Map of Westmont CDP, California

Westmont is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, a part of the South Los Angeles area, just east of Inglewood. The population was 33,913 at the 2020 census, up from 31,853 at the 2010 census. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Westmont as a census-designated place (CDP).

Westmont CDP overview:
Name:	Westmont CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	California
County:	Los Angeles County
Elevation:	217 ft (66 m)
Total Area:	1.848 sq mi (4.785 km²)
Land Area:	1.848 sq mi (4.785 km²)
Water Area:	0 sq mi (0 km²) 0%
Total Population:	33,913
Population Density:	18,000/sq mi (7,100/km²)
ZIP code:	90047
FIPS code:	0684592
GNISfeature ID:	1867072

Online Interactive Map

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Westmont online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

Westmont location map. Where is Westmont CDP?

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Westmont location on the California map. Where is Westmont CDP. — Location of Westmont in California.

History

In 2009, Westmont was the subject of a feature story by Hector Tobar in the Los Angeles Times who wrote that the community was “officially (but rarely) called Westmont” but that it had “no “‘mont,’ not even a hill. It got its name, it seems, from being west of Vermont Avenue.” Tobar noted that Westmont’s unemployment rate was at the time “a staggering 23.6%, the highest in Los Angeles County.”

Five years later, the strip of Vermont Avenue which is shared between Westmont and Vermont Vista was called “death alley” by the newspaper because during the past seven years sixty people had been killed by violence on that two-mile stretch. It remained at the highest rate of killings of any neighborhood in Los Angeles County.

The 2014 article stated that “The area was long been controlled by a gang named the Underground Crips, whose members would, in more violent days, walk across Normandie Avenue to shoot at rivals.”