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21-486: The Hollywood Hills is a residential neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California . It borders Studio City , Universal City and Burbank on the north, Griffith Park on the north and east, Los Feliz on the southeast, Hollywood on the south and Hollywood Hills West on the west. It includes Forest Lawn Memorial Park , Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery , the Hollywood Reservoir ,

42-469: A four-year degree, considered high when compared with the city and the county as a whole. There are five secondary or elementary schools within the neighborhood's boundaries: The American Film Institute is at 2021 North Western Avenue Central Los Angeles The Los Angeles Department of City Planning divides the city into Area Planning Commission (APC) areas, each further divided into Community Plan areas (CPAs). The Central Los Angeles APC area

63-502: Is among the lowest population densities in the city and county. The population was estimated at 22,988 in 2008. The median age for residents was 37, considered old for the city and the county . The percentages of residents aged 19 to 64 were among the county's highest. The neighborhood has a diversity index of 0.433, and the percentage of Non-Hispanic Whites is 74.1%. Latinos make up 9.4%, Asians are at 6.7%, African American at 4.6% and others at 5.3%. In 2000, Mexico (7.9%) and

84-710: Is made up of the following six CPAs: Each CPA is divided by neighborhood council, though a neighborhood council can cover an area in more than one CPA. Neighborhoods within each CPA include the following: Central City CPA Central City North CPA Wilshire CPA Hollywood CPA Westlake CPA According to the Mapping L.A. survey of the Los Angeles Times, the Central Los Angeles region constitutes 57.87 sq mi (149.9 km ) and comprises twenty-three neighborhoods within

105-550: The City of Los Angeles , as well as Griffith Park , the city's largest public park . In Mapping L.A., the Central Los Angeles region consists of: The following data applies to Central Los Angeles within the boundaries set by Mapping L.A.: In the 2000 United States Census , Central Los Angeles had 836,638 residents in its 57.87 sq mi (149.9 km ), including the uninhabited Griffith and Elysian parks, which amounted to 14,458 people per square mile. The densest neighborhood

126-874: The Hollywood Sign , the Hollywood Bowl and the John Anson Ford Theater . The Hollywood Hills straddle the Cahuenga Pass within the Santa Monica Mountains . It is bisected southeast–northwest by US 101 . The neighborhood is bounded on the northwest and north by the Los Angeles city line , on the east by a fireroad through Griffith Park, continuing on Western Avenue , on the south by Franklin Avenue and on

147-591: The Times states: Census tracts are drawn by the U.S. Census Bureau and used for tabulating demographic information, including income and ethnicity. The shapes of the tracts are frequently out of sync with the geographical, historic and socioeconomic associations that define communities. However, by using the tracts as building blocks, The Times was able to compile a statistical profile of communities, something other neighborhood boundaries do not offer. The Times further stated that after merging tracts, they then adjusted

168-482: The United Kingdom (7.8%) were the most common places of birth for the 22.8% of the residents who were born abroad, which was considered a low percentage of foreign-born when compared with the city or county as a whole. The median household income in 2008 dollars was $ 69,277, considered high for the city but about average for the county. The percentage of households earning $ 125,000 or more was high, compared to

189-557: The 2000 U.S. census, the basis for The Times' demographic analysis for each neighborhood and region. Unlike most other attempts at mapping L.A., this one follows a set of principles intended to make it visually and statistically coherent. It gathers every block of the city into reasonably compact areas leaving no enclaves, gaps, overhangs or ambiguities. The project crafted neighborhood boundaries by merging together neighboring census tracts . However, census tract boundaries are not always consistent with traditional neighborhood boundaries. As

210-533: The Times’ designations for not following city-recognized borders, and for lumping many smaller neighborhoods into larger, more indistinct areas such as “Mid-Wilshire.” In 2017, cartographer Eric Brightwell of Pendersleigh and Sons, created a map that identified 472 neighborhoods (in comparison to Mapping LA's 114 neighborhoods). Comparing Brightwell's map with the Mapping LA Project, Jenna Chandler,

231-459: The boundary lines by moving individual city blocks from one census tract to another. That allowed them to adjust the census data in proportion to the relocated block's population. A first draft of 87 neighborhoods was released in February 2009. As the Times received input from their readers, they shifted where the neighborhood boundaries should be nearly 100 times. A final map of 114 neighborhoods

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252-521: The county at large. The average household size of 1.8 people was relatively low. Renters occupied 56.5% of the housing units, and homeowners the rest. In 2000, there were 270 families headed by single parents, or 6.9%, a rate that was low in both the county and the city. The neighborhood of Hollywood Hills includes the Hollywood Bowl and Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) as well as three private and two public schools. The neighborhood includes: In 2000, 54.8% of residents aged 25 and older held

273-480: The editor of Curbed Los Angeles , wrote that Brightwell's map of 472 neighborhoods "looks more accurate than the neighborhood maps compiled by the Los Angeles Times. " Additionally, Elizabeth Fuller of The Larchmont Buzz said that Brightwell's map was a much more fine-grained view of “every L.A. neighborhood.” LAist reporter Tim Loc said that while Mapping L.A. provided "plenty of insightful information about individual neighborhoods...Brightwell takes it to

294-471: The lowest. The latter district also had the oldest population, and Pico-Union had the youngest. Hollywood Hills West also was the wealthiest neighborhood, and Downtown was the poorest. Hollywood Hills West was the neighborhood with the largest percentage of residents holding a four-year academic degree, and Pico-Union had the lowest percentage. The ethnic breakdown in 2000 was Latino 46.1%; white 26.4%, Asian 16.2%; black 8.2%, and other 3.1%. Mid-Wilshire

315-470: The map project's coordinator, Doug Smith, along with researcher Maloy Moore, standardized the neighborhood boundaries "based on historical and anecdotal definitions, civic proclamations and reader commentary." "Thousands of city blocks" were converted "into a complete picture of Los Angeles neighborhoods, with no ambiguities, overlaps or missing pieces." The Times said that the Mapping L.A. project became

336-452: The newspaper's "resource for neighborhood boundaries, demographics, crime and schools." The results as posted are searchable by address and ZIP code or by individual neighborhood. It noted that: The maps cover the 4,000 square miles [10,500 km ] of Los Angeles County — by far the most populous county in the nation — from the high desert to the coast. In 2009, there were an estimated 9.8 million residents, up from 9.5 million counted in

357-490: The statistics were merged with those of adjacent cities. The project began in February 2009 with the posting online of the first version of boundary lines for 87 Los Angeles neighborhoods. The map was then "redrawn with the help of readers who agreed or disagreed with our initial boundaries." The Times said: "After reviewing this collective knowledge, Times staffers adjusted more than 100 boundaries, eliminated some names and added others." The Times' database editor and

378-510: The west by an irregular line that includes Outpost Drive. Bedrock of the Hills is a complex association of granitic and metamorphic rock plus interbedded sandstone and shale on which brown loamy soil, often shallow and with abundant stones, has developed. Hollywood Hills comprises several neighborhoods: According to the 2000 U.S. census, 21,588 people lived in the neighborhood's 7.05 square miles, averaging 3,063 people per square mile. It

399-539: Was Koreatown, and the least dense was Elysian Park. The four densest regions by population were in Central Los Angeles: Koreatown with 42,611 residents per square mile, followed by Westlake , 38,214; East Hollywood , 31,095, and Pico-Union , 25,352. About 81% of the area's population lived in rental units, while 19% lived in owner-occupied housing. Westlake was the neighborhood with the highest rental occupancy, and Hollywood Hills West had

420-581: Was released in June 2009. With the release of the maps, the Times stated: We'll be the first to acknowledge that our map isn't perfect. No lines can capture the geographic diversity and demographic energy of Los Angeles. Not everyone agreed with the neighborhood boundaries the Times ultimately settled on. Elizabeth Fuller wrote in The Larchmont Buzz that "Many people who live in and represent their neighborhoods in various ways have objected to

441-552: Was the most ethnically diverse neighborhood and Pico-Union the least. Other regions of Los Angeles County Mapping L.A. Mapping L.A. is a project of the Los Angeles Times , beginning in 2009, to draw boundary lines for 158 cities and unincorporated places within Los Angeles County, California . It identified 114 neighborhoods within the City of Los Angeles and 42 unincorporated areas where

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