Los Angeles County, California

9,808,667 people. The median home is worth $834,200 (typical California town: $596,900) and the median household earns $90,112.

Towns in Los Angeles County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Los Angeles	3,898,747	$921,200	$81,939	37.2
Long Beach	466,742	$806,600	$87,430	37.1
Santa Clarita	228,673	$784,700	$123,062	38.4
Glendale	196,543	$1,102,300	$88,393	41.4
Lancaster	173,516	$446,600	$81,511	34.5
Palmdale	169,450	$471,000	$81,770	33.0
Pomona	151,713	$593,800	$79,479	36.0
Torrance	147,067	$1,074,700	$116,217	43.2
Pasadena	138,699	$1,093,300	$105,192	40.1
East Los Angeles	118,786	$643,100	$68,741	34.7
Downey	114,355	$796,600	$90,699	37.7
West Covina	109,501	$779,800	$101,065	40.5
El Monte	109,450	$644,000	$68,030	37.8
Inglewood	107,762	$792,800	$72,750	38.6
Burbank	107,337	$1,089,100	$97,082	40.1
Norwalk	102,773	$644,700	$100,085	37.3
Compton	95,740	$580,200	$78,465	33.3
Carson	95,558	$704,400	$108,703	41.7
Santa Monica	93,076	$1,755,500	$114,885	42.7
South Gate	92,726	$636,300	$74,571	36.3
Hawthorne	88,083	$863,400	$75,848	33.9
Whittier	87,306	$822,600	$97,201	38.4
Alhambra	82,868	$857,800	$88,024	41.5
Lakewood	82,496	$827,200	$119,177	39.4
Bellflower	79,190	$705,700	$78,722	36.0
Baldwin Park	72,176	$606,900	$80,663	38.2
Redondo Beach	71,576	$1,279,200	$150,245	41.1
Lynwood	67,265	$597,600	$74,844	33.6
Montebello	62,640	$697,900	$79,971	40.1
Pico Rivera	62,088	$648,600	$88,201	40.4
Florence-Graham	61,983	$545,200	$65,132	31.7
Monterey Park	61,096	$863,000	$81,855	45.5
Gardena	61,027	$700,600	$84,803	39.6
Arcadia	56,681	$1,441,800	$113,516	43.9
South Whittier	56,415	$708,300	$100,800	36.3
Diamond Bar	55,072	$902,200	$108,281	45.7
Huntington Park	54,883	$572,700	$59,996	34.6
Hacienda Heights	54,191	$820,800	$109,193	44.4
Paramount	53,733	$533,700	$75,250	33.4
Glendora	52,558	$862,700	$113,569	40.6
Covina	51,268	$718,900	$98,671	38.2
Rosemead	51,185	$807,200	$73,566	44.6
Azusa	50,000	$641,400	$90,721	34.4
Cerritos	49,578	$935,300	$135,439	47.7
Rowland Heights	48,231	$851,300	$85,617	46.9
La Mirada	48,008	$825,900	$109,288	42.9
Altadena	42,846	$1,120,000	$128,720	46.4
Rancho Palos Verdes	42,287	$1,609,400	$179,623	49.1
Culver City	40,779	$1,142,900	$117,389	40.8
San Gabriel	39,568	$945,700	$90,488	45.5
Bell Gardens	39,501	$563,900	$62,298	32.3
La Puente	38,062	$617,700	$86,602	37.9
Monrovia	37,931	$909,400	$96,021	38.3
Claremont	37,266	$897,000	$125,647	39.0
Temple City	36,494	$961,800	$104,425	43.4
West Hollywood	35,757	$924,800	$96,995	40.0
Manhattan Beach	35,506	$2,000,001	$204,306	42.8
San Dimas	34,924	$801,800	$105,321	43.3
Westmont	33,913	$653,800	$50,509	32.7
Bell	33,559	$591,600	$61,020	34.3
Beverly Hills	32,701	$2,000,001	$132,977	47.9
Lawndale	31,807	$781,900	$85,441	36.9
La Verne	31,334	$817,000	$103,761	46.4
Walnut	28,430	$1,014,000	$129,449	46.8
South Pasadena	26,943	$1,640,000	$127,175	40.5
West Whittier-Los Nietos	25,325	$638,900	$111,699	37.6
Maywood	25,138	$634,400	$60,943	33.4
West Rancho Dominguez	24,347	$612,900	$86,834	35.9
Willowbrook	24,295	$559,200	$62,582	33.5
San Fernando	23,946	$674,700	$83,024	37.5
Calabasas	23,241	$1,504,500	$165,288	42.8
West Puente Valley	22,959	$632,300	$88,279	40.1
West Carson	22,870	$689,700	$92,775	45.2
Cudahy	22,811	$494,100	$56,615	30.7
East San Gabriel	22,769	$962,200	$108,677	41.5
Valinda	22,437	$636,700	$100,165	40.2
Duarte	21,727	$779,400	$105,483	44.9
Lomita	20,921	$831,500	$93,810	39.5
La Cañada Flintridge	20,573	$2,000,001	$241,875	44.6
Lennox	20,323	$708,000	$57,759	35.8
Agoura Hills	20,299	$1,098,000	$171,302	46.8
Stevenson Ranch	20,178	$1,085,500	$158,434	41.1
La Crescenta-Montrose	19,997	$1,207,100	$130,000	42.2
South San Jose Hills	19,855	$544,400	$94,806	36.9
Hermosa Beach	19,728	$2,000,001	$166,442	42.7
South El Monte	19,567	$601,000	$72,990	37.2
Santa Fe Springs	19,219	$659,900	$88,238	39.2
Castaic	18,937	$792,000	$129,863	37.9
El Segundo	17,272	$1,587,500	$150,737	39.3
Artesia	16,395	$776,600	$101,004	40.7
Vincent	15,714	$634,700	$100,443	37.5
Walnut Park	15,214	$589,000	$80,331	36.7
East Rancho Dominguez	15,114	$573,600	$72,895	35.2
Hawaiian Gardens	14,149	$554,100	$76,341	34.8
Palos Verdes Estates	13,347	$2,000,001	$242,014	52.4
Avocado Heights	13,317	$725,000	$92,155	38.8
Lake Los Angeles	13,187	$322,300	$61,467	31.9
San Marino	12,513	$2,000,001	$214,167	45.7
Commerce	12,378	$598,700	$77,064	35.6
Sun Village	12,345	$384,700	$72,173	37.0
Signal Hill	11,848	$783,300	$113,298	41.9
Quartz Hill	11,447	$485,300	$105,443	37.5
View Park-Windsor Hills	11,419	$1,141,500	$130,504	50.0
Marina del Rey	11,373	$458,800	$146,623	37.1
Sierra Madre	11,268	$1,226,800	$143,547	44.8
Malibu	10,654	$2,000,001	$194,421	53.9
East Whittier	10,394	$834,100	$113,750	41.0
Del Aire	10,338	$928,600	$141,533	36.5
Citrus	10,243	$632,000	$103,465	35.9
Charter Oak	9,739	$606,200	$88,393	39.6
West Athens	9,393	$718,100	$67,201	34.9
Alondra Park	8,569	$835,100	$87,169	38.2
Topanga	8,560	$1,777,800	$157,045	46.5
Rolling Hills Estates	8,280	$1,692,600	$191,895	48.3
Westlake Village	8,029	$1,331,400	$179,954	49.0
South San Gabriel	7,920	$690,400	$76,806	43.8
Acton	7,431	$733,400	$113,000	45.9
Ladera Heights	6,654	$1,661,600	$167,065	39.7
South Monrovia Island	6,515	$680,900	$104,444	33.8
East Pasadena	6,021	$1,069,200	$109,136	45.0
La Habra Heights	5,682	$1,201,000	$179,583	46.9
Mayflower Village	5,402	$889,200	$105,242	49.4
North El Monte	3,730	$863,400	$99,447	44.9
Avalon	3,460	$936,000	$105,139	41.9
Agua Dulce	3,451	$933,400	$146,107	56.8
Rose Hills	2,927	$884,100	$122,771	53.0
Pepperdine University	2,747	$979,700	$199,432	20.2
Desert View Highlands	2,676	$360,400	$76,094	35.6

People and housing

	Los Angeles County	Typical California town
Median home value	$834,200	$596,900
Median rent	$1,954	$1,827
Median household income	$90,112	$91,557
Median age	38.2	40.2
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	27.7%
Below the poverty line	13.7%	10.3%

Jobs and pay

4,525,711 jobs in 2024, average pay $83,554 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

Storms since 1996

NOAA recorded 662 storm events in Los Angeles County from 1996 to 2026, with 74 deaths.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Federal disaster declarations

Los Angeles County has been included in 88 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
August 8, 2025	Fire	FM-5605: Canyon Fire
January 8, 2025	Fire	DR-4856: Wildfires And Straight-Line Winds
January 8, 2025	Fire	FM-5550: Eaton Fire
January 8, 2025	Fire	FM-5551: Hurst Fire
January 7, 2025	Fire	FM-5549: Palisades Fire
December 10, 2024	Fire	FM-5548: Franklin Fire

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).