City safety & data profile

Long BeachCA

Long Beach, CA is a 474K-resident city in Los Angeles County with a median household income of $87,430.

Los Angeles County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Long Beach, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Long Beach has a population larger than 99% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $806,600, and 6 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

474K
Population (place)
Top 1%
By size
$87,430
Median income (place)
$806,600
Median home (place)
14.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Long Beach

Long Beach posts a median household income higher than 58% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 6 hospitals serve the Long Beach area.

Top 42%
by median income, US cities
6
hospitals in & near Long Beach

Where Long Beach income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$87,430 Top 42% higher than 58% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Long Beach $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Long Beach, CA beyond the headline numbers

Long Beach sits inside Los Angeles County, California, at roughly 33.77°N, -118.19°W. Population 474,140, $87,430 median household income. Median home value $806,600, median rent $1,871. Poverty rate 14.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

6 hospitals in/around Long Beach, 3.5/5 avg rating, 3 with an ER.

Poverty in Long Beach, CA stands at 14.8%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Long Beach costs around 9.2 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

16.2% of Long Beach workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 27.4% in Long Beach, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

3.8% of Long Beach workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Long Beach from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
474,140
Long Beach · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$87,430
Near average
Median Home Value (place)
$806,600
+95% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Los Angeles County): Long Beach's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
9.8M-1%
Median Income
$90,112+61%
Median Home Value
$834,200+99%
Poverty Rate
13.7%-23%
Unemployment
7.3%-36%

Economics

Economics indicators for Long Beach, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,871/mo
Poverty Rate
14.8% +19% vs avg
Unemployment 6.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 35.6%
Work From Home 16.2%
Public Transit 3.8%

Population

White 38.3%
African American 11.8%
Asian 13.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
37.3%
High Blood Pressure
29.1%
Obesity
27.4%
Physical Inactivity
25.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.5%
Binge Drinking
15.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
11.9%
Current Smoking
11.9%
Diabetes
11.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 59.4%
Annual Checkup 71%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.9%
Stroke
3.1%

Hospitals 6 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
★★★★
1
★★★
1
★★
1
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0
Average Rating
3.5/5
Total Hospitals
6
With ER
3
ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER
LONG BEACH · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★
VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
LONG BEACH · Acute Care - Veterans Administration · ER
★★★★☆
COLLEGE MEDICAL CENTER
LONG BEACH · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆
MEMORIALCARE LONG BEACH MEDICAL CENTER
LONG BEACH · Acute Care Hospitals
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Long Beach?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Long Beach right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-LONG-BEACH-CA · Long Beach

Long Beach: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Long Beach; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Long Beach, CA? ▼
Long Beach, CA has a population of 474,140 people, located in Los Angeles County, California.
What is the median household income in Long Beach? ▼
The median household income in Long Beach, CA is $87,430 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14.8%.
What is the median home value in Long Beach? ▼
The median home value in Long Beach, CA is $806,600. Median rent is $1,871/month.
What are the top health concerns in Long Beach? ▼
The top health indicators in Long Beach include Short Sleep Duration (37.3%), High Blood Pressure (29.1%), Obesity (27.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Long Beach? ▼
Long Beach has 6 hospitals with an average rating of 3.5/5 stars. 3 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Long Beach? ▼
The median age in Long Beach, CA is 37.1 years. 35.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Long Beach, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (14.8% here).

Warren, MI 14.8% Clearwater, FL 14.8% Pocatello, ID 14.8% Bradenton, FL 14.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($87,430 here).

Stafford, TX $87,432 Conway, FL $87,405 Boulder, CO $87,493 North Plainfield, NJ $87,349

Compare Long Beach with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

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Using Long Beach's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Long Beach area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Long Beach against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Los Angeles County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.