Laguna Woods vs Seal Beach

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

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

Seal Beach has the higher population (24,868 vs 17,342 in Laguna Woods). Seal Beach has the higher median household income ($83,045 vs $60,235 in Laguna Woods). Seal Beach has the higher median home value ($492,200 vs $364,900 in Laguna Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Laguna Woods	Seal Beach
Population	17,342	24,868
Median age	75.0 yrs	61.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,235	$83,045
Median home value	$364,900	$492,200
Median gross rent	$2,232	$2,419
Housing units	13,494	14,616
Homeownership rate	71.4%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laguna Woods	Seal Beach
Population	16,053 → 17,342 (+8.0%)	24,204 → 24,868 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$44,020 → $60,235 (+36.8%)	$68,852 → $83,045 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$288,400 → $364,900 (+26.5%)	$371,600 → $492,200 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,755 → $2,232 (+27.2%)	$1,907 → $2,419 (+26.8%)

Laguna Woods

Population

16,05317,342

Median household income

$44,020$60,235

Median home value

$288,400$364,900

Median gross rent

$1,755$2,232

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 Woods	Seal Beach
Under 5	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	0.4%	10.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	0.5%	7.9%
35 to 44	1.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	2.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	33.0%	20.9%
75 and over	50.0%	22.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laguna Woods	Seal Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	68.1%	68.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	23.7%	14.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laguna Woods	Seal Beach
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.6%
High school graduate	16.3%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laguna Woods	Seal Beach
Drove alone	73.1%	67.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	14.6%	23.6%
Other means	2.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laguna Woods	Seal Beach
1-unit, detached	7.6%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	23.8%	23.9%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	33.9%	24.2%
20 or more units	16.6%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Laguna Woods	Seal Beach
Poverty rate	11.3%	5.5%
Average household size	1.46	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1969	1966