Major thoroughfares within the neighborhood include Catalina and Nimitz Boulevards, Narragansett Avenue, and Voltaire Street.
The neighborhood is largely residential, with older single-family housing neighboring Ocean Beach and along the Catalina Boulevard corridor, and multi-family housing in the northern part of the neighborhood.[2] Commercial districts are along West Point Loma Boulevard and Voltaire Street. The community planning document for the broader Point Loma community divides Point Loma Heights into several subdivisions: Loma Palisades, Loma Alta, Point Loma Highlands, and Ocean Beach Highlands.[2]