Lynwood vs Redondo Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Lynwood and Redondo Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Redondo Beach has the higher population (69,814 vs 65,291 in Lynwood). Redondo Beach has the higher median household income ($144,588 vs $70,236 in Lynwood). Redondo Beach has the higher median home value ($1,225,400 vs $569,400 in Lynwood).

Population, income & housing

	Lynwood	Redondo Beach
Population	65,291	69,814
Median age	33.1 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,236	$144,588
Median home value	$569,400	$1,225,400
Median gross rent	$1,625	$2,562
Housing units	15,577	30,837
Homeownership rate	49.0%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	66.4%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynwood	Redondo Beach
Population	70,635 → 65,291 (-7.6%)	67,423 → 69,814 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$52,213 → $70,236 (+34.5%)	$113,499 → $144,588 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$399,100 → $569,400 (+42.7%)	$926,500 → $1,225,400 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,625 (+34.2%)	$2,072 → $2,562 (+23.6%)

Lynwood

Population

70,63565,291

Median household income

$52,213$70,236

Median home value

$399,100$569,400

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,625

Redondo Beach

Population

67,42369,814

Median household income

$113,499$144,588

Median home value

$926,500$1,225,400

Median gross rent

$2,072$2,562

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lynwood	Redondo Beach
Under 5	6.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	16.5%	13.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	16.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	6.3%	9.3%
75 and over	3.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynwood	Redondo Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	2.2%	56.2%
Black or African American	8.3%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	17.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.6%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	88.0%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynwood	Redondo Beach
No high school diploma	41.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	26.7%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	41.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynwood	Redondo Beach
Drove alone	70.4%	65.2%
Carpooled	17.7%	3.9%
Public transit	5.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.6%	26.4%
Other means	2.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynwood	Redondo Beach
1-unit, detached	54.4%	40.7%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	13.4%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	13.5%
20 or more units	5.4%	17.5%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lynwood	Redondo Beach
Poverty rate	17.4%	5.0%
Average household size	4.12	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1953	1972