La Reina is a residential commune inhabited by mostly mid to upper-mid income families and high-income groups.

The Eulogio Sánchez Airport and Military Hospital are both located in the southern part of the commune.

[5][failed verification] As a commune, La Reina is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years.

The communal council has the following members:[8] La Reina belongs to Chile's Electoral District No.

11, along with the communes of Lo Barnechea, Vitacura, Las Condes, and Peñalolén, and to the VII Senatorial Constituency (Metropolitan Region of Santiago).