City safety & data profile

MalibuCA

Malibu, CA is a 13K-resident city in Los Angeles County with a median household income of $194,421.

Los Angeles County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Malibu, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Malibu has a population larger than 17% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $2,000,000+.

Data updated 2026-09-04

13K
Population (place)
Bottom 18%
By size
$194,421
Median income (place)
$2,000,000+
Median home (place)
12.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Malibu

Malibu posts a median household income higher than 98% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 2%
by median income, US cities

Where Malibu income ranks nationally

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

$194,421 Top 2% higher than 98% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Malibu $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 Malibu, CA beyond the headline numbers

Malibu sits inside Los Angeles County, California, at roughly 34.03°N, -118.78°W. Population 12,965, $194,421 median household income. Median home value $2,000,000+, median rent $3,501. Poverty rate 12.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Malibu, CA stands at 12.6%, 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 Malibu costs around 10.3 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.

40.1% of Malibu workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 22.8% in Malibu, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Malibu workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 53.9 years, Malibu's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Malibu 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)
12,965
Malibu · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$194,421
+117% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$2,000,000+
+384% vs avg
Median Age (place)
53.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Los Angeles County): Malibu'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 Malibu, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$3,501/mo
Poverty Rate
12.6%
Unemployment 6.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 68.6%
Work From Home 40.1%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 79%
African American 0.8%
Asian 2.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 7.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
33%
Short Sleep Duration
29.4%
Obesity
22.8%
Physical Inactivity
15.8%
Binge Drinking
15.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
13.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.9%
Diabetes
10.1%
Current Asthma
9.5%
Current Smoking
7.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 75.2%
Annual Checkup 77.7%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
6.2%
Stroke
3.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
3.2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Malibu?

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

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Sheet CA-MALIBU · Malibu

Malibu: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Malibu

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Malibu.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

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

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Malibu, CA? ▼
Malibu, CA has a population of 12,965 people, located in Los Angeles County, California.
What is the median household income in Malibu? ▼
The median household income in Malibu, CA is $194,421 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 12.6%.
What is the median home value in Malibu? ▼
The median home value in Malibu, CA is $2,000,000+. Median rent is $3,501/month.
What are the top health concerns in Malibu? ▼
The top health indicators in Malibu include High Blood Pressure (33%), Short Sleep Duration (29.4%), Obesity (22.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Malibu? ▼
The median age in Malibu, CA is 53.9 years. 68.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (12.6% here).

Reno, NV 12.6% Huntsville, AL 12.6% Rock Hill, SC 12.6% Pasco, WA 12.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($194,421 here).

The Pinery, CO $194,446 Prosper, TX $195,281 Powell, OH $195,495 Mill Creek East, WA $192,937

Compare Malibu with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Malibu'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 Malibu 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 Malibu 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.