Vermont Vista, Los Angeles

Vermont Vista is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, within the South Los Angeles area.

Vermont Vista
Neighborhood of Los Angeles
Vermont Vista
Location within Los Angeles
Coordinates: 33°57′36″N 118°17′45″W
Country United States
State California
County Los Angeles
City Los Angeles
Time zonePacific
ZIP Code
90061
Area code(s)323

Geography

By Council action of October 2001 (C.F. #01-1874), Vermont Vista was officially designated as being bounded by the following streets: West Manchester Boulevard on the north, South Vermont Avenue on the west, The Harbor Freeway (I-110) on the east and 99th Street on the south.[1]

The Department of Transportation was instructed to install signage at the following intersections: Northbound Vermont Avenue at 99th Street, Northbound Figueroa Street at 99th Street Southbound Hoover Street at 87th Street and Eastbound Manchester Avenue at Menlo Avenue.[2]

According to the Los Angeles Times Mapping L.A. project, Vermont Vista is bounded by Manchester Boulevard on the north, Vermont Avenue on the west, the Harbor Freeway on the east and West 120th Street on the south.[3] It is bordered by Vermont Knolls on the north, Broadway-Manchester on the east, Gardena on the south and Athens and Westmont on the west.[4]

Vermont Vista as outlined by the Los Angeles Times

Demographics

The following data applies to Vermont Vista within the boundaries set by Mapping L.A.:

A total of 23,291 people lived in Vermont Vista's 1.65 square miles, according to the 2000 U.S. census—averaging 14,154 people per square mile, among the highest population densities in the city as a whole. Population was estimated at 24,891 in 2008. The median age was 24, considered young when compared to the city as a whole. The percentages of residents aged birth to 18 were among the county's highest.[3]

Latinos made up 52.1% of the population, with black people at 45%, white 1.1%, Asian 0.8%, and other 1%. Mexico and El Salvador were the most common places of birth for the 31.3% of the residents who were born abroad, an average percentage of foreign-born when compared with the city or county as a whole.[3]

The $31,272 median household income in 2008 dollars was considered low for the city and county. The percentage of households earning $20,000 or less was high, compared to the county at large. The average household size of 3.5 people was high for the city. Renters occupied 59.6% of the housing units, and homeowners occupied the rest.[3]

In 2000 there were 1,419 families headed by single parents, or 28.2%, a rate that was high for the county and the city. The percentages of never-married women (41.7) and never-married men (37.9) were among the county's highest.[3]

Just 6% of Vermont Vista residents aged 25 and older had completed a four-year degree in 2000, which was a low figure when compared with the city and the county at large; the percentage of those residents with less than a high school diploma was high for the county.[3]

Development

Construction is underway on a $33.7-million mixed-use development at 88th Street and Vermont. The project, built on city owned property, is among the first affordable housing developments funded by Measure HHH to break ground. [5]

Education

The schools within the Vermont Vista boundaries are:[6]

  • Bret Harte Preparatory Middle School, LAUSD, 9301 South Hoover Street
  • Danny J. Bakewell Sr. Primary Center, LAUSD elementary, 8621 South Baring Cross Street
  • Youth Opportunities Unlimited, LAUSD alternative, 915 West Manchester Avenue
  • Manchester Avenue Elementary School, LAUSD, 661 West 87th Street
  • Charles W. Barrett Elementary School, LAUSD, 419 West 98th Street

The following schools are south of 99th Street and outside the boundaries set by the City of Los Angeles, but are within the boundaries set by the Los Angeles Times Mapping LA project:

  • Figueroa Street Elementary School, LAUSD, 510 West 111th Street
  • Washington Primary Center, LAUSD, 860 West 112th Street

Recreation and parks
  • Algin Sutton Recreation Center, 8800 South Hoover Street[7] (Renovated in 2014)

The following park is south of 99th Street and outside the boundaries set by the City of Los Angeles, but is within the boundaries set by the Los Angeles Times Mapping LA project:

  • Little Green Acres Park-Community Garden, 104th Street and Vermont Avenue[8]

References
  1. "Council File 01-1874" (PDF) (page 40). City of Los Angeles. October 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. "Coucil Fire 01-1874" (PDF) (page 41). City of Los Angeles. February 15, 2002. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  3. "Vermont Vista," Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
  4. "South L.A.," Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
  5. "Affordable Housing and Community Center Rising at 88th & Vermont" (September 13, 2018). Urbanize.la. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  6. "Vermont Vista Schools," Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
  7. Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks: Algin Sutton
  8. Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks: Little Green Acres
  • Vermont Vista Community Coalition
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