Agoura Hills vs Hermosa Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Agoura Hills and Hermosa Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Agoura Hills and Hermosa Beach are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Agoura Hills has the higher population (19,881 vs 19,248 in Hermosa Beach). Agoura Hills has the higher median household income ($171,944 vs $152,019 in Hermosa Beach). Hermosa Beach has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,072,200 in Agoura Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Agoura Hills	Hermosa Beach
Population	19,881	19,248
Median age	46.7 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$171,944	$152,019
Median home value	$1,072,200	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,094	$2,812
Housing units	7,486	10,454
Homeownership rate	80.0%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.5%	76.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agoura Hills	Hermosa Beach
Population	20,533 → 19,881 (-3.2%)	19,539 → 19,248 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$122,998 → $171,944 (+39.8%)	$136,702 → $152,019 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$815,000 → $1,072,200 (+31.6%)	$1,542,900 → $2,000,001 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,529 → $3,094 (+22.3%)	$2,181 → $2,812 (+28.9%)

Agoura Hills

Population

20,53319,881

Median household income

$122,998$171,944

Median home value

$815,000$1,072,200

Median gross rent

$2,529$3,094

Hermosa Beach

Population

19,53919,248

Median household income

$136,702$152,019

Median home value

$1,542,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,181$2,812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agoura Hills	Hermosa Beach
Under 5	3.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	7.5%	16.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	18.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.1%
75 and over	7.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agoura Hills	Hermosa Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	72.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.9%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.2%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agoura Hills	Hermosa Beach
No high school diploma	3.3%	1.5%
High school graduate	9.1%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	45.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.8%	31.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agoura Hills	Hermosa Beach
Drove alone	66.1%	55.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.9%
Walked	0.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	2.1%
Worked from home	26.9%	31.4%
Other means	1.1%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agoura Hills	Hermosa Beach
1-unit, detached	68.1%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	15.7%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	11.5%
20 or more units	6.9%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Agoura Hills	Hermosa Beach
Poverty rate	5.7%	5.3%
Average household size	2.79	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1980	1968