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Neighborhood	Feb-Apr '08	Nov '07-Jan '08	Feb-Apr '07	Feb-Apr '03	Compare to Nov '07-Jan '08 Feb-Apr '07 Feb-Apr '03 close [x] Nov '07-Jan '08
Historic Core	--	--	--	--	------
All of Los Angeles	$584,896	$642,898	$625,692	$379,102	-9.0%-6.5%+54.3%
Downtown Los Angeles	$564,620	$640,105	$577,314	$310,156	-11.8%-2.2%+82.0%
New Downtown	--	--	--	--	------
Civic Center - Little Tokyo	--	--	--	--	------
Wholesale District - Skid Row	--	--	--	--	------

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Neighborhood	Feb-Apr '08	Nov '07-Jan '08	Feb-Apr '07	Feb-Apr '03	Compare to Nov '07-Jan '08 Feb-Apr '07 Feb-Apr '03 close [x] Nov '07-Jan '08
Historic Core	--	--	--	--	------
All of Los Angeles	$440,000	$500,000	$524,214	$270,000	-12.0%-16.1%+63.0%
Downtown Los Angeles	$436,000	$525,000	$534,000	$285,000	-17.0%-18.4%+53.0%
New Downtown	--	--	--	--	------
Civic Center - Little Tokyo	--	--	--	--	------
Wholesale District - Skid Row	--	--	--	--	------

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Neighborhood	Feb-Apr '08	Nov '07-Jan '08	Feb-Apr '07	Feb-Apr '03	Compare to Nov '07-Jan '08 Feb-Apr '07 Feb-Apr '03 close [x] Nov '07-Jan '08
Historic Core	--	--	--	--	------
All of Los Angeles	$389	$435	$341	$252	-10.6%+14.1%+54.4%
Downtown Los Angeles	$252	$222	$101	$310	+13.5%+149.5%-18.7%
New Downtown	--	--	--	--	------
Civic Center - Little Tokyo	--	--	--	--	------
Wholesale District - Skid Row	--	--	--	--	------

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Neighborhood	Wk ending May 7	Wk ending Apr 30	Wk ending Apr 23	Wk ending Apr 16	Compare to Wk ending Apr 30 Wk ending Apr 23 Wk ending Apr 16 close [x] Wk ending Apr 30
Historic Core	$577,729	$567,667	$571,924	$577,422	+1.8%+1.0%+0.1%
All of Los Angeles	$1,222,755	$1,203,616	$1,176,059	$1,147,511	+1.6%+4.0%+6.6%
Downtown Los Angeles	$1,294,950	$1,294,950	$1,258,810	$682,529	0.0%+2.9%+89.7%
New Downtown	$802,119	$806,147	$813,088	$793,881	-0.5%-1.3%+1.0%
Civic Center - Little Tokyo	$521,424	$521,731	$529,031	$510,577	-0.1%-1.4%+2.1%
Wholesale District - Skid Row	$690,122	$672,735	$701,458	$757,804	+2.6%-1.6%-8.9%

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Neighborhood	Feb-Apr '08	Nov '07-Jan '08	Feb-Apr '07	Feb-Apr '03
Historic Core	--	--	--	--
All of Los Angeles	3,149	2,731	6,350	4,891
Downtown Los Angeles	244	186	424	25
New Downtown	--	--	--	--
Civic Center - Little Tokyo	--	--	--	--
Wholesale District - Skid Row	--	--	--	--

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Neighborhood	Wk ending May 7	Wk ending Apr 30	Wk ending Apr 23	Compare to Wk ending Apr 30 Wk ending Apr 23 close [x] Wk ending Apr 30
Historic Core	29	31	37	+2+8
Downtown Los Angeles	37	37	49	--+12
New Downtown	51	48	56	-3+5
Civic Center - Little Tokyo	57	55	47	-2-10
Wholesale District - Skid Row	49	41	44	-8-5

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Los Angeles Schools

SCHOOL NAME	SCHOOL TYPE	GRADES	TEST RATING
Clover Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK - 5	10
Fairburn Ave Elementary School	Public	K - 5	10
Ivanhoe Elementary School	Public	K - 5	10
Hancock Park Elementary School	Public	K - 5	10
Overland Avenue Elementary School	Public	K - 5	10

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Median Household Income: $36,687
State Average: $47,493

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Median Family Income: $39,942
State Average: $53,025

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Per-Capita Income: $20,671
State Average: $22,711

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Median Value of Owner-Occupied Housing Units: $221,600
State Average: $211,500

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Median Price Asked for Housing Units: $173,300
State Average: $151,900

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Source: 2000 Census

2006 Crime Statistics % population affected	Los Angeles	Los Angeles County	California
Property Crime	2.72%	2.76%	3.17%
Arson	0.06%	0.04%	0.03%
Burglary	0.52%	0.56%	0.68%
Larceny Theft	1.54%	1.55%	1.83%
Motor Vehicle Theft	0.65%	0.65%	0.67%
Violent Crime	0.79%	0.65%	0.53%
Aggravated Assault	0.38%	0.33%	0.31%
Murder	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
Rape	0.03%	0.02%	0.03%
Robbery	0.37%	0.29%	0.19%

Year Home Was Built % of respondents	Los Angeles	Los Angeles County	California
Built 1939 or earlier	16.71%	12.90%	9.44%
Built 1940 to 1949	12.99%	12.25%	7.69%
Built 1950 to 1959	20.49%	22.27%	15.52%
Built 1960 to 1969	17.53%	17.83%	16.76%
Built 1970 to 1979	15.02%	15.58%	20.50%
Built 1980 to 1989	11.09%	12.33%	17.18%
Built 1990 to 1994	3.72%	4.15%	6.92%
Built 1995 to 1998	1.90%	2.01%	4.43%
Built 1999 to March 2000	0.54%	0.69%	1.57%

Household Income % of respondents	Los Angeles	Los Angeles County	California
Less than $10,000	13.30%	10.52%	8.40%
$10,000 to $14,999	7.53%	6.50%	5.64%
$15,000 to $19,999	7.16%	6.27%	5.60%
$20,000 to $24,999	7.10%	6.43%	5.85%
$25,000 to $29,999	6.57%	6.12%	5.67%
$30,000 to $34,999	6.24%	6.03%	5.75%
$35,000 to $39,999	5.36%	5.40%	5.38%
$40,000 to $44,999	4.92%	5.18%	5.18%
$45,000 to $49,999	4.28%	4.48%	4.61%
$50,000 to $59,999	7.20%	8.09%	8.55%
$60,000 to $74,999	8.32%	9.72%	10.58%
$75,000 to $99,999	8.40%	10.16%	11.52%
$100,000 to $124,999	4.79%	5.79%	6.78%
$125,000 to $149,999	2.62%	3.04%	3.58%
$150,000 to $199,999	2.54%	2.80%	3.35%
$200,000 or more	3.68%	3.47%	3.56%

Travel Time to Work % of respondents	Los Angeles	Los Angeles County	California
Less than 5 minutes	1.39%	1.54%	2.32%
5 to 9 minutes	6.29%	7.13%	9.17%
10 to 14 minutes	11.23%	12.02%	13.82%
15 to 19 minutes	14.66%	14.70%	15.45%
20 to 24 minutes	14.99%	14.30%	14.35%
25 to 29 minutes	5.91%	5.65%	5.60%
30 to 34 minutes	18.49%	16.77%	14.50%
35 to 39 minutes	2.87%	2.86%	2.62%
40 to 44 minutes	4.35%	4.43%	3.78%
45 to 59 minutes	9.26%	9.67%	8.24%
60 to 89 minutes	7.14%	7.61%	6.68%
90 or more minutes	3.43%	3.32%	3.46%
Worked at home	4.13%	3.49%	3.83%
Did not work at home	0.01%	0.04%	0.00%