Long Beach vs Los Angeles

A side-by-side comparison of Long Beach and Los Angeles: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Los Angeles has the higher population (3,857,897 vs 458,491 in Long Beach). Long Beach has the higher median household income ($83,969 vs $80,366 in Los Angeles). Los Angeles has the higher median home value ($879,500 vs $762,200 in Long Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Long Beach	Los Angeles
Population	458,491	3,857,897
Median age	36.8 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,969	$80,366
Median home value	$762,200	$879,500
Median gross rent	$1,803	$1,879
Housing units	181,469	1,537,034
Homeownership rate	40.9%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Beach	Los Angeles
Population	466,776 → 458,491 (-1.8%)	3,966,936 → 3,857,897 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$63,017 → $83,969 (+33.2%)	$62,142 → $80,366 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$556,100 → $762,200 (+37.1%)	$636,900 → $879,500 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,324 → $1,803 (+36.2%)	$1,450 → $1,879 (+29.6%)

Long Beach

Population

466,776458,491

Median household income

$63,017$83,969

Median home value

$556,100$762,200

Median gross rent

$1,324$1,803

Los Angeles

Population

3,966,9363,857,897

Median household income

$62,142$80,366

Median home value

$636,900$879,500

Median gross rent

$1,450$1,879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Beach	Los Angeles
Under 5	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	17.0%	17.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.1%
75 and over	5.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Beach	Los Angeles
White (non-Hispanic)	27.2%	28.3%
Black or African American	11.5%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	12.5%	11.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	43.4%	47.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Beach	Los Angeles
No high school diploma	18.4%	20.7%
High school graduate	17.9%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Beach	Los Angeles
Drove alone	68.3%	61.4%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.8%
Public transit	3.9%	6.7%
Walked	2.6%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.7%
Worked from home	14.4%	17.3%
Other means	1.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Beach	Los Angeles
1-unit, detached	40.4%	36.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	18.6%
20 or more units	18.0%	29.6%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Long Beach	Los Angeles
Poverty rate	15.0%	16.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1958	1964