Rancho Palos Verdes

Population & Demographics

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Rancho Palos Verdes is home to 40,864 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 22,321 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
40,864
people
Population

40,864 residents

Median age 49.1 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Rancho Palos Verdes population & demographics

Who lives in Rancho Palos Verdes — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
40,864
Median age
49.1yrs
Median household income
$179,623
Median home value
$1,609,400
Median gross rent
$3,501/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
70.5%
Poverty rate
4.2%

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 Rancho Palos Verdes

How Rancho Palos Verdes 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).

White46.7%
Asian31.8%
Hispanic or Latino12.1%
Two or more races7.0%
Black1.6%
Some other race0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Rancho Palos Verdes

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 Rancho Palos Verdes.

Rancho Palos Verdes at a glance
Employed Residents
22,321
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
22.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
4.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
28.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Los Angeles
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Rancho Palos Verdes 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 Rancho Palos Verdes 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

36 / 100

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

Rancho Palos Verdes

22,321 commutes, one dot at a time

Rancho Palos Verdes

Where 22,321 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Rancho Palos Verdes, by worker count.

1Los Angeles22.3 mi5,779
2Torrance5.3 mi1,931
3Long Beach11.8 mi988
4Rancho Palos Verdes0.0 mi899
5El Segundo11.4 mi757
6Irvine34.1 mi513
7Burbank28.9 mi441
8Redondo Beach6.7 mi414

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Rancho Palos Verdes.

1Los Angeles22.3 mi1,657
2Rancho Palos Verdes0.0 mi899
3Torrance5.3 mi422
4Long Beach11.8 mi332
5Carson8.1 mi167
6Redondo Beach6.7 mi153
7Lomita3.5 mi121
8Hawthorne10.8 mi96

Top industries

The sectors that employ Rancho Palos Verdes’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 Services21.7%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.7%
EDEducational Services11.1%
RTRetail Trade8.5%
TRTransportation and Warehousing8.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services8.3%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.0%
COConstruction4.9%
ARArts, Entertainment, and Recreation3.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Rancho Palos Verdes

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
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