Woodland Hills is a neighborhood bordering the Santa Monica Mountains in the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California.

Real Estate

The median home value in Woodland Hills is $814,200. Woodland Hills home values have gone up 0.6% over the past year and Zillow predicts they will fall -0.7% within the next year. The median list price per square foot in Woodland Hills is $431, which is lower than the Los Angeles average of $535. The median price of homes currently listed in Woodland Hills is $899,994 while the median price of homes that sold is $762,300. The median rent price in Woodland Hills is $3,600, which is higher than the Los Angeles median of $3,500.

Geography
Woodland Hills is in the southwestern region of the San Fernando Valley which is located east of Calabasas and west of Tarzana. On the north it is bordered by West Hills, Canoga Park, and Winnetka, and on the south by the Santa Monica mountains.

Some neighborhoods are in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. Running east–west through the community are U.S. Route 101 (Ventura Freeway) and Ventura Boulevard, whose western terminus is at Valley Circle Boulevard in Woodland Hills.

History
The area was inhabited for approximately 8,000 years by Native Americans of the Fernandeño-Tataviam and Chumash-Venturaño tribes that lived in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills and close to the Arroyo Calabasas (Calabasas Creek) tributary of the Los Angeles River in present-day Woodland Hills. The first Europeans to enter the San Fernando Valley were the Portola Expedition in 1769, exploring 'Alta California' for Spanish missions and settlements locations. Seeing it from present-day Sepulveda Pass, the oak savanna inspired them to call the area El Valle de Santa Catalina de Bononia de Los Encinos (Valley of St. Catherine of Bononia of the Oaks).[4] The Mission San Fernando Rey de España (Mission San Fernando) was established in 1797 and controlled the Valley's land, including future Woodland Hills.

Ownership of the southern half of the valley, south of present-day Roscoe Boulevard from Toluca Lake to Woodland Hills, by Americans began in the 1860s. First Isaac Lankershim (as the "San Fernando Farm Homestead Association") in 1869, then Isaac Lankershim's son, James Boon Lankershim, and Isaac Newton Van Nuys (as the "Los Angeles Farm & Milling Company") in 1873, and finally in the "biggest land transaction ever recorded in Los Angeles County" a syndicate led by Harry Chandler of the Los Angeles Times with Hobart Johnstone Whitley, Gen. Moses Sherman and others (as the Los Angeles Suburban Homes Company) in 1910.

Victor Girard Kleinberger bought 2,886 acres (1,168 ha) in the area from Chandler's group and founded the town of Girard in 1922. He sought to attract residents and businesses by developing an infrastructure, advertising in newspapers, and planting 120,000 trees.[8] His 300 pepper trees formed a canopy over Canoga Ave. between Ventura Boulevard and Saltillo St. became Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #93 in 1972. The community of Girard was eventually incorporated into Los Angeles, and in 1945 it became known as Woodland Hills.

Population
59,661 population in 2000, according to the U.S. Census
63,414 population in 2008, based on L.A. Department of City Planning estimates.
14.77 square miles
4,040 people per square mile, among the lowest densities for the city of Los Angeles but about average for the county
Ethnicity

Ethnicity
The percentage of white people is high for the county.
Not especially diverse for the city of Los Angeles and not especially diverse for the county
Income

Household income in thousands of 2000 dollars
$89,946 median household income (2008 dollars), high for the city of Los Angeles and high for the county

In Los Angeles County, Castaic, Hollywood Hills West and Walnut have the most similar household incomes.

The percentages of households that earn $125,000 and up and $60,000 to $125,000 are high for the county.

Education

Education level
47.0% of residents 25 and older have a four-year degree, high for the city of Los Angeles and high for the county

In Los Angeles County, Beverlywood, Santa Monica and Hollywood Hills have the nearest percentage of residents 25 and older with a four-year degree.

The percentages of residents 25 and older with a bachelor's degree, a master's degree or higher and some college education are high for the county.

Age
The median age is 40, old for the city of Los Angeles and old for the county
In Los Angeles County, Beverly Grove, Calabasas and Cerritos have similar median ages.
The percentages of residents ages 50 to 64, 65 and older and 35 to 49 are among the county's highest.

Housing
Average household size of 2.3 people, low for the city of Los Angeles and low for the county
Gramercy Park, Beverlywood and Pico Rivera have the most similar percentage of homeowners in Los Angeles County.

Occupied housing units

Families

Males

Females
The percentages of divorced males, divorced females, married males and married females are among the county's highest.

There are 1,485 families headed by single parents. The rate is 9.4%, low for the city of Los Angeles and low for the county

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Notable & Unique: Occupations
Executives, managers and professionals make up 64.3% of the workforce in the Woodland Hills neighborhood which, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is a higher proportion of such high-level people than is found in 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America. For this reason, this neighborhood really stands out as unique.

Notable & Unique: Diversity
Did you know that the Woodland Hills neighborhood has more Iranian and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Iranian ancestry and 2.3% have Croatian ancestry.

Woodland Hills is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Persian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.