Geographic-scope notice: West Hills is not a separately-incorporated place in the U.S. Census Bureau's Place geography – it is either a neighborhood within a larger municipality (in Los Angeles County) or a town-class subdivision in a state where the Census reports demographics at the town rather than place level. To avoid presenting county-level aggregates as city-level data, this page does not show synthetic Census or health figures for West Hills. For the surrounding county aggregates, see the California state directory.
City safety & data profile
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West Hills, CA is a 41K-resident city in Los Angeles County.
Los Angeles County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for West Hills, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. West Hills has a population larger than 74% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 41K
- Population
- Top 26%
- By size
The read on West Hills
West Hills is one of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the West Hills area.
- 1
- hospital in & near West Hills
The quick read
Reading West Hills, CA beyond the headline numbers
West Hills sits inside Los Angeles County, California, at roughly 34.20°N, -118.64°W. Its population of 41,426 are the two most quoted figures, but in isolation they hide the shape of the city.
Health and healthcare access are the next layer most residents and prospective movers actually care about. In and around West Hills, CMS Hospital Compare tracks 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 and 1 carrying emergency department, the ER count is the more actionable figure if you are evaluating a move because it defines the effective trauma radius.
Areazine reconstructs these layers from U.S. Census ACS (place-level economics and demographics), CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare, each updated on its own cadence, and pairs them with live alerts from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC scoped to the West Hills area. The comparison bars next to each metric anchor the number against a national reference, which is the fastest way to tell whether West Hills is an outlier on a given dimension before drilling into the raw value.
Hospitals 1 total
Safety Context
West Hills, CA is located in Los Angeles County, California. With a population of 41K, Residents have access to 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. Safety alerts for the West Hills area are monitored from federal and state agencies including FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC.
Safety Guides
Primary source data
EPA Outdoor Air Quality Data
Federal monitoring network, every measurement we report
AirNow - California
Real-time AQI for every monitored California location
National Weather Service
NOAA active watches, warnings, advisories
CDC Air Quality & Health
Health-impact reference for every AQI category
EPA NAAQS standards
National Ambient Air Quality Standards, the regulatory thresholds
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Using West Hills's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the West Hills area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare West Hills against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Los Angeles County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census, CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.