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Pico Union
Neighborhood Intelligence

Pico Union: LAPD offenses, permits, 311 requests, parks and zoning for the council's outline in Los Angeles.

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36,723

Population

$47,220

Median Income

$946,000

Median Home Value

13,544

Housing Units

Based on 2024 ACS data

About Pico Union

Pico Union is the council's outline next to Downtown Los Angeles, MacArthur Park and Koreatown. About 37,000 people live inside it, and local place names in the data include Pico-Union and the Alvarado Terrace Historic District.

Within the outline are Pico Union Park, Normandie Recreation Center and the Pico-Union Branch LA Public Library, along with schools such as Berendo Middle (grades 6-8) and Leo Politi Elementary. Metro Local 30, Metro Local 33, Metro Local 2 and several other Metro Local routes stop here. Zoning in Pico Union is led by multi-family residential (RD1.5, R4, R3), followed by commercial; the exact district varies by parcel. Every layer on the page is clipped to the council's outline.

Boundaries

N MacArthur Park and Westlake South
S Empowerment Congress North
E Downtown Los Angeles
W United Neighborhoods

Transit

Metro Local 30
Metro Local 33
Metro Local 2
Metro Local 35/38
Metro Local 93
Metro Local 28
Metro Local 204
Metro Rapid 754
Metro Local 206

Landmarks

Pico-Union Branch LA Public Library
Pico Union Park
Normandie Recreation Center
Alvarado Terrace Park
Toberman Recreation Center

Nearby:Downtown Los Angeles →MacArthur Park →Koreatown →United Neighborhoods →Empowerment Congress North →Olympic Park →Westlake South →

What CivicScout Tracks in Pico Union

SAF

Safety & Crime Data

CivicScout counts LAPD reported offenses that carry a location, clipped to the Pico Union Neighborhood Council outline (LAPD places each offense on its hundred block, so offenses on a boundary street can fall on either side). Traffic crashes and food inspections are not available for Los Angeles (LAPD’s collision feed stopped updating in March 2025), so their absence here means no data, not no incidents.

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BLD

Building Permits

LADBS issued 115 permits for addresses in Pico Union over the past 12 months in the public data: 77% alterations and repairs and 12% new buildings. Among alteration, addition and new-building permits, the most common use is apartments (33%).

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DEV

What's Being Built

Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.

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ZON

Zoning Intelligence

Zoning in Pico Union is led by multi-family residential (RD1.5, R4, R3), followed by commercial; the exact district varies by parcel.

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SCH

Schools

The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.

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RPT

Location Reports

A CivicScout report for any Pico Union address combines permits, LAPD offenses, 311 requests, parks and zoning within a half mile. Traffic crashes, food inspections and code violations are not available for Los Angeles.

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