Leimert Park
Planned in 1928. Still a cultural center of Black Los Angeles.
Neighborhood figures: Redfin neighborhood market data (all home types, Redfin's neighborhood boundaries). Figures are the month shown; Redfin reports some medians on a rolling three-month basis. Updated September 2026.
The neighborhood in 30 seconds
Leimert Park was developed beginning in 1928 by Walter H. Leimert, with its parks and boulevards planned by the Olmsted Brothers — sons of Frederick Law Olmsted and one of the most influential landscape firms in American history. It was one of Southern California's first comprehensively planned communities: Spanish Colonial Revival homes, wide parkways, and a village center built around Degnan Boulevard.
Today Leimert Park Village is the gathering place: jazz, drum circles, bookstores, the reopened Vision Theatre, and the Sunday market. The K Line station at Crenshaw and Vernon puts the Village a few stops from the Expo Line and LAX.
What owners should know
- Many Leimert Park homes have been in one family for 40+ years. If a parent's name is still on title, read the Prop 19 section before anyone in the family moves out — the property-tax base is at stake.
- Original Spanish Colonial details are worth money to buyers here. Don't let a flipper price the charm at zero.
What's changing
After a 15-year, roughly $40 million city restoration, the 729-seat Vision Theatre reopened in August 2026, co-managed with WACO Theater Center. First full season planned for 2027.
The Destination Crenshaw gateway park at Crenshaw and Leimert, slated to open fall 2026.
Underground station at Crenshaw and Vernon.
What could your property do?
Original Spanish Colonial details are worth money to buyers here. Photograph them; don't let a flipper price the charm at zero.
Village-adjacent homes rent strongly to creatives and professionals who want the K Line. A well-kept 1930s house here is a durable hold.
Standard lots, HPOZ-style expectations from neighbors. ADUs pencil; second-story additions need to respect the streetscape.
Many homes have been in one family for 40+ years. If a parent's name is still on title, read the Prop 19 section before anyone moves out — the tax base is at stake.
The homes
1920s–1940s Spanish Colonial Revival and Tudor single-family homes on tree-lined streets; small apartment buildings and the Village's commercial core along Degnan and Crenshaw.