ZIP Code 91748

The City of Industry is located 17.6 miles (28.4 km) east of Los Angeles. It was incorporated on June 18, 1957 and has become the economic hub for the San Gabriel Valley. The city is almost entirely industrial, containing over 3,000 businesses employing 67,000 people, with only 264 residents as of the 2020 census, making it the third least populous city in the state. In the California State Legislature, the city is in the 22nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Susan Rubio, and in the 57th Assembly District. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Pomona Health Center. The United States Postal Service is serving the City in Pomona, California, at 15559 Rausch Rd. The L.A. County Sheriff's Department operates the Industry Sheriff's Station in the City. The City's economy is based on manufacturing, distribution and industrial facilities, with the majority of the city's businesses being based in the industrial sector. It has a population of 264, according to the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau estimate. It is located in the SanGabriel Valley, which is home to more than 70% of the state's population, and is the second-largest city in Los Angeles, after San Diego, California. The population of Industry in the United States in the 2010 Census was 2,715, with a population growth rate of 1.7%. The city's population is expected to grow to 2,813,000 by the end of the 20th century.

Geography

The City of Industry is located 17.6 miles (28.4 km) east of Los Angeles. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.07 square miles (31.3 km²) of which 11.79 sq miles (30.5 sq km) of it is land and 0.28sq miles (0.73 sq km²), or 2.32% is water. The city is located in the San Fernando Valley, an area known as the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains. It is located on the San Gabriel River, which flows into the San Diego River. The San Fernando River is a tributary of the Los Angeles River, and runs through the city. It was named after Industry, California, where the city was founded in the 18th century. It has a population of about 2,000 people (2,000 in 2010) who live in or near the city's downtown area. It also has a small airport, which is located near the center of the city, called the Industry Airport. The City of industry was founded as a result of the development of the San Francisco Bay area in the late 1800s and early 1900s. In the early 20th century, Industry was known as "Industry" or "Industria" by locals. It became a city in the mid-19th century and is now a suburb of L.A. and the city is home to a number of businesses, including a bank.

History

The City of Industry was incorporated as a charter city on June 18, 1957. The Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum is a museum and heritage site that is free and open to the public. In 1979/1980 a former landfill near Azusa Avenue was converted into the Industry Hills Golf Club, including a hotel and the Eisenhower golf course. In 1991, in partnership with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the Youth Activities League was formed to offer sports to at-risk children as an alternative to gang activity. The city invested heavily in the development of a Metrolink transit station near the confluence of the 60 and 57 freeways in 1993. In 2004, the Environmental Impact Report and Design for the 57/60 Confluence Project was completed. In 1985, the inaugural Charity Pro Rodeo took place, to raise funds for youth in the San Gabriel Valley. The Rodeos still takes place annually. The City of industry was named for the goals and objectives section of the general plan which identified the primary goal of the city as "creating and maintaining an ideal setting for manufacturing, distribution and industrial facilities" In 1962, the City ofindustry Chamber of Commerce formed and in 1974, the Workman House became a historical landmark. In 1981, the Industry hills Expo Center opened as a community multi-purpose event facility. In 1993, the city opened the City's first Metrolinking station. In 2000, the first City ofIndustry MetrolINK station opened.

Government and infrastructure

In the California State Legislature, the City of Industry is in the 22nd Senate District and the 57th Assembly District. In the U.S. House of Representatives, the city is split between California's 32nd congressional district and California's 39th congressional district. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Pomona Health Center in Pomona, serving Industry. The United States Postal Service City of industry Post Office is located at 15559 Rausch Rd. The city is opposing California's Senate Bill 415whose purpose is to counteract low voter turnoutwhich would force it to change election dates to coincide with LA County, California, and federal elections in even-numbered years (March effective in 2020 or November). The city's City Council members, composed of five members, are elected at large and the elections are held on a Tuesday after the first Monday in June of odd- numbered years. The council is made up of four Democrats and one Republican. The mayor is a Democrat, as is the city's mayor, a Republican, and the city council member, a Democrat. It is located in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, which are known as the "City of foothills" because of their thinning foothills. It has a population of about 3,000 people. The City is located on the eastern edge of the Angeles National Forest, which is also known as "The Canyons" because it is the "Canyons National Forest" and is home to some of the most scenic areas of the Los Angeles area.

Emergency services

The L.A. County Sheriff's Department operates the Industry Station in the City of Industry. The station is located on the west side of the city. It is the only station in Los Angeles County with a sheriff's station on the east side. It provides emergency services for the city of Industry and its surrounding areas. It also provides an ambulance service for the Westside of Los Angeles. It was established in the 1950s and has been closed since the 1960s. It reopened in the 1990s and is still in operation today. It serves the city's west side and the West Side of the City. It has a total of four stations: one in the west, two in the east and three in the north. It opened in 1950 and was closed in the 1980s and 1990s, but reopened again in 2010. It operates a full-time ambulance service and an emergency services station. It offers a variety of services, including: emergency medical services, fire and ambulance services, and a police station. For confidential support, call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or click here for details. For support in the U.S., call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 1-800-273-8255 or visit http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/. For help in the UK, call the Samaritans in the South East of England on 0800 “Tollfree’s” line on 0300 1111-8457, or  “The Samaritans’” “Rescue Services” in the East coast.

Economy

The City of Industry has no business taxes and is primarily funded through retail sales tax from shopping centers located within the city limits. The city has the highest property tax rate in Los Angeles County, at 1.92%. There is a revenue-generating hillside hotel resort, known as the Pacific Palms Resort (formerly the Industry Hills Sheraton), which is almost completely surrounded by the city of La Puente. City is a popular investment area for Chinese businesspeople and the city has also emerged as a high-tech import/export center for computer parts, with business links to the Asian marketplace. For convenience many Chinese entrepreneurs and staff live in nearby Rowland Heights, Hacienda Heights, West Covina, Diamond Bar and Walnut. Some of the companies with headquarters in the city are: Alta Dena Club, Wear Antec, Newegg.com, and Hot Topic. The City has been home to the U.S. Air Force Academy, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the California Institute of Technology. The University of Industry is a member of the California State Council of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which is based in the Los Angeles suburb of Los Angeles. It is also home to California State University, San Diego, which has a chapter of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCLEX). The city is home to a number of non-profit organizations, such as the California Center for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (CCPA) and the Center for Environmental Health.

Demographics

At the 2010 census, the City of Industry had a population of 219. The population was 58.9% White, 0.5% Black or African American, and 8.2% Asian. There were 73 housing units at an average density of 6.1 per square mile, of the occupied units 22 (32%) were owner-occupied and 47 (68%) were rented. The median household income was $49,329, with 1.0% of the population living below the federal poverty line. The average household size was 3.1, with 53 families (77% of households) making up the city's population. The city's median age was 37.5 years, with 59 people (27%) under the age of 18, 25 people (11%) aged 18 to 24, 51 people (23%) aged 25 to 44, 62 people (28%) aged 45 to 64, and 22 people (10%) who were 65 or older. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.5 males. The census reported that 214 people (98%) lived in households, 5 (2%) live in non-institutionalized group quarters, and none were institutionalized. In the city, the average householder had a female householder with no husband present, and 9 (13%) had a male householders with no wife present. The town's median home value was $50,000, with the average family income of $47,000. The U.S. Census reported that the town's population was 219.

Education

The city is served by multiple school districts. Industry is home to Bishop Amat Memorial High School of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The city is also home to two community colleges: Mt. San Antonio College and Rio Hondo College. The City of Industry is part of the L.A. Unified School District, which also includes Rowland, Walnut Valley, and Pomona. It also has its own version of the Los Angeles County School District. It is also a member of the California City and School Districts, which have their own school districts, as well as one in the City of La Puente, which has a school district of its own. It has also had its own school district since the 1950s, the Hacienda-La Puente School District and the Rowland-Walnut Valley School District since the 1970s. It was the first school district to open in the city in the 1960s, and it is still the largest in the state, with more than 2,000 students. The district also has a high school, Workman High School, in Industry. The high school is in the City of Industry, and the city has a number of other high schools, including Rowland High School and the Pomona High School. The school district has a large number of high school seniors, including many students from the city of Industry and from the neighboring city of Bassett. The town also has one of the nation's largest high school enrollments, with over 1,200 students in the high school.

Public safety

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has a regional station on Hudson Avenue, just off Hacienda Boulevard. Los Angeles County Fire Department uses two stations (#118 on Gale Avenue, and Station #43 on Stimson Avenue on the west side of town). According to the 2011 FBI uniform crime reports, with a population of 222, the City of Industry had 1,136 known property crimes. The average property crime rate for the entire US that year was 0.029. The same report indicates 44 violent crimes, giving it the second highest per-resident violent crime rate (0.198) in California. The city has the highest average per- resident property crime rates in California (5.117) out of all the cities in the state. It is the only city in California that has a population over 100,000. It also has one of the highest rates of violent crime in California, at 0.198 per 1,000 residents. It has the lowest per- Resident violent crime rates of any city in the U.S. out of the cities with more than 1,200 residents. The City of industry has a high rate of property crime, at 5.117. The highest rate of violent crimes in California is 0.028. The lowest rate is the 0.038 rate in the city of Los Angeles, which is the lowest in the entire state. The town has a low crime rate of 0.087 per 100 residents, the lowest rate in all of California.

Landmarks

The Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum is a historic house and gardens museum of 19th-century and early-20th- century Southern California history and architecture. The property is entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The museum is home to the Workman-Temple family that were influential here and in the region. The Museum is open to the public on weekdays and on the weekends.

Rowland Heights is an unincorporated area in and below the Puente Hills in the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The area has a high Taiwanese population and was known as Little Taipei in the 1980s and 1990s, when it saw an influx of wealthy immigrants from Taiwan. A number of corporations, such as Newegg, FedEx, DIRECTV, and Fashion Nova, as well as other technology and import and export businesses, are located in neighboring City of Industry. Rowland Heights has also attracted immigrants from mainland China because the area is advertised in China as having high-end homes and convenient shopping centers. The city has developed an eclectic suburban "Chinatown", "Little Tokyo", and "Koreatown", mostly in the form of upscale strip malls. The population was 48,231 at the 2020 census. It has become an area largely by Taiwanese, due to its high concentration of Taiwanese restaurants and businesses and become the center for Chinese commercial and cultural activity in the southeastern region of the region. The Mexican land grant Rancho La Puente was granted by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to John Rowland in April 1842, totaling about 18,000 acres (7,284 ha) Three years later, Governor Pio Pico amended the grant, enlarging it to nearly 49,000acre (19,830 ha) and adding William Workman as a co-owner. In 1868, after they received their federal land patent the prior year, Rowland and Workman divided RanchoLa Puente, with Workman largely taking the western and central portions and Rowland the northern, southern and eastern sections.

History

Rowland Heights is the primary city name, but also City Industry, City Of Industry, La Puente, Rowland Hghts, Rowland Hgts are acceptable city names or spellings. The Mexican land grant Rancho La Puente was granted by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to John Rowland in April 1842, totaling about 18,000 acres (7,284 ha) The east section of Rowland Heights, between Nogales Street and Brea Canyon Road, falls within Rancho Rincon de la Brea. The city has developed an eclectic suburban "Chinatown", "Little Tokyo", and "Koreatown", mostly in the form of upscale strip malls. There are several large Asian product supermarkets - such as a 99 Ranch Market, Hong Kong Supermarket, and New York City-based Great Wall Supermarket. In March 2012, a 750,000 pounds (340 t), two-story granite rock was parked on Pathfinder Road. It journeyed from Riverside County to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as part of a Bullying Mass exhibition. This incident involved a 16-year-old girl at a park who was assaulted by a group of Chinese nationals. The perpetrators forced her to clean up ice cream smears and cigarette butts with her hand before taking her to a park where she was stripped of her clothing, slapped, burned, and forced to eat her own hair, which lasted over five hours. The incident occurred in March 2015, at a restaurant and at the Honeymee ice cream parlor in Yes Plaza on Colima and Fullerton Roads. In the month of March, another incident began at the Yes Plaza in Yes Colima.

Geography

Rowland Heights is located in Los Angeles County adjacent to Orange County. The census definition of the area was created by the Census Bureau for statistical purposes. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 13.1 square miles (34 km²) It is bordered by Hacienda Heights to the northwest, Diamond Bar to the east, Brea to the south, La Habra Heights toThe southwest, and the City of Industry to the north. The Köppen Climate Classification system has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. The CDP is located on the California Coast, which is part of the Southern California Coastal region. It is located near the border of Orange County, where it is adjacent to the city of Brea and the town of Industry. It has a latitude and longitude of 39.7°S and a longitude is 39.8°E. It was named after the former home of Rowland Heights, California, which was founded in the early 19th century. The area was once known as "Rowland Hill" or "Rowlands Heights" by the residents of the community. The name was adopted by the city in the mid-19th century as a reference to the nearby town of Rowlands Heights, which also has the same name. The current name is derived from the name of the former town, Rowland Hill, California. The town is now known as the "City of Industry" by residents.

Demographics

Rowland Heights is a 13.1 square miles (34 km²) census-designated place (CDP) The 2010 United States Census reported that Rowland Heights had a population of 48,993. The estimated median house or condo value in 2009 was $461,614. The median home value in 2018 is now at $669,600 with the median listing price at $788,500. According to Los Angeles Times research regarding median income ranking, Rowlands Heights is ranked at 87 at $72,638; 6.6% of households in Rowlands make over $200,000 a year. The average household income is $99,354, while the median household income was $83,606, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. The city is located in Los Angeles County with the largest percentage of Asian residents, according the 2000 census: 10.3% of residents were Asian. The population was spread out, with 9,960 people (20.3%) under the age of 18, 4,854 people (9.9%) aged 18 to 24, 12,918 people (26.4%) aged 25 to 44, 14,819 people (30.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,442 people (13.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. There were 15,152 housing units at an average density of 1,158.3 per square mile (447.2/km²), of which 9,811 (67.6%) were owner-occupied, and 4,709 (32.4) were occupied by renters.

Parks and recreation

Peter F. Schabarum represented the 49th district in the California State Assembly from 1967 to 1972. He was appointed to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in March 1972 by Gov. Ronald Reagan following the death of incumbent Frank G. Bonelli. The regional park offers playgrounds, picnic areas, and horseback riding and trails in the surrounding Puente Hills. 500 ume trees were donated by Kairaku-en in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan when the two parks established a "sister-park" relationship in 1992. The library interior has 14,000 square feet (1,300 m2) of space and has approximately 134,215 book titles, 260 magazine and newspaper subscriptions, 7,004 audio recordings and 5,798 video cassettes. The community room seats approximately 80 persons. The Library also has resources of ethnic and non-English (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese) materials, local history materials, telephone directories, pamphlets and maps, microforms and CD-ROM educational materials. The park is also known for ume and sakura Cherry blossoms. It is in his former supervisorial district and named after him. He did not seek re-election in 1990, but served three extra months until Feb. 28, 1991, to allow a special election to be held following a court ruling that redrew the boundaries of his district to create a majority-Latino district, later occupied by Gloria Molina. He supported privatization of certain county duties, and supporting the decentralization of County government. In addition to California's Proposition 140 on the 1990 ballot, which imposed term limits on the California Legislature.

Government

The community is part of District 4 of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, represented by Supervisor Janice Hahn. It is located in California's 39th congressional district, which is represented by Republican Young Kim. The 39th is conservative and upper-middle and high class area, with 35 percent of the population identifying as Hispanic and the rest identifying as white or Asian. In 2018, there are more voters in the district registered as Republicans than Democrats. In the California State Senate, Rowland Heights is Located in the 29th State Senate district. The district is spread out over 260 square miles (670 km²), encompassing the contract cities of Diamond Bar and Walnut, and the unincorporated area ofRowland Heights. The California Highway Patrol (CHP), Santa Fe Springs Area office, is responsible for traffic enforcement matters and traffic collision investigations throughout uninc incorporated area. The LASD operates the Walnut/Diamond Bar Station in Walnut. In addition the LASd operates the Rowlands Heights Asian Community Center. The community is also served by the Pomona Health Center in Pomona, serving the area's Asian population. The LA County Department of Health Services operates a health care center in the town of Hacienda Heights, which serves the community's white and Asian residents. The town is also home to the Walnuts and Diamond Bar Police Department, which operates the Diamond Bar/Walnut Station in Diamond Bar, which covers the area of the community.

Education

Rowland Unified School District has four National Blue Ribbon Schools, 16 California Distinguished Schools, and more state Golden Bell awards than any other school district in the region. There are more than 16,000 students and 21 elementary and secondary schools in the district. The district serves Rowland Heights and small portions of the cities of Walnut, La Puente, City of Industry and West Covina. Students from other communities may attend Rowland Unified schools after obtaining a permit. For confidential support call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or visit http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/. For confidential support on suicide matters call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or visit a local Samaritans branch or click here.  For confidential help with suicide matters, call the National Suicide Prevention Help Line on 1-877-847-9255 or http www.samaritans.org or click here. For information on suicide support in the U.S., visit the National Suicide Prevention Helpline on Line and click "For help with suicide prevention in the U.S.," or  click "http:// www.suicidespreventionhelpline.org/". For information on suicide prevention in the UK, visit The Samaritans. For information on suicide matters in the UK, click � “  ”.

Transportation

Foothill Transit and the Metro provide bus transit services throughout the San Gabriel Valley. The main Metro Bus Terminal is in El Monte. Metrolink commuter train runs west towards Downtown Los Angeles and east to San Bernardino through the Valley. China Airlines, one of the major airline companies in Taiwan, operates private bus services to Los Angeles International Airport from Hk 2 Food District in Rowland Heights to take residents to Taipei, Taiwan. The Valley is served by several major interstate highways, including the San Bernardino Freeway (Interstate 10), Foothill Freeways (I-210), San Gabriel River Freeway, and the Long Beach Freeway. State freeways include the Orange Freway (State Route 57), the Pomona Freeway(State Route 60), and the Orange and Pomona Expressways (State Routes 57 and 60). The Valley has a population of about 3,000. The population of the Valley is about 2,000, with the majority living in the city of El Monte and the majority in the town of Industry. The city's population is about 1,500, with most of its residents living in and around the city's downtown area. The valley has a high school population of around 1,200, with many of its students attending the University of California, Los Angeles. It has a low-income population of less than 1,000; the majority of the population lives in the towns of Industry, El Monte, and El Centro. The town has a small percentage of the nation's population, with about 1.5 percent.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Rowland Heights, Los Angeles County, California = 1. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 52. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 10. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Rowland Heights = 6.2 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 1,094 individuals with a median age of 37.5 age the population grows by 6.57% in Rowland Heights, Los Angeles County, California population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 3,700 residents per square mile of area (1,400/km²). There are average 3.47 people per household in the 14,866 households with an average household income of $65,857 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 12.60% of the available work force and has dropped -6.24% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 14.92%. The number of physicians in Rowland Heights per 100,000 population = 213.2.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Rowland Heights = 16.1 inches and the annual snowfall = 0 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 32. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 279. 89 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 42 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 46, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Rowland Heights, Los Angeles County, California which are owned by the occupant = 64.44%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 32 years with median home cost = $365,410 and home appreciation of -11.31%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $7.73 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $4,873 per student. There are 23.1 students for each teacher in the school, 11503 students for each Librarian and 1015 students for each Counselor. 8.34% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 22.51% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 11.04% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).