too little data for an area, it is left out and the score says how many measures it used. The score describes housing-market numbers only. It is not a rating of the people or the neighborhood, and it is not investment advice.
Price Level
Price Level compares how high typical home values and rents are with the other communities. It is separate from the Housing Market Score and does not change it. A fuller bar means a higher rank, not a better or worse area. The gold tick marks the middle.
West Hollywood ranks above the middle on Home Values and Rents.
The typical home value (Zillow), with all of this community’s ZIP codes combined. Useful to buyers, sellers and owners.
The typical monthly rent (Zillow), with all of this community’s ZIP codes combined. Useful to tenants, landlords and developers.
It is not part of the Housing Market Score, and it does not measure affordability or the cost of living. It compares typical home values and rents across communities. Dollar figures are in the Market Snapshot tab.
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A Short History Of West Hollywood
Wikipedia’s article on Rancho La Brea says the rancho consisted of land in what is now Wilshire’s Miracle Mile, Hollywood and parts of West Hollywood. Wikipedia’s West Hollywood article says the town of Sherman, in what would later become West Hollywood, was established by Moses Sherman and his partners of the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad. It says Sherman adopted West Hollywood as its informal name in 1925, though it remained under the governance of Los Angeles County.
The City’s West Hollywood Day page says the City of West Hollywood was officially incorporated as an independent municipality on November 29, 1984, and that West Hollywood had previously been an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County.
The Sunset Strip
Wikipedia’s article on the Sunset Strip describes it as a stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through the city of West Hollywood. The article says the Strip extends to the city’s western border with Beverly Hills at Phyllis Street, and that in the 1920s a number of nightclubs and casinos moved in along it.
The Pacific Design Center
Wikipedia describes the Pacific Design Center as a 1,600,000-square-foot multi-use facility for the design community, at 8687 Melrose Ave in West Hollywood. It says architect César Pelli designed the 14-acre campus, which opened in 1975 with the 750,000-square-foot Center Blue, and that Center Green opened in 1988, adding 450,000 square feet. It describes Center Red as the final phase of the plan, with an additional 400,000 square feet.
Getting Around West Hollywood
Wikipedia’s West Hollywood article calls Santa Monica Boulevard the city’s main commercial artery and a historic segment of Route 66, and says Santa Monica Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard are critical east-west arteries in the metropolitan area.
Metro’s Line Schedules and Maps page lists Line 10 as West Hollywood – Downtown LA via Temple St, Melrose Av; Line 16 as West Hollywood – Downtown LA via West 3rd St; and Line 105 as Vernon – West Hollywood via La Cienega Bl, Vernon Av. The same page lists Line 4 as Santa Monica – Downtown LA via Santa Monica Bl. The timetables it links are effective June 7, 2026 for Lines 10 and 105, December 14, 2025 for Line 4 and June 22, 2025 for Line 16. The numbers section shows the closest rail station and its distance.
Parks And Open Space
The City’s Parks and Facilities page lists Formosa Park, Havenhurst Park, Kings Road Park, Plummer Park, West Hollywood Park & Dog Park and William S. Hart Park & Off-Leash Dog Park, among other facilities.
Wikipedia’s article on Plummer Park gives its location as 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard and says the City of West Hollywood owns it. The numbers section also counts the parks, grocery stores, restaurants and coffee shops within one mile, using OpenStreetMap.
Shopping And Dining
Wikipedia’s West Hollywood article says commercial corridors include the nightlife and dining focused on the Sunset Strip, along Santa Monica Boulevard, and the Avenues of Art and Design along Robertson Boulevard, Melrose Avenue, and Beverly Boulevard.
It says the western stretch of Melrose Avenue between Fairfax Avenue and Doheny Drive concentrates interior-design showrooms, antique dealers and clothing boutiques along its length.
The City’s page for the Helen Albert Certified Farmers’ Market gives its location as Plummer Park’s north parking lot at 1200 N. Vista Street in West Hollywood.
Library, Schools And Colleges
The LA County Library’s West Hollywood Library is at 625 N San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069.
Wikipedia says all of West Hollywood is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The district’s School Directory page describes School Search as a way to search for district-operated schools and programs based on address, keywords, or themes. The numbers section lists nearby K-12 and adult schools, colleges and trade schools by distance, with links to their official pages. School attendance areas are set by the school district, so confirm them with the district for any address you are considering.
Look Up A West Hollywood Address
Free public tools let anyone check an address’s zoning and assessment details. The City’s West Hollywood Zoning Map page says the map is color coded to show the zoning district designation for properties located within the City of West Hollywood, and points to an interactive zoning map. The County Office of the Assessor also has a public portal for property assessment information.
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