Two ZIP codes, 10,336 people 65 or older
Northridge's two ZIP codes look a lot alike. In 91325, the eastern half, 5,602 of 35,062 people are 65 or older, or 16.0 percent. In 91324, the western half, the count is 4,734 of 30,699, or 15.4 percent. The median age is 37.9 in 91325 and 37.7 in 91324. Median household income is $87,168 in 91325 and $99,610 in 91324. The source is the 2020 to 2024 American Community Survey, and each 65 and older count is the sum of the survey's age brackets. The homeownership rate is 46.6 percent in 91325 (6,007 of 12,894 occupied homes) and 46.7 percent in 91324 (5,009 of 10,730), so a little more than half of Northridge households rent. If you rent and might move out of Los Angeles County, tell Lara before you pick a plan. A Medicare Advantage plan is sold by county, and a move to another county can mean changing plans.
Northridge Hospital, Holy Cross and UCLA West Valley
Northridge Hospital Medical Center, with 354 licensed beds, is at 18300 Roscoe Blvd, inside 91325. Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, northeast of Northridge at 15031 Rinaldi Street in Mission Hills, is licensed for 330. UCLA West Valley Medical Center, which many people still call West Hills Hospital, is west of Northridge in West Hills and is licensed for 249. Each bed count is the number on the hospital's California license when we looked in September 2026. Outside an emergency, it is your Medicare Advantage plan and its medical group, not your address, that decide which of the three you can use. One insurer can sell several plans built on different medical groups, each with its own doctors and hospitals. The insurer renegotiates its contracts with those groups year to year. So before you enroll, Lara takes the names of your doctors, your pharmacy and your hospital and checks them in the provider list of every plan she compares for you. She runs the same check each fall, after plans announce what changes in January. On Original Medicare with a Supplement, any hospital that accepts Medicare is open to you.
When you are the one calling for a parent
In Northridge, the first call about a parent's Medicare often comes from a grown son or daughter. Lara is glad to begin with you. The coverage will be your parent's, though, and so will the choice. She will want your parent in the conversation before anything is decided, so they hear the options for themselves. Before you call, write down your parent's doctors by name, each prescription with its dose, the pharmacy they go to, and whether they live somewhere else for part of the year. With that list on the table, the comparison usually fits in one sitting. If Spanish or Hebrew comes easier to your parent, Lara will speak with them in that language from start to finish. You are welcome to stay in the room or on the line.
Medicare Advantage across Los Angeles County in 2027
About 57 percent of Los Angeles County's 1.7 million Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage or another Medicare health plan (CMS, May 2026). The county has 70 Medicare Advantage plans open to general enrollment in 2027, plus 54 Special Needs Plans, and 60 of the 70 charge a $0 monthly plan premium (CMS 2027 Landscape file). What varies far more is the out of pocket maximum, the most you pay in a year for covered care in network: our analysis of the same file puts the average at $2,232 and the median at $1,500, with a range from $199 to $9,850.
Lara is a licensed insurance agent. Insurance companies pay her when you enroll, so her help costs you nothing and your premium is the same with or without her.
How Lara is paidIndependent Medicare help in Northridge
Goulson Insurance Services Inc. is an independent insurance agency, and our agents work as licensed brokers for Northridge families. No single insurance company employs us or decides what we recommend, so the comparison starts with your doctors, your prescriptions and your budget. We put Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Part D plans from several carriers side by side, and you enroll only if one fits. The agency holds CA license 6020069, Lara Goulson holds CA license 0E69969, and we work in English, Spanish and Hebrew.
What Lara handles in 91324 and 91325
Lara compares Medicare Advantage plans, Medicare Supplements and Part D drug plans for people in both Northridge ZIP codes. She also writes final expense and life insurance policies, plus long term care coverage. Each of those is a separate conversation, never part of a Medicare plan review. Bring her the problems that come after enrollment, too: a claim the plan denied, a bill that is wrong, a question for a doctor's office. She makes those calls with you.
For your own plan or a parent's in 91324 or 91325, call or text Lara at (818) 472-5484.
You reach Lara directly · English, Español, עברית · Licensed in 12 states · 5.0 on Google · No cost to you
Nearby Neighborhoods
We serve the whole San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles. These are the neighborhood pages closest to this one.