Long Beach, CA Community Information

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With 5.5 miles of sandy beaches and inviting coastline, Long Beach, CA, boasts the biggest municipally owned marina with 3,400 docking slips. This nautical city is less than a half hour's drive from downtown Los Angeles and overlooks San Pedro Bay.

Long Beach is renowned for its world-class harbor, drawing five million visitors a year, who come to enjoy the sun, surf and bohemian flavor that are distinctive of Southern California. The Long Beach Port is also one of the busiest in the world and is the leading port on the West Coast servicing exports between the United States and the Pacific Rim.

True to Long Beach's seafaring roots, one of its main attractions is the retired RMS Queen Mary ocean liner. Since her 1967 retirement, Queen Mary has been moored in Long Beach as a tourist destination, rental facility and accommodation hub wrapped into one. Stories of ghost hauntings have also become a part of Queen Mary's legacy, anchoring the city's ties to the sea.

Auto racing and the arts

The Long Beach Grand Prix in April is the single largest sporting event in town. It started in 1975 as a Formula 5000 race through the downtown streets, and switched to Formula One racing the following year. It became a Champ Car event in 1984, and after the 2008 race, it merged with the Indy Racing League. On the cultural front, the Long Beach Museum of Art occupies the historic 1912 Elizabeth Milbank Anderson house and is located on a magnificent bluff-top site overlooking Long Beach Harbor and the Pacific Ocean. The city has its own symphony orchestra, which plays numerous classical and pop music concerts throughout the year, and several resident professional and semiprofessional theater companies.

Like the weather, Long Beach real estate is heating up. The city's property values have appreciated almost 20 percent in the last two years posting a median home price of about$540,000. A Long Beach single family home with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, can go for as much as $900,000 or more. Despite fierce competition and bidding wars, many resilient home buyers are still determined to secure their stake, so grab your Long Beach home today!

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary
http://www.ci.long-beach.ca.us/about/default.asp
http://www.nextag.com/home-mortgage/2/CA/Long-Beach.html
http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/hpci_data/index.html
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Long Beach, CA Community Information

Population

475,714

Median Age

30.8

Median Household Income

$49,134

Households with Children

58.14%

Median Travel Time to Work

29 minutes

Long Beach, CA Real Estate Market Information

Homes Owned

39.56%

Homes Rented

56.86%

Homes Vacant

3.58%

Long Beach, CA Home Price-Rent Ratio

The price-rent ratio is a great way to compare the costs of buying and renting both within a city and is useful to compare against other cities as well. Technically it is the average cost of ownership divided by the received rent income if buying to let. The formula is House Price / (Monthly Rent x 12).

16:1

Low Home Price-Rent Ratio

High Home Price-Rent Ratio

What does it mean?

1-10

It is less expensive to own than to rent a home in this city depending factors such as length of ownership.

11-20

The total costs of ownership of a home in this city are greater than the costs of renting, but it might still make financial sense depending on the situation.

21 or greater

The total costs of owning a home in this city are greater than the costs of renting depending factors such as length of ownership.

*Note that this index is a broad measure. Contact a local agent to understand local market conditions.

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Community

  • Total Population 475,714
  • Total Male Population 235,366
  • Total Female Population 240,348
  • Population change since 2000 2.02%
  • Median age 30.8
  • Percent of households with children 58.14%
  • Personal Crime risk 149

Transportation

  • Median travel time to work 29 minutes
  • Percent using Public transportation 7.61%
  • Percent Driving/Using Carpool 84.37
  • Percent Using Other transportation 4.71%
  • Percent Working From Home 3.30%

Education Levels

  • Some high school 26.48%
  • High school graduate 20.62%
  • Some college 22.05%
  • Associate degree 7.81%
  • Bachelor's degree 15.36%
  • Graduate degree 7.69%

Occupation

  • Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 0.38%
  • Construction 5.42%
  • Manufacturing 12.79%
  • Wholesale Trade 3.82%
  • Retail Trade 8.87%
  • Finance, insurance and real estate 5.39%
  • Services 6.10%
  • Public administration 3.58%
  • Information 2.90%
  • Professional 11.37%
  • Education 22.43%
  • Arts 9.65%

Income

  • Average household income $65,151
  • Income change since 2000 22.58%

Climate

  • Avg. January high/low temp 65.82 / 45.69
  • Avg. July high/low temp 79.60 / 62.02
  • Annual precipitation 12.92
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