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Huntington Beach

California · 191,451 residents (2025 est.) · 27.0 sq mi
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Huntington Beach is a city of 195,240 people in California. The typical home is worth $1,100,000, having more than tripled since 2000. Few US cities rank higher on income. This is an unusually credentialed place: 49% of adults have a four-year degree. Median rent is $2,510 a month. There are 7,236 people per square mile.

At a glance
Wealthier
above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 44.0
US median: 38.9
More educated
49% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 107%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
195,240
+3%since 2000
from 189,594 in 2000
191,451 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
7,236 / sq mi
+2%since 2009
from 7,110 / sq mi in 2009
US average: 281
Median age
44.0
+22%since 2000
from 36.0 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
27.0 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
180K185K191K197K203K19902000201020202024Huntington Beach
2024195K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 54.7%(9,189)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 94.6%(9,026)
US avg: 6%
10 to 144.9%(9,631)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 195.3%(10,414)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 245.6%(10,962)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3414%(27,236)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4412.4%(24,212)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5413.4%(26,117)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6415.6%(30,549)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 7410.9%(21,262)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 846.3%(12,353)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over2.2%(4,289)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$120,919
+2%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $64,824 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$64,102
+101%since 2000
from $31,964 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
70.9%
+17.4 ptssince 2009
from 53.5% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
7.8%
+1.2 ptssince 2000
from 6.6% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.441
+3%since 2010
from 0.426 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Retail trade11%
US avg: 9.9%
Information10.1%
US avg: 10.8%
Other services8.9%
US avg: 6.7%
Public administration5.9%
US avg: 4.8%
Wholesale trade5.2%
US avg: 6.9%
Finance & insurance4.4%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical3.6%
US avg: 5.1%
Transportation & warehousing3.5%
US avg: 2.2%
Arts, entertainment, food2.1%
US avg: 1.9%
Education & health services0.8%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.3%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.2%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0.1%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$1,100,000
+107%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $292,000 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$2,510
+40%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $985 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
55.4%
−5.2 ptssince 2000
from 60.6% in 2000
44.6% rent
Vacancy rate
5.2%
+0.8 ptssince 2009
from 4.4% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.48 people
−3%since 2009
from 2.56 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
30.2%
−8.8 ptssince 2009
from 39.0% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
50.7%
+5.2 ptssince 2009
from 45.5% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
9.1
+3%since 2009
from 8.9 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
56
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic71.9%(136,237)
Black0.7%(1,383)
Hispanic / Latino14.7%(27,798)
Asian9.3%(17,544)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic59%(115,273)
Black1.3%(2,545)
Hispanic / Latino18.8%(36,769)
Asian13%(25,320)
Other7.9%(15,333)
Diversity Score
74
+23%since 2009
from 60 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican13.8%(27,009)
Central American1.3%(2,573)
Spaniard0.5%(1,036)
Salvadoran0.5%(1,018)
Puerto Rican0.4%(878)
Cuban0.4%(809)
Guatemalan0.4%(772)
Nicaraguan0.3%(530)
Colombian0.3%(511)
Peruvian0.2%(346)
Argentine0.2%(309)
+ 9 more hispanic origin groups with data
Ecuadorian0.1%(222)
Uruguayan0.1%(195)
Chilean0.1%(194)
Honduran0%(86)
Dominican0%(47)
Bolivian0%(22)
Asian origin
Vietnamese5.7%(11,075)
Chinese1.7%(3,271)
Japanese1.4%(2,823)
Filipino1.4%(2,774)
Korean0.7%(1,381)
Asian Indian0.5%(1,067)
Thai0.2%(408)
Taiwanese0.2%(345)
Pakistani0.1%(174)
Sri Lankan0.1%(149)
Hmong0.1%(139)
Cambodian0.1%(136)
+ 9 more asian origin groups with data
Indonesian0.1%(100)
Burmese0%(88)
Kazakh0%(86)
Laotian0%(64)
Malaysian0%(26)
Mongolian0%(25)
Okinawan0%(17)
Pacific Islander origin
Samoan0.3%(540)
Chamorro0.1%(234)
Tongan0%(51)
Fijian0%(10)
Ancestry
English11.5%(22,523)
German11.4%(22,186)
Irish10.4%(20,330)
Italian6.4%(12,409)
American4%(7,716)
French2.5%(4,864)
Scottish2.1%(4,038)
Polish2%(3,857)
Arab1.9%(3,718)
Swedish1.7%(3,407)
Russian1.5%(2,951)
Dutch1.4%(2,692)
+ 48 more ancestry groups with data
Norwegian1.4%(2,666)
Egyptian0.9%(1,802)
Scotch-Irish0.7%(1,407)
Portuguese0.7%(1,325)
Romanian0.6%(1,161)
Greek0.6%(1,123)
Hungarian0.5%(1,071)
Armenian0.5%(1,065)
Welsh0.5%(1,064)
Czech0.5%(1,055)
Danish0.5%(896)
Iranian0.5%(893)
Brazilian0.5%(891)
Croatian0.4%(781)
Lebanese0.4%(728)
British0.4%(717)
Austrian0.3%(606)
Canadian0.3%(545)
Swiss0.3%(520)
Ukrainian0.2%(452)
Turkish0.2%(439)
West Indian0.2%(420)
Lithuanian0.2%(331)
Palestinian0.2%(326)
Australian0.2%(295)
Jordanian0.1%(225)
Belgian0.1%(216)
Israeli0.1%(216)
Syrian0.1%(211)
Finnish0.1%(209)
Ethiopian0.1%(142)
Nigerian0.1%(131)
Slovak0.1%(129)
Moroccan0.1%(103)
Ghanaian0%(88)
Slovene0%(79)
Jamaican0%(74)
Latvian0%(42)
Serbian0%(42)
Barbadian0%(31)
Bulgarian0%(19)
Haitian0%(14)
Iraqi0%(13)
Kenyan0%(7)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
49.0%
+13.0 ptssince 2000
from 36.0% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
94.0%
+4.4 ptssince 2000
from 89.6% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
17.6%
+5.4 ptssince 2000
from 12.2% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
28.4 min
+37%since 2000
from 20.6 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
68.1%
−13.7 ptssince 2009
from 81.9% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
6.0%
−1.8 ptssince 2009
from 7.9% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
0.6%
−0.6 ptssince 2009
from 1.2% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
21.8%
+16.8 ptssince 2009
from 5.0% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.5%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 1.7% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.8%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 1.0% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
3.6%
+0.5 ptssince 2009
from 3.1% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
5.4%
−2.6 ptssince 2011
from 8.0% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
66.1%
−2.5 ptssince 2011
from 68.6% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
78.0%
+0.6 ptssince 2020
from 77.4% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
12.9%
+2.3 ptssince 2009
from 10.6% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
52.7%
+7.4 ptssince 2009
from 45.3% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.7%
+0.7 ptssince 2009
from 49.0% in 2009
Female
50.3%
−0.7 ptssince 2009
from 51.0% in 2009
Foreign born
17.6%
+1.9 ptssince 2009
from 15.8% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
4.9%
−4.1 ptssince 2009
from 9.0% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
10.7%
+2.8 ptssince 2012
from 7.9% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
5.6%
−6.4 ptssince 2013
from 12.0% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
95.9%
+8.7 ptssince 2017
from 87.2% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
98.3%
+1.8 ptssince 2020
from 96.5% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
87.9%
+0.4 ptssince 2020
from 87.5% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
75.4%
−2.1 ptssince 2016
from 77.5% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
9.6%
−1.8 ptssince 2016
from 11.4% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married36.6%(30,125)
Married51.2%(42,146)
Widowed2.3%(1,905)
Divorced9.9%(8,152)
Women 15+
Never married31.8%(27,089)
Married48.3%(41,092)
Widowed6.9%(5,903)
Divorced12.9%(10,982)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
5.6%
−6.4 ptssince 2013
from 12.0% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
58.5%
−1.9 ptssince 2020
from 60.4% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
17.0%
−0.3 ptssince 2020
from 17.3% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
19.6%
+0.9 ptssince 2020
from 18.7% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
15.5%
+1.4 ptssince 2020
from 14.1% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
1.4%
−0.3 ptssince 2020
from 1.7% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
73.8%
−2.3 ptssince 2020
from 76.1% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
32.8%
+1.9 ptssince 2020
from 30.9% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)25.7%(2,033)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)13.9%(1,102)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33.2%(2,623)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War9.6%(763)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.7%(56)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 7,909 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Huntington Beach, California?

Huntington Beach, California has about 195,240 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Huntington Beach, California?

The typical household in Huntington Beach, California earns about $120,919 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Huntington Beach, California expensive?

In Huntington Beach, California, the median home is worth about $1,100,000, and the typical rent is about $2,510 a month.

How educated are people in Huntington Beach, California?

About 49.0% of adults age 25 and over in Huntington Beach, California hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Huntington Beach, California?

About 7.8% of people in Huntington Beach, California live below the federal poverty line.

Has Huntington Beach, California grown since 1990?

Yes, Huntington Beach, California has grown since 1990. The population has added about 13,721 residents, a change of about 8 percent over that period.

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