The percentage of married women (56.2%) was among the county's highest. The median age was 27, young for the city of Los Angeles. Population was estimated at 42,005 in 2008. census-averaging 7,720 people per square mile, about the same population density for the city as a whole. Relation of Harbor Gateway to other communities, not necessarily contiguous:Ī total of 39,688 people lived in Harbor Gateway's 5.14 square miles, according to the 2000 U.S. A southeastern section bounded by 192nd Street on the north, Hamilton Avenue on the east, Del Amo Boulevard on the south and railroad tracks on the west includes the Holiday Inn Harbor Gateway.Īnother section between 177th and 182nd Streets includes Gardena High School. The neighborhood's street boundaries are 120th Street on the north and Vermont Avenue and Figueroa Street on the west and east respectively, running south to 182nd Street, where the neighborhood takes a jog to the west and draws its western boundary at Western Avenue, its eastern line at Normandie Avenue and its southern border at West Sepulveda Boulevard. Harbor Gateway abuts Broadway-Manchester on the north and is flanked by Rosewood, Carson and West Carson to the east, West Carson and Harbor City to the south and Athens and Gardena to the west and Torrance to the south and west. A large transportation center serves the south Los Angeles County area.ĭespite being part of the city of Los Angeles, some parts of Harbor Gateway have a 'Torrance, CA', 'Gardena, CA' or 'Carson, CA' address because they are serviced by those cities' post offices. The neighborhood is bisected by Artesia Boulevard and has two neighborhood councils, one north of the boulevard and the other south of it. With a relatively youthful and ethnically diverse population of over 42,000, the center of the community is anchored by Gardena High School. Harbor Gateway was attached to Los Angeles in 1906 to serve as a link to the Pacific Ocean port cities of Wilmington and San Pedro. The northern limit of the neighborhood is Imperial Highway, a city street just north of I-105. Its unusual shape has given it the alternative name of 'the Shoestring Strip'. The neighborhood is narrow and long, running along a north-south axis. The Harbor Gateway is a 5.14-square-mile residential and industrial area in the Los Angeles Harbor Region, in the southern part of the city.

The Harbor Gateway is a two-mile wide north-south corridor that connects the Port of Los Angeles to the south with the rest of the city in the north (note the vertical red line). Los Angeles County with the City of Los Angeles in red.

Harbor gateway transit center