Housing density: 3,593 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $2,039,190.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,643 (lower quartile is $1,284, upper quartile is $1,990)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,385
Median gross rent in Long Beach, CA in 2022: $1,743
Housing units in Long Beach with a mortgage: 50,502 (4,538 second mortgage, 407 home equity loan, 3,282 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 221
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $137,145
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $92,223
42,195 married couples with children.
32,587 single-parent households (7,702 men, 24,885 women).
56.5% of residents of Long Beach speak English at home.
31.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
8.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 107,014 (23.7%)
(56.8% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 84.8% Number of people working at home: 34,015 (14.9% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 1,615
5 to 9 minutes: 12,555
10 to 14 minutes: 22,882
15 to 19 minutes: 26,147
20 to 24 minutes: 29,549
25 to 29 minutes: 8,683
30 to 34 minutes: 33,698
35 to 39 minutes: 6,950
40 to 44 minutes: 10,393
45 to 59 minutes: 19,859
60 to 89 minutes: 15,981
90 or more minutes: 5,871
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 128,432 (66.3%)
Carpooled: 14,479 (7.5%)
Bus: 5,439 (2.8%)
Subway or elevated rail: 103 (0.1%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 216 (0.1%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 37 (0.0%)
Taxi: 3,182 (1.6%)
Bicycle: 1,778 (0.9%)
Walked: 6,162 (3.2%)
Worked at home: 34,015 (17.5%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
5.8%Males
2.9%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
5.9%Males
7.4%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
3.9%Males
3.6%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
2.2%Males
5.6%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
3.8%Males
8.2%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
5.1%Males
6.2%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
4.0%Males
6.6%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Long Beach, California
16,1572010 or later
22,2542000 to 2009
23,2441990 to 1999
53,5461980 to 1989
22,2531970 to 1979
9,809Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 6,568 (2.4%)
English: 6,345 (2.3%)
German: 5,674 (2.1%)
Italian: 4,506 (1.6%)
American: 4,217 (1.5%)
European: 3,399 (1.2%)
African: 1,445 (0.5%)
Polish: 1,342 (0.5%)
Norwegian: 1,227 (0.4%)
Russian: 1,127 (0.4%)
Scottish: 1,126 (0.4%)
French: 1,083 (0.4%)
Iranian: 969 (0.4%)
Swedish: 806 (0.3%)
Czech: 756 (0.3%)
Brazilian: 731 (0.3%)
Jamaican: 643 (0.2%)
British: 628 (0.2%)
Dutch: 593 (0.2%)
Eastern European: 553 (0.2%)
Greek: 526 (0.2%)
Belizean: 469 (0.2%)
Turkish: 461 (0.2%)
Armenian: 458 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 405 (0.1%)
French Canadian: 363 (0.1%)
Welsh: 330 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 329 (0.1%)
Scandinavian: 323 (0.1%)
Portuguese: 320 (0.1%)
Canadian: 314 (0.1%)
Danish: 308 (0.1%)
Egyptian: 276 (0.10%)
Nigerian: 264 (0.10%)
Israeli: 260 (0.09%)
Sudanese: 260 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 221 (0.08%)
Croatian: 198 (0.07%)
Kenyan: 197 (0.07%)
Northern European: 184 (0.07%)
Lebanese: 181 (0.07%)
Belgian: 179 (0.06%)
West Indian: 155 (0.06%)
Lithuanian: 151 (0.05%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 133 (0.05%)
Finnish: 116 (0.04%)
South African: 108 (0.04%)
Dutch West Indian: 106 (0.04%)
Albanian: 99 (0.04%)
Czechoslovakian: 83 (0.03%)
Austrian: 79 (0.03%)
Slovak: 75 (0.03%)
Romanian: 71 (0.03%)
Cape Verdean: 62 (0.02%)
Cajun: 62 (0.02%)
Swiss: 60 (0.02%)
Icelander: 59 (0.02%)
Australian: 58 (0.02%)
Serbian: 56 (0.02%)
Ethiopian: 55 (0.02%)
Haitian: 54 (0.02%)
British West Indian: 52 (0.02%)
Slavic: 49 (0.02%)
Yugoslavian: 42 (0.02%)
Ghanaian: 40 (0.01%)
Arab: 37 (0.01%)
Latvian: 29 (0.01%)
Jordanian: 26 (0.01%)
Pennsylvania German: 23 (0.01%)
Assyrian: 21 (0.01%)
Palestinian: 20 (0.01%)
Slovene: 17 (0.01%)
Basque: 14 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Long Beach:
44.8% (49,496)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Philippines
Long Beach:
11.9% (13,178)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Cambodia
Long Beach:
8.3% (9,151)
California:
0.5% (51,974)
El Salvador
Long Beach:
3.8% (4,201)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
Guatemala
Long Beach:
3.1% (3,379)
California:
2.8% (290,436)
Honduras
Long Beach:
2.6% (2,861)
California:
0.6% (66,590)
Vietnam
Long Beach:
1.9% (2,081)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Korea
Long Beach:
1.6% (1,727)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 281,529
Other state: 56,608
Northeast: 12,566
Midwest: 14,806
South: 20,095
West: 9,141
88.9% of Long Beach residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 40.8% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 61.3% lived in California.
Long Beach:
88.9%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 9,738
Nursery to 4th grade: 1,074
5th and 6th grade: 2,266
7th and 8th grade: 1,219
9th grade: 2,054
10th grade: 922
11th grade: 2,401
12th grade, no diploma: 4,281
High school graduate (or equivalency): 29,191
Less than 1 year of college: 9,512
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 27,523
Associate degree: 7,688
Bachelor's degree: 35,576
Master's degree: 12,593
Professional school degree: 2,859
Doctorate degree: 2,714
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 12,035
Nursery to 4th grade: 1,336
5th and 6th grade: 4,602
7th and 8th grade: 1,992
9th grade: 1,191
10th grade: 1,446
11th grade: 2,144
12th grade, no diploma: 4,006
High school graduate (or equivalency): 28,153
Less than 1 year of college: 9,099
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 23,997
Associate degree: 13,306
Bachelor's degree: 37,090
Master's degree: 17,459
Professional school degree: 3,563
Doctorate degree: 2,286
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 73,643
One, attached: 8,755
Two: 7,133
3 or 4: 17,872
5 to 9: 20,009
10 to 19: 18,955
20 to 49: 12,839
50 or more: 19,524
Mobile homes: 2,346
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 175
Median worth of mobile homes: $58,500
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 1.0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 2.8%
House/condo owner moved in on average 15 years ago