City safety & data profile

TorranceCA

Torrance, CA is a 144K-resident city in Los Angeles County with a median household income of $116,217.

Los Angeles County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Torrance, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Torrance has a population larger than 96% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $1,074,700, and 4 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

144K
Population (place)
Top 4%
By size
$116,217
Median income (place)
$1,074,700
Median home (place)
7.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Torrance

Torrance posts a median household income higher than 80% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 4 hospitals serve the Torrance area.

Top 20%
by median income, US cities
4
hospitals in & near Torrance

Where Torrance income ranks nationally

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

$116,217 Top 20% higher than 80% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Torrance $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 Torrance, CA beyond the headline numbers

Torrance sits inside Los Angeles County, California, at roughly 33.84°N, -118.34°W. Population 143,592, $116,217 median household income. Median home value $1,074,700, median rent $2,280. Poverty rate 7.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

4 hospitals in/around Torrance, 3.7/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

At 7.8%, poverty in Torrance, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Torrance 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.

20.8% of Torrance 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: 20.3% in Torrance, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

At 43.2 years, Torrance'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 Torrance 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)
143,592
Torrance · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$116,217
+30% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$1,074,700
+160% vs avg
Median Age (place)
43.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Los Angeles County): Torrance'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 Torrance, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,280/mo
Poverty Rate
7.8% -37% vs avg
Unemployment 6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 54%
Work From Home 20.8%
Public Transit 0.9%

Population

White 36.1%
African American 3.6%
Asian 37.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
33.2%
High Blood Pressure
29%
Obesity
20.3%
Physical Inactivity
19.5%
Binge Drinking
14%
Frequent Mental Distress
13.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
11%
Diabetes
10.6%
Current Asthma
8.3%
Current Smoking
8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 70.2%
Annual Checkup 74.9%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
5.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.8%
Stroke
2.7%

Hospitals 4 total

Rating Distribution
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2
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0
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0
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0
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1
Average Rating
3.7/5
Total Hospitals
4
With ER
2
TORRANCE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER
TORRANCE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★
PROVIDENCE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY MED CTR TORRANCE
TORRANCE · Acute Care Hospitals
★★★★★
LAC/HARBOR-UCLA MED CENTER
TORRANCE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★☆☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Torrance?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-TORRANCE · Torrance

Torrance: 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 Torrance; 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 Torrance, CA? ▼
Torrance, CA has a population of 143,592 people, located in Los Angeles County, California.
What is the median household income in Torrance? ▼
The median household income in Torrance, CA is $116,217 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.8%.
What is the median home value in Torrance? ▼
The median home value in Torrance, CA is $1,074,700. Median rent is $2,280/month.
What are the top health concerns in Torrance? ▼
The top health indicators in Torrance include Short Sleep Duration (33.2%), High Blood Pressure (29%), Obesity (20.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Torrance? ▼
Torrance has 4 hospitals with an average rating of 3.7/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Torrance? ▼
The median age in Torrance, CA is 43.2 years. 54% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (7.8% here).

Round Rock, TX 7.8% Nashua, NH 7.8% Wellington, FL 7.8% Millcreek, UT 7.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($116,217 here).

Hugo, MN $116,228 Berkley, MI $116,239 Clinton, UT $116,194 Lakeland, TN $116,250

Compare Torrance 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 Torrance'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 Torrance 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 Torrance 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.