Laguna Hills vs Seal Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Laguna Hills and Seal Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laguna Hills has the higher population (30,921 vs 24,868 in Seal Beach). Laguna Hills has the higher median household income ($122,778 vs $83,045 in Seal Beach). Laguna Hills has the higher median home value ($944,000 vs $492,200 in Seal Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Laguna Hills	Seal Beach
Population	30,921	24,868
Median age	43.1 yrs	61.2 yrs
Median household income	$122,778	$83,045
Median home value	$944,000	$492,200
Median gross rent	$2,622	$2,419
Housing units	12,261	14,616
Homeownership rate	71.4%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laguna Hills	Seal Beach
Population	31,617 → 30,921 (-2.2%)	24,204 → 24,868 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$100,985 → $122,778 (+21.6%)	$68,852 → $83,045 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$707,700 → $944,000 (+33.4%)	$371,600 → $492,200 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,111 → $2,622 (+24.2%)	$1,907 → $2,419 (+26.8%)

Laguna Hills

Population

31,61730,921

Median household income

$100,985$122,778

Median home value

$707,700$944,000

Median gross rent

$2,111$2,622

Seal Beach

Population

24,20424,868

Median household income

$68,852$83,045

Median home value

$371,600$492,200

Median gross rent

$1,907$2,419

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laguna Hills	Seal Beach
Under 5	4.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	10.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	7.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	8.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	20.9%
75 and over	8.1%	22.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laguna Hills	Seal Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	68.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	15.7%	14.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laguna Hills	Seal Beach
No high school diploma	6.2%	4.6%
High school graduate	13.3%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.6%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laguna Hills	Seal Beach
Drove alone	68.7%	67.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	3.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	1.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.9%
Worked from home	19.9%	23.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laguna Hills	Seal Beach
1-unit, detached	55.5%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	23.9%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	24.2%
20 or more units	10.3%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Laguna Hills	Seal Beach
Poverty rate	7.8%	5.5%
Average household size	2.64	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1980	1966