Ladera Heights is a community and unincorporated area in Los Angeles County, California.

[4] Culver City lies to its west, the Baldwin Hills neighborhood to its north, the View Park-Windsor Hills community to its east, the Westchester neighborhood to its south and southwest and the city of Inglewood to its southeast.

With an average household income of $132,824, Ladera Heights ranks third amongst the ten wealthiest majority-Black communities in the United States.

Robert Earl, who designed many of the Valentine homes, went on to build large multimillion-dollar estates throughout Southern California and in other countries.

Valentine built Robert Earl designed homes on Wooster overlooking the Fox Hills golf course.

[5] Many celebrities have lived in Ladera Heights over the years, including Peter Vidmar, Vanessa Williams, Chris Darden, Chris Strait, Lisa Leslie, Olympia Scott, Ken Norton, Arron Afflalo, Tyler, The Creator, Michael Cooper and Byron Scott.

[7][8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.8 km2), all of it land.

Upper Ladera includes all houses north of Slauson in between La Cienega Boulevard and Shenandoah Avenue, while Lower Ladera (the larger of the two) consists of all houses south of Slauson in between Wooster and La Cienega.

Old Ladera is the small area just east of La Cienega and south of Slauson.

During 2009–2013, Ladera Heights had a median household income of $99,563, with 4.7% of the population living below the federal poverty line.

[31] At the 2000 census there were 6,568 people, 2,691 households, and 1,883 families residing in the census-designated place (CDP).

As of 2006 fewer than 400 Ladera Heights residents attended Inglewood USD schools.

[45] Ladera Park is adjacent to the View Park-Windsor Hills and the City of Inglewood.

[46][47] The park has an outdoor amphitheatre, a baseball–softball diamond field, a basketball court, children's play areas, a community recreation center, water fountains, picnic areas with barbecue grills and tennis courts.

[47] Ladera Heights Shopping Center (at the northwest side of the junction of La Tijera, La Cienega, and Centinela boulevards) hosted a Henshey's Department Store from 1966 to 1990[48] and what was popularly known as Magic Johnson Starbucks, a Starbucks owned by Magic Johnson from 1998 to 2018.