Gardena is a city in Los Angeles County, California. Gardena is served by the Los Angeles Unified School District. Some areas in Gardena have a choice between (Los Angeles), Purche, and 135th Street Elementary School (Los Angeles) Gardena Mayme Dear Library, located in Gardena, and Masao W. Satow Library, located west of Gardena in unincorporated Los Angeles County, are operated by the County of Los Angeles Public Library.
Gardena provides services to its business community in a “unique” hometown atmosphere. One of the reasons new businesses are initially attracted to Gardena is because of its reasonable start up cost for business license and utility users tax. However, those low costs do not diminish the professional service that is provided to new business customers. Gardena strives to attract high-quality "wealth-producing" businesses that want to grow and be successful, and who want to form partnerships with the City to create jobs, provide services to the residents, and improve the overall quality of life
Academic excellence and community education are high priorities in Gardena. In addition to nine public and five private Elementary schools, the City has eight Preschools, one City-operated Family Child Care program and three Japanese Language schools. The elementary schools offer a Tri-Lingual Magnet in Japanese-Spanish-English and a Bi-Lingual Korean-English Program. Peary Middle School has a Math-Science Magnet, and Gardena High School is the home of Southern California International Business Academy and a Foreign Language Magnet in French-Spanish-Japanese. Gardena is also very proud of the highly respected private Serra High School, the Sellery School for Special Education, and the Gardena Community, an adult School which offers over 200 community-based classes.
Gardena has earned the prestigious designation of “All-America City,” and its ethnic diversity is a quality of which everyone is proud. Community commitment can be seen throughout the city as businesses join with volunteer groups in supporting civic projects and programs
Housing Cost
Gardena’s attractive, family-oriented neighborhoods provide a wide variety of housing options for all residents. 20,000 residential units are available in the City and another 283 single-family units in three new gated communities will become available in the next year. The City has 280 subsidized senior housing units in three senior communities. About one-half of the residential units existing in the City are single family units. The apartments/multi-family housing has very livable densities. About 10% of the housing stock in the City was built in the last 25 years. The majority of the residential neighborhoods are mature with lush landscaping and well maintained buildings and large family-sized yards
Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $451,054
Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $403,426; Detached houses: $435,816; Townhouses or other attached units: $411,170; In 2-unit structures: $433,673; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $641,169; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $329,149; Mobile homes: $36,406; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $13,571
Demographics
Population in July 2008: 58,554. Gardena covers 5.82 square miles. It sits at an elevation of 53 feet above sea level. Zip codes: 90247, 90248, 90249 - Area code commonly used in this area: 310
Weather
Gardena, CA climate is warm during summer when temperatures tend to be in the 70's and cool during winter when temperatures tend to be in the 50's.
The warmest month of the year is August with an average maximum temperature of 76.80 degrees Fahrenheit, while the coldest month of the year is December with an average minimum temperature of 48.50 degrees Fahrenheit.
Temperature variations between night and day tend to be fairly limited during summer with a difference that can reach 12 degrees Fahrenheit, and fairly limited during winter with an average difference of 16 degrees Fahrenheit.
The annual average precipitation at Gardena is 13.15 Inches. Rainfall in is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. The wettest month of the year is February with an average rainfall of 3.11 Inches.
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