Long Beach vs Santa Clarita

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

Long Beach and Santa Clarita 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 229,021 in Santa Clarita). Santa Clarita has the higher median household income ($119,926 vs $83,969 in Long Beach). Long Beach has the higher median home value ($762,200 vs $721,000 in Santa Clarita).

Population, income & housing

	Long Beach	Santa Clarita
Population	458,491	229,021
Median age	36.8 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,969	$119,926
Median home value	$762,200	$721,000
Median gross rent	$1,803	$2,486
Housing units	181,469	77,808
Homeownership rate	40.9%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	39.3%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Beach	Santa Clarita
Population	466,776 → 458,491 (-1.8%)	213,411 → 229,021 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$63,017 → $83,969 (+33.2%)	$99,666 → $119,926 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$556,100 → $762,200 (+37.1%)	$537,000 → $721,000 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,324 → $1,803 (+36.2%)	$1,895 → $2,486 (+31.2%)

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

Santa Clarita

Population

213,411229,021

Median household income

$99,666$119,926

Median home value

$537,000$721,000

Median gross rent

$1,895$2,486

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Beach	Santa Clarita
Under 5	5.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	17.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.0%
75 and over	5.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Beach	Santa Clarita
White (non-Hispanic)	27.2%	43.3%
Black or African American	11.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	12.5%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	43.4%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Beach	Santa Clarita
No high school diploma	18.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	17.9%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Beach	Santa Clarita
Drove alone	68.3%	70.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.3%
Public transit	3.9%	1.9%
Walked	2.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.4%	16.2%
Other means	1.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Beach	Santa Clarita
1-unit, detached	40.4%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	11.1%
20 or more units	18.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Long Beach	Santa Clarita
Poverty rate	15.0%	7.7%
Average household size	2.61	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1958	1987