Fullerton vs Huntington Beach

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

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

Huntington Beach has the higher population (196,010 vs 141,278 in Fullerton). Huntington Beach has the higher median household income ($119,885 vs $104,219 in Fullerton). Huntington Beach has the higher median home value ($1,047,300 vs $859,600 in Fullerton).

Population, income & housing

	Fullerton	Huntington Beach
Population	141,278	196,010
Median age	36.1 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$104,219	$119,885
Median home value	$859,600	$1,047,300
Median gross rent	$2,124	$2,424
Housing units	49,707	81,812
Homeownership rate	51.5%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.6%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fullerton	Huntington Beach
Population	139,611 → 141,278 (+1.2%)	200,259 → 196,010 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$79,978 → $104,219 (+30.3%)	$95,046 → $119,885 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$650,000 → $859,600 (+32.2%)	$771,100 → $1,047,300 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,669 → $2,124 (+27.3%)	$1,903 → $2,424 (+27.4%)

Fullerton

Population

139,611141,278

Median household income

$79,978$104,219

Median home value

$650,000$859,600

Median gross rent

$1,669$2,124

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)

	Fullerton	Huntington Beach
Under 5	6.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.9%
75 and over	6.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fullerton	Huntington Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	30.3%	59.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	24.4%	12.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	39.6%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fullerton	Huntington Beach
No high school diploma	11.7%	6.1%
High school graduate	15.7%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fullerton	Huntington Beach
Drove alone	70.6%	70.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	6.6%
Public transit	2.2%	0.5%
Walked	2.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.6%	19.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fullerton	Huntington Beach
1-unit, detached	52.1%	46.2%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	10.0%
20 or more units	17.9%	13.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Fullerton	Huntington Beach
Poverty rate	12.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.91	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1969	1974