City Information of Woodland Hills, CA

About Woodland Hills, California

Woodland Hills California… if that name doesn’t get your heart racing, I don’t know what will! Woodland Hills is a beautiful city in the San Fernando Valley – part of the trend-setting metropolis of Los Angeles. If you work in the area and are looking for a new home or commercial facility, Woodland Hills CA might be your destination.

Looking for Woodland Hills CA? It’s in the southwest San Fernando Valley. This area is northeast of Calabasas. Tarzana is to the east, and to the north are Canoga Park and West Hills. The well-known and much-sung-about Ventura Boulevard starts here. You’re sure to find here the home you’ve always wanted!

Buying a home in Woodland Hills CA means that you’re joining 60,000 to 70,000 others who call this city home. Although a predominantly white neighborhood (74.8%) people of all ethnicities will feel welcome in this area; the average household is made up of 2.7 people. This area is also relatively affluent, with a median household income of $70,000. While you’re contemplating where your home will be, you just might pass by DeForest Kelley’s home, the man who played the doctor on the original Star Trek.

Woodland Hills lives up to its name! Originally the town was called Girard, after Victor Girard Kleinberger who founded the town and tried to attract residents by creating infrastructure, advertisements, and planting 120,000 trees. The town was appropriately renamed to “Woodland Hills” in 1941. For families moving here, a number of schools serve your children’s educational needs including 6 elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools… both of the high schools are noted for their academic prowess, each having won multiple Academic Decathlon awards. The Los Angeles Community College operates a school here: the Los Angeles Pierce College.

And if you’re moving for work, consider the many companies that have headquarters in the area including 21st Century Insurance, Health Net, Inc., Information Technology Channel, and Panavision. The Woodland Hills and Tarzana Chambers of Commerce recently unified under one roof offering its 650 members even better service and opportunities. The chamber is fairly involved, offering a variety of activities including golf tournaments, luncheons, and wine tasting events.

Or, if you love to shop (who doesn’t!!!) there are two great malls in the area:  Westfield Shoppingtown Promenade and Westfield Shoppingtown Topanga Plaza. These malls offer shopaholics just about everything you could imagine, plus a 16 screen theatre.

Woodland Hills offers all the amenities that any family would want in a city: great education for all ages, solid in-town jobs with the option to commute to not-too-far-away Los Angeles, shopping, and (of course) so many trees!

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