113 census tracts
Long Beach.California housing market
This Long Beach housing market report covers about 182,900 homes across 113 census tracts. Rent growth in Long Beach is running at 5.8% a year at the median, faster than in 133 of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks, against the California median of 4.6%. For August 2026, the average listing price is $1,005,435 across 591 active listings (Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory).
- Average listing price
- $1,005,435 591 active listings · Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory · August 2026
- Approximate homes
- 182,900 across 113 assigned tracts
- Renter-occupied
- 58% of occupied homes
Long Beach housing market context
- Population fell 0.7% a year from 2020 to 2025, slower than in 130 of the 137 markets with Census population estimates.
- The property insurance rate is 0.19%, lower than in 129 of the 139 markets.
- The average listing, $1,005,435, costs 12.4 times the median household income, higher than in 127 of the 139 markets.
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Location score distribution
How location scores vary across 113 census tracts in Long Beach.
Half of Long Beach's tracts score between 77 and 84. The full range spans 70 to 90, with a median of 79.9.
What the location score shows
PriceDNA Location Score™ is a 0 to 100 signal designed to summarize local strength and risk context for rental-property analysis. Higher scores generally point to stronger location fundamentals.
The middle half of Long Beach's tracts is 6.3 points wide on the score, wider than in 72 of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks.
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Housing composition
Key housing statistics for approximately 182,900 homes in Long Beach, including occupancy, tenure, and structure type.
Of about 182,900 homes, 5.8% are vacant. Among occupied homes, 58% are renter-occupied, providing context on the size of the local rental base.
By structure type, about 45% of Long Beach’s housing units are in single-family structures, 13% in small multifamily buildings (2 to 4 units), and 40% in larger multifamily buildings (5+ units). Percentages are rounded; small residual structure categories are not shown.
How Long Beach compares
Long Beach's median is above the California median on 3 of these 8 measures and above the U.S. median on 4. The city range shows the lower quarter, median and upper quarter of its census tracts.
| Metric | Long Beach lower · median · upper Long Beach | California CA | United States US |
|---|---|---|---|
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Census ACS B19013 · 2020 to 2024
|
$72,085 $80,951 $108,448 | $96,931 | $77,171 |
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Census ACS B15003 · 2020 to 2024
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25% 37% 56% | 42% | 41% |
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Census ACS B01001 · 2020 to 2024
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32% 37% 40% | 34% | 32% |
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FHFA HPI · 2025
|
4.8% every tract | 4.8% | 5.2% |
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HUD SAFMR · 2018 to 2027 + Census ACS B25064 · 2014 to 2024
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5.3% 5.8% 6.2% | 4.6% | 3.8% |
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Census ACS B25103 · 2020 to 2024 + Lincoln Institute
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1.19% every tract | 1.19% | 1.65% |
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Census ACS B25141 · 2020 to 2024 + U.S. Treasury FIO
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0.19% every tract | 0.21% | 0.56% |
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Census ACS B25064 + B19013 · 2020 to 2024
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29.8% 32.5% 35.8% | 33.8% | 30.8% |
About this data
PriceDNA uses the most local reliable data available for each metric. Some signals are available at the census-tract level. Others are published or more reliable at broader geographies such as county, metro, state, or national level.
Housing-unit totals are approximate. PriceDNA sums Census ACS counts for the tracts assigned to the city by centroid, so the market total can differ from a municipal boundary count when a tract crosses the city line.
The property-tax assumption combines local residential tax data with a state-level apartment benchmark to provide more conservative context for rental-property underwriting. Insurance assumptions use available residential property insurance data and should be verified for the specific property and coverage.
These pages are designed for market screening and investor education. They do not replace property-level underwriting, inspections, appraisals, insurance quotes, lender review, or professional advice.
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