Huntington Beach is a relatively large coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of California. With a population of 194,310 people and 45 associated neighborhoods, Huntington Beach is the 23rd largest community in California.
Huntington Beach home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Huntington Beach real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Also of interest is that Huntington Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.58% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
One thing noticeable about Huntington Beach, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Huntington Beach is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Huntington Beach a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.
One of the nice things about Huntington Beach is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.
In Huntington Beach, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.77 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The citizens of Huntington Beach are among the most well-educated in the nation: 46.66% of adults in Huntington Beach have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Huntington Beach in 2022 was $60,654, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $242,616 for a family of four. However, Huntington Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Huntington Beach is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Huntington Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Huntington Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Huntington Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.73% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Huntington Beach include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.
In addition, Huntington Beach has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.28%).
The most common language spoken in Huntington Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.