Whittier
What’s happening
Weather
Forecast →Upcoming events
Put the next local happening — a market, a meeting, a concert — on the map.
Local news
Headlines via Google News · Articles belong to their publishers.
The Whittier album
Outdoors in Whittier
Parks & trails →Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1920
New invention for dropping airmail sacks to earth from speeding plane, 1920
Photo · Library of Congress
About Whittier
City in California, United StatesWhittier () is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Part of the Gateway Cities, the 14.7-square-mile (38.0 km2) city had 87,306 residents as of the 2020 United States census. Whittier was incorporated in February 1898 and became a charter city in 1955. The city is named for the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier and is home to Whittier College. The city is surrounded by four unincorporated areas sharing the Whittier name, West Whittier-Los Nietos, North Whittier, South Whittier, and East Whittier, which combined are home to a larger population than Whittier proper.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
How Whittier ranks
All →Town numbers
Housing in Whittier
The typical Whittier home is worth about $816,000, up 1.7% in a year, 7% above the California typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Whittier
Safety Grade C-
Whittier reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 83% report less.
Schools in Whittier
All Whittier schools →School Grade A-
The public schools Whittier’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 78% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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.
Where Whittier is
Explore map →
Location map