La Habra Heights is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

La Habra Heights is a suburban canyon community located on the border of Orange and Los Angeles counties.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.2 square miles (16 km2), over 99% of it land.

During 2009–2013, La Habra Heights had a median household income of $118,871, with 2.8% of the population living below the federal poverty line.

In 1900, Willits J. Hole acquired 3,500 acres (14.2 km2), which he sold in 1919 to Edwin G. Hart, who developed La Habra Heights.

In 1926, at his 1.5-acre grove at 430 West Road, La Habra Heights, California, Hass planted three seeds he had bought from Rideout, which yielded one strong seedling.

After trying and failing at least twice to graft the seedling with branches from Fuerte avocado trees (the leading commercial cultivar at the time), Hass thought of cutting it down.

Still, a professional grafter named Caulkins told him the young tree was sound and robust, so he let it be.

As the tree's yields grew, Hass quickly sold what his family did not eat to co-workers at the post office.

[1] The Hass avocado had one of its first commercial successes at the Model Grocery Store on Colorado Street in Pasadena, California, where chefs working for some of the town's wealthy residents bought the new cultivar's big, nutty-tasting fruit for $1 each, a very high price at the time (equivalent to $17 in 2023).

Brokaw then specialized in the Hass and often sold out of grafted seedlings since, unlike the Fuerte, Hass yields are year-round and plentiful, with giant fruit, a longer shelf life, and richer flavor owing to higher oil content.

Owing to later suburban sprawl in Southern California, the mother tree stood for many years in front of a residence in La Habra Heights.

The wood was stored in a tree nursery, and from this stock, a nephew of Rudolph Hass, Dick Stewart, made keepsakes, jewelry, and other gifts.

The department does charge several hundred dollars per EMS call, or free for those who pay for and are enrolled in the Paramedic subscription program.

Additionally the Mutual Aid agreement with Los Angeles County Fire lets LHHFD assist the surrounding communities on an as needed basis.

There is an Automatic Aid agreement with a portion of the west end of La Habra Heights.

[31][32] La Habra Heights contracts for law enforcement with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's regional station in the City of Industry.

[39] Students who live east of Hacienda Boulevard and the small unincorporated section of Los Angeles County north of Arbolita Drive are directed to Walnut, Ladera Vista, El Cerrito and Arbolita Elementary Schools (all in La Habra) and Washington Middle School (in La Habra).