Huntington Beach

Population & Demographics

Huntington Beach, CA

Huntington Beach is home to 195,240 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 93,651 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
195,240
people
Population

195,240 residents

Median age 44.0 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Huntington Beach population & demographics

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

Population
195,240
Median age
44.0yrs
Median household income
$120,919
Median home value
$1,100,000
Median gross rent
$2,510/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
49.0%
Poverty rate
7.8%

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 Huntington Beach

How Huntington 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).

White59.0%
Hispanic or Latino18.8%
Asian13.0%
Two or more races6.6%
Black1.3%
Some other race0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%

Race across Huntington 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 Huntington Beach.

Huntington Beach at a glance
Employed Residents
93,651
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
14.5%
Share working within the area
Work from home
21.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Irvine
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Huntington 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 Huntington 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.

48
Commute Score

48 / 100

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

Huntington Beach

93,651 commutes, one dot at a time

Huntington Beach

Where 93,651 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Huntington Beach0.0 mi13,596
2Irvine13.0 mi8,225
3Los Angeles34.4 mi6,850
4Newport Beach8.3 mi4,932
5Santa Ana7.7 mi4,652
6Costa Mesa5.6 mi4,576
7Long Beach12.0 mi3,886
8Anaheim11.6 mi3,690

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Huntington Beach.

1Huntington Beach0.0 mi13,596
2Santa Ana7.7 mi3,670
3Long Beach12.0 mi3,557
4Los Angeles34.4 mi3,538
5Garden Grove6.4 mi3,229
6Anaheim11.6 mi3,206
7Westminster4.2 mi3,074
8Costa Mesa5.6 mi2,082

Top industries

The sectors that employ Huntington 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%)
AFAccommodation and Food Services14.2%
MFManufacturing13.7%
RTRetail Trade12.9%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance11.7%
EDEducational Services7.0%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.4%
COConstruction5.9%
WSWholesale Trade5.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Huntington Beach

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

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

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