California · Census place 36000
Huntington Beach city, CA
Quick answer
Huntington Beach city has 196,010 residents, ranking #23 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $119,885, the median home is worth $1,047,300 and median gross rent runs $2,424 a month.
- Population
- 196,010Huntington Beach city residents
- Median household income
- $119,885Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $1,047,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,424Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 55.8%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Huntington Beach city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Huntington Beach city median would spend about 24.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 8.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.5% of residents and 55.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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