City safety & data profile

LynwoodCA

Lynwood, CA is a 72K-resident city in Los Angeles County with a median household income of $74,844.

Los Angeles County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Lynwood, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Lynwood has a population larger than 88% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $597,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

72K
Population (place)
Top 12%
By size
$74,844
Median income (place)
$597,600
Median home (place)
18%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lynwood

Lynwood posts a median household income higher than 43% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Lynwood area.

Bottom 44%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Lynwood

Where Lynwood income ranks nationally

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

$74,844 Bottom 43% higher than 43% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Lynwood $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 Lynwood, CA beyond the headline numbers

Lynwood sits inside Los Angeles County, California, at roughly 33.93°N, -118.21°W. Population 71,989, $74,844 median household income. Median home value $597,600, median rent $1,652. Poverty rate 18%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Lynwood, 3/5 avg rating, 0 with an ER.

18% of Lynwood, CA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Lynwood costs around 8.0 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.

Only 4.1% of Lynwood workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 23.8% in Lynwood, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

4% of Lynwood workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Lynwood's median age is 33.6 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Lynwood 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)
71,989
Lynwood · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$74,844
-16% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$597,600
+44% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Los Angeles County): Lynwood'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 Lynwood, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,652/mo
Poverty Rate
18% +45% vs avg
Unemployment 9.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 9.8%
Work From Home 4.1%
Public Transit 4%

Population

White 10.9%
African American 8.8%
Asian 0.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
39.4%
Physical Inactivity
35.5%
Obesity
32.7%
High Blood Pressure
28.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
23.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.7%
Binge Drinking
15.5%
Diabetes
14.2%
Current Smoking
13.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 49.3%
Annual Checkup 67.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.1%
Stroke
3.3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
0
SAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER
LYNWOOD · Acute Care Hospitals
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Lynwood?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-LYNWOOD · Lynwood

Lynwood: 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 Lynwood; 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 Lynwood, CA? ▼
Lynwood, CA has a population of 71,989 people, located in Los Angeles County, California.
What is the median household income in Lynwood? ▼
The median household income in Lynwood, CA is $74,844 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 18%.
What is the median home value in Lynwood? ▼
The median home value in Lynwood, CA is $597,600. Median rent is $1,652/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lynwood? ▼
The top health indicators in Lynwood include Short Sleep Duration (39.4%), Physical Inactivity (35.5%), Obesity (32.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Lynwood? ▼
Lynwood has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Lynwood? ▼
The median age in Lynwood, CA is 33.6 years. 9.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (18% here).

Lufkin, TX 18% Chamblee, GA 18% Tullahoma, TN 18% Bristol, VA 18%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($74,844 here).

Aberdeen, MD $74,826 Charlottesville, VA $74,824 Port Royal, SC $74,870 Universal City, TX $74,811

Compare Lynwood 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

South Gate, CA 96K Compton, CA 98K East Rancho Dominguez, CA 15K Cudahy, CA 24K Walnut Park, CA 16K Willowbrook, CA 36K Florence-Graham, CA 63K Huntington Park, CA 59K
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Using Lynwood'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 Lynwood 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 Lynwood 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.