Assessed Value to Square Mile Ratio
(Cities with 10 or less Square Miles)

Cities
Population
Total Assessed Evaluation
Square Miles
Assessed Value to Sq. Mile Ratio
LA County
9,802,800
91,043,431,539
4,082
$22,303,633
1 Santa Monica
84,084
5,304,201,401
8
$663,025,175
2 Huntington Park
61,348
818,434,155
3
$272,811,385
3 Cerritos
51,488
1,893,304,415
8.9
$212,730,833
4 Paramount
55,266
724,006,807
5
$144,801,361
5 Montebello
62,150
1,011,741,179
8
$126,467,647
6 Compton
93,493
1,123,869,425
10
$112,386,943
7 Hawthorne
84,112
642,556,672
6
$107,092,779
8 INGLEWOOD
112,580
897,510,972
9
$99,723,441
9 Alhambra
91,400
720,062,042
8
$90,007,755
10 Montery Park
60,051
719,455,488
8
$89,931,936
11 South Gate
96,375
573,538,913
7
$81,934,130
12 Lakewood
79,345
660,309,336
9
$73,367,704
13 Baldwin Park
75,837
512,838,032
7
$73,262,576
14 Redondo Beach
63,261
431,664,714
6
$71,944,119
15 Pico Rivera
63,428
465,137,161
8
$58,142,145
16 Bellflower
72,878
304,314,216
6.1
$49,887,576
17 Norwalk
103,298
484,438,655
10
$48,443,866
18 El Monte
115,965
462,795,585
10
$46,279,559
19 Rosemead
53,505
3,528,307
7
$504,044
20 Lynwood
69,845
2,422,563
5
$484,513
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The final chart above depicts “Assessed Value to Square Mile Ratio.” This chart attempts to deal with the area differencials between cities, focusing on the 20 cities within the top 36 LA County cities with CRAs, with areas of 10 square miles or less.

Santa Monica tops this list of cities with 10 or less square miles with a whopping $663,025,175 per square mile. Cerritos is highly ranked again with an average of $212,730,833 per square mile.

Surprisingly, Compton is ranked 6th with a ranking of $112,386,943 per suqare mile. Hawthorne is ranked 7th with $107,092,779 per square mile.

Inglewood is ranked 8th with $99,723,441 per square mile. Again, it must be noted that Inglewood’s square mile rating would be much lower, if not for Hollywood Park Race Track and Casino, allowing Inglewood to receive a tax increment revenue from private investments that were not the result of redevelopment exposure.