Avocado Heights (pronunciationⓘ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States.

It is almost entirely surrounded by the City of Industry with only a small strip of unincorporated Los Angeles County separating it from South El Monte.

Avocado Heights is approximately 15 miles (24 km) from the downtown Los Angeles Civic Center.

A significant portion of Avocado Heights remains equestrian and semi-rural, with many homes on lots of 0.5 acres 21,780 square feet (2,023 m2) or more.

The proximity of polluting industries in what became the City of Industry, as well as the Puente Hills Landfill, suppressed property values throughout the post-World War II era—discouraging the development that transformed most of the San Gabriel Valley into a relatively densely developed suburban area.

Avocado Heights is located at 34°2′19″N 118°0′16″W / 34.03861°N 118.00444°W / 34.03861; -118.00444 (34.038610, −118.004575),[3] or about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) southeast of El Monte.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2).

The primary thoroughfare is Don Julian Road, named for the nickname given to early Anglo settler William Workman by local Californios; his homestead lies on Don Julian Road just to the east in Industry.

[4] From the 1920s until the early 2000s, there was a tall, single white tower on 3rd Avenue and Starlight Lane.

There were 3,922 housing units at an average density of 1,380.3 per square mile (532.9/km2), of which 2,934 (76.9%) were owner-occupied, and 879 (23.1%) were occupied by renters.

According to the 2010 United States Census, Avocado Heights had a median household income of $72,240, with 14.1% of the population living below the federal poverty line.