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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/Long_Beach%2C_California
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
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/snapshots/PL0643000.html
Community Information for 90804*
| Population | 42,621 |
| Median Age | 28.65 |
| Median Household Income | $36,502 |
| Households with Children | 36.91% |
| Median Travel Time to Work | 23.9 minutes |
*Based on zipcode 90804 at the center of this area.
Real Estate Market Information
| Median Home Sale Price | $355,500 |
| Annual Turnover Rate | 31.4% |
| In current residence 5+ years | 17.53% |
| Median years in residence | 2.01 |
| Homes Owned | 20.93% |
| Homes Rented | 74.25% |
| Homes Vacant | 4.82% |
Community Age Profile
Transportation
Education Levels
Occupation
Community
Total Male Population: 20,696
Total Female Population: 21,925
Population change since 1990: 26
Population change since 2000: NA
Median age: 28.65
Percent of households with children: 36.91%
Local sales tax: 8%
Personal crime risk: 48
Recycling likelihood index: 82
Transportation
Transportation to work:
Drive/Carpool: 86%
Walk/bike/other: 5%
Work at home: 2%
Education Levels
Some high school: 10.80%
High school graduate: 23.38%
Some college: 20.46%
Associate degree: 7.23%
Bachelor's degree: 16.55%
Graduate Degree: 7.75%
Occupation
Mining: 0.00%
Contstruction: 1.98%
Manufacturing: 1.75%
Transportation and communications: 0.82%
Wholesale trade: 1.24%
Retail trade: 21.36%
Finance, insurance and real estate: 12.51%
Sevices: 58.96%
Public administration: 0.20%
Unclassified: 0.47%
Income
Income change since 1990: 28
Income change since 2000: 20
Climate
Avg. July high/low temp: 83 / 65
Annual precipitation: 13
Air pollution index: 106
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