Long Beach

Population & Demographics

Long Beach, CA

Long Beach is home to 455,548 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 208,821 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
455,548
people
Population

455,548 residents

Median age 37.1 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Long Beach population & demographics

Who lives in Long Beach — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
455,548
Median age
37.1yrs
Median household income
$87,430
Median home value
$806,600
Median gross rent
$1,871/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
35.6%
Poverty rate
14.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Long Beach

How Long Beach breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino43.8%
White26.2%
Asian12.7%
Black11.4%
Two or more races4.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.6%
Some other race0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%

Race across Long Beach

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Long Beach.

Long Beach at a glance
Employed Residents
208,821
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
16.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
21.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
16.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Los Angeles
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Long Beach proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Long Beach commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

44 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Long Beach

208,821 commutes, one dot at a time

Long Beach

Where 208,821 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Long Beach, by worker count.

1Long Beach0.0 mi45,473
2Los Angeles22.9 mi32,262
3Torrance10.4 mi5,968
4Carson6.0 mi5,086
5Irvine23.6 mi4,973
6Anaheim15.6 mi4,803
7Huntington Beach12.0 mi3,557
8Santa Ana16.9 mi3,185

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Long Beach.

1Long Beach0.0 mi45,473
2Los Angeles22.9 mi18,954
3Lakewood3.9 mi5,678
4Huntington Beach12.0 mi3,886
5Carson6.0 mi3,447
6Anaheim15.6 mi3,084
7Bellflower6.4 mi2,910
8Compton7.3 mi2,562

Top industries

The sectors that employ Long Beach’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance21.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.8%
TRTransportation and Warehousing8.3%
RTRetail Trade7.9%
EDEducational Services7.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.1%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.0%
MFManufacturing4.9%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Long Beach

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

8 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Long Beach

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