Anaheim vs Huntington Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Anaheim and Huntington Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anaheim has the higher population (344,553 vs 196,010 in Huntington Beach). Huntington Beach has the higher median household income ($119,885 vs $90,583 in Anaheim). Huntington Beach has the higher median home value ($1,047,300 vs $771,700 in Anaheim).

Population, income & housing

	Anaheim	Huntington Beach
Population	344,553	196,010
Median age	35.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,583	$119,885
Median home value	$771,700	$1,047,300
Median gross rent	$2,082	$2,424
Housing units	110,278	81,812
Homeownership rate	45.9%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anaheim	Huntington Beach
Population	349,964 → 344,553 (-1.5%)	200,259 → 196,010 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$71,763 → $90,583 (+26.2%)	$95,046 → $119,885 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$575,600 → $771,700 (+34.1%)	$771,100 → $1,047,300 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,651 → $2,082 (+26.1%)	$1,903 → $2,424 (+27.4%)

Anaheim

Population

349,964344,553

Median household income

$71,763$90,583

Median home value

$575,600$771,700

Median gross rent

$1,651$2,082

Huntington Beach

Population

200,259196,010

Median household income

$95,046$119,885

Median home value

$771,100$1,047,300

Median gross rent

$1,903$2,424

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anaheim	Huntington Beach
Under 5	5.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	13.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	10.9%
75 and over	5.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anaheim	Huntington Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	23.2%	59.2%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	18.4%	12.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	52.5%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anaheim	Huntington Beach
No high school diploma	22.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	21.7%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anaheim	Huntington Beach
Drove alone	74.1%	70.6%
Carpooled	10.9%	6.6%
Public transit	1.9%	0.5%
Walked	1.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.3%	19.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anaheim	Huntington Beach
1-unit, detached	40.3%	46.2%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	10.0%
20 or more units	23.3%	13.9%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Anaheim	Huntington Beach
Poverty rate	12.5%	7.5%
Average household size	3.20	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1973	1974