Table 3
Top and Bottom Twenty Neighborhood and County Groups by HD Index Score LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH (years)
LESS THAN HIGH SCHOOL (%)
AT LEAST GRADUATE or BACHELOR’S Professional SCHOOL DEGREE DEGREE ENROLLMENT (%) (%) (%)
MEDIAN EARNINGS (2009 dollars)
neighborhood and county groups
HD INDEX
TOP 20 Neighborhood and County Groups Santa Clara: Los Altos, Mountain View, and Palo Alto
9.35
86.7
5.1
69.7
39.8
100.0
55,772
Santa Clara: Cupertino, Saratoga, and Los Gatos
9.12
83.7
2.8
70.8
35.4
100.0
73,026
Orange: Newport Beach to Laguna Hills
8.88
88.1
3.8
55.3
21.2
97.7
51,632
Contra Costa: Moraga and Walnut Creek
8.77
84.3
3.3
64.2
27.7
100.0
53,783
Contra Costa: San Ramon
8.76
83.0
2.6
61.5
23.1
99.7
66,930
LA: Bel Air, Brentwood, and Pacific Palisades
8.75
84.7
3.3
63.7
26.1
100.0
52,587
Orange: Irvine
8.73
85.5
3.7
64.6
27.3
100.0
49,180
LA: Redondo, Manhattan, Hermosa, and El Segundo
8.63
82.6
2.9
62.6
22.5
100.0
58,213
San Francisco: The Marina, Chinatown, and North Beach
8.27
82.8
15.0
60.9
23.0
100.0
53,926
Santa Clara: Sunnyvale
8.25
83.1
9.9
56.0
26.0
100.0
51,500
Alameda: Piedmont
8.24
81.1
6.2
63.1
30.7
100.0
52,056
San Mateo: City and Pacific Coast
8.20
84.2
7.8
51.1
21.3
98.8
50,295
San Diego: Torrey Pines to Mission Bay
8.17
84.5
2.8
68.3
31.3
100.0
38,893
LA: Signal Hill, Palos Verdes, and Lomita
8.16
83.4
5.8
54.0
22.7
99.7
49,210
Alameda: Livermore
8.07
84.8
6.9
44.9
15.9
96.0
51,379
Marin: Mill Valley
8.06
84.5
8.0
59.0
26.0
95.0
45,651
San Diego: Encinitas
8.06
85.4
4.9
52.0
20.0
100.0
42,424
San Diego: Poway
8.02
82.3
4.0
52.9
21.1
100.0
49,550
Santa Clara: Almaden LA: West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Culver City, and Beverly Hills
8.02 7.96
84.1 82.1
8.2 5.4
45.6 57.0
17.9 23.8
97.3 100.0
50,719 47,092
BOTTOM 20 Neighborhood and County Groups LA: Pacoima and Arleta
3.45
79.2
48.5
10.1
1.9
83.5
21,291
LA: Downtown
3.43
80.7
47.4
12.2
4.0
84.9
18,207
San Bernardino: Bloomington and Colton
3.41
76.8
34.4
9.2
2.6
81.6
22,765
Orange: Santa Ana East
3.32
78.6
50.6
12.0
4.0
82.1
21,075
Tulare: Tulare
3.30
75.6
32.9
9.9
3.2
80.4
23,312
San Bernardino: San Bernardino
3.23
74.8
32.5
12.2
3.9
78.8
23,782
LA: Bell Gardens, Bell, Maywood, Cudahy, and Commerce
3.22
79.5
58.1
4.6
1.3
80.7
21,514
LA: Compton
3.18
76.2
41.4
7.6
2.6
83.0
22,087
Alameda: Elmhurst
3.07
74.0
35.6
12.5
3.7
80.3
23,329
San Joaquin: South of Stockton
2.93
73.3
37.5
11.0
3.5
83.2
22,382
LA: East LA
2.91
79.7
55.1
5.1
0.9
79.1
19,020
LA: East Adams and Exposition Park
2.89
77.9
45.7
12.4
3.8
91.4
15,192
Fresno: Fresno
2.86
74.7
34.7
11.5
3.2
82.3
19,770
Fresno: West
2.83
77.0
44.4
8.6
2.2
79.5
19,367
LA: Florence, Firestone, and Huntington Park
2.77
78.6
57.9
5.6
1.7
78.6
19,300
Tulare: Tulare County East to Sequoia National Park
2.67
77.6
44.6
9.0
2.6
80.7
17,057
LA: Hancock
2.60
75.2
40.5
8.8
2.2
79.9
18,926
Kern: West
2.19
75.7
42.9
7.4
1.8
74.8
17,135
LA: Vernon Central
2.19
77.6
63.3
3.5
0.6
79.8
15,675
LA: Watts
1.91
72.8
53.8
3.7
1.1
78.3
18,785
Source: AHDP calculations using education and earnings data from the ACS 2007–2009 and mortality and population data from the California Department of Public Health and the U.S. Census Bureau, 2006-2008. See Methodological Notes for more details. Note: Neighborhood and county group names in this report refer first to the county or counties in question and then to local neighborhoods, communities, or landmarks.
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