Long Beach vs Palmdale

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

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

Long Beach has the higher population (458,491 vs 165,487 in Palmdale). Long Beach has the higher median household income ($83,969 vs $81,151 in Palmdale). Long Beach has the higher median home value ($762,200 vs $435,300 in Palmdale).

Population, income & housing

	Long Beach	Palmdale
Population	458,491	165,487
Median age	36.8 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,969	$81,151
Median home value	$762,200	$435,300
Median gross rent	$1,803	$1,736
Housing units	181,469	48,505
Homeownership rate	40.9%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Beach	Palmdale
Population	466,776 → 458,491 (-1.8%)	156,293 → 165,487 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$63,017 → $83,969 (+33.2%)	$62,865 → $81,151 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$556,100 → $762,200 (+37.1%)	$280,000 → $435,300 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,324 → $1,803 (+36.2%)	$1,319 → $1,736 (+31.6%)

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

Palmdale

Population

156,293165,487

Median household income

$62,865$81,151

Median home value

$280,000$435,300

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Beach	Palmdale
Under 5	5.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	21.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	17.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.0%
75 and over	5.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Beach	Palmdale
White (non-Hispanic)	27.2%	17.0%
Black or African American	11.5%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	12.5%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	43.4%	62.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Beach	Palmdale
No high school diploma	18.4%	23.0%
High school graduate	17.9%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Beach	Palmdale
Drove alone	68.3%	74.0%
Carpooled	8.6%	13.3%
Public transit	3.9%	1.3%
Walked	2.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	8.2%
Other means	1.7%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Beach	Palmdale
1-unit, detached	40.4%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	4.8%
20 or more units	18.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Long Beach	Palmdale
Poverty rate	15.0%	14.6%
Average household size	2.61	3.55
Mean commute (minutes)	30	42
Median year structure built	1958	1989