| Beverly Hills is a city found in Los Angeles | | | | than Beverly Hills. The city's average |
| County, CA. The city and neighboring West | | | | household income, a bit more than 71,000 |
| Hollywood are both completely surrounded by | | | | dollars, is only 18,000 dollars greater than |
| the city of Los Angeles. The area's | | | | the county average. |
| wealthiest neighborhoods, comprising the most | | | | |
| exclusive real estate in the nation, include | | | | Currently, Beverly Hills has the most |
| Beverly Hills and the neighborhoods of | | | | expensive housing market in America, for the |
| Bel-Air and Holmby Hills. | | | | second year in a row with a median home cost |
| | | | of 2.21 million dollars. |
| One of the most well known features of | | | | |
| Beverly Hills is the Sunset Strip, which is | | | | The median household income for the city was |
| shared with nearby West Hollywood, on the | | | | nearly 71,000, about average for an |
| famed Sunset Blvd. Other roads of note | | | | upper-middle class suburb and near to the |
| include Wilshire Blvd and Santa Monica Blvd. | | | | median for the city of San Jose, situated in |
| Two of the shopping streets are Beverly Drive | | | | the same State. However, the median cost for |
| and Rodeo Drive. Coldwater Canyon Drive is | | | | an owner-occupied house is more than one |
| the main road connecting Beverly Hills to the | | | | million dollars. The underlying reason for |
| San Fernando Valley. | | | | this is the atypically large proportion of |
| | | | renters in the city. So many renters live in |
| Everyone in Beverly Hills is not wealthy, as | | | | Beverly Hills that persons who own homes are |
| portrayed by Hollywood. Though some of the | | | | not the majority. Renter-occupied homes |
| largest mansions in Los Angeles County are | | | | comprise 56.6 percent of the city's |
| within its area, they make up only about 10 | | | | residences and the median household income |
| percent of the city. The remaining residences | | | | for these housing units is a bit below 50,000 |
| include relatively modest duplex rental units | | | | dollars, just a bit above average for the |
| and detached homes covering less than 3,000 | | | | entire nation. The median household income |
| square feet. A few areas within Los Angeles | | | | for an owner-occupied housing unit is 125,000 |
| County are more uniformly wealthy and can | | | | dollars. |
| boast of a higher household median income | | | | |