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About Hawthorne
City in California, United StatesHawthorne is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is part of a seventeen-city subregion of the Los Angeles metropolitan area commonly known as the South Bay. As of the 2020 US census, Hawthorne had a population of 88,083. Hawthorne is known as the home of The Beach Boys.
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Housing in Hawthorne
The typical Hawthorne home is worth about $868,000, up 1.9% in a year, 14% above the California typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Hawthorne
Safety Grade D
Hawthorne reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 89% report less.
Health in Hawthorne
Compared with California
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 10 are too close to call.
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Schools in Hawthorne
All Hawthorne schools →School Grade B-
The public schools Hawthorne’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 52% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CA. Ratings are from neighbors.
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