Los Angeles County · California
Long Beach, CA demographics
Population, income and the local tax burden that sits on top of them — sourced from the Census Bureau and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.
Quick answer
Long Beach, CA has a population of 449,761 and a median household income of $80,517 — about $6,710 a month before tax. That ranks 24 of 94 covered metros by income and 43 of 94 by population.
Population
449,761
City limits, ACS 5-year
Median household income
$80,517
ACS 5-year estimate
Combined sales tax
10.25%
California + local
Income rank
#24
of 94 covered metros
Estimated annual sales tax on a median household
A Long Beach household at the median income of $80,517 spending roughly a quarter of pre-tax income on taxable retail goods would pay about $2,063 a year in sales tax at 10.25%. This is an illustration, not a filing figure: the taxable share of spending varies with household composition, and California exempts or discounts several categories. Long Beach adds its own city transactions and use tax on top of the county district stack, putting it at California's statutory ceiling for combined district taxes.
Method: median household income × 25% taxable share × combined rate. The 25% share is a rough national benchmark from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey, not a Long Beach-specific measurement.
Sources
What each figure on this page comes from.
- Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
- Source: California Department of Tax and Fee Administration rate tables · rates as published for 2026