Jefferson Park Neighborhood

Jefferson Park is a 1.28-square-mile neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, within the South West Los Angeles area. With 24,285 mostly low-income residents, Jefferson Park has a population density which is among the highest in Los Angeles County. It is the home neighborhood for J. P. Widney High School. Jefferson Park touches Arlington Heights on the north, Adams-Normandie on the east, the Exposition Park residential neighborhood on the southeast, Leimert Park on the south and West Adams on the west.[1] It is bounded by the Santa Monica Freeway on the north, South Western Avenue and Arlington Avenue on the east, Jefferson Boulevard and Rodeo Road on the south and Crenshaw Boulevard on the west.