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Torrance, CA

143,589 Population
20.5 square miles 6,997 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$50,815 ±$3,176 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $37,764 ±$290
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $39,393 ±$177
$100,107 ±$4,998 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $77,774 ±$850
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $80,440 ±$313

5.7% ±1.5% (8,139  ±2,064) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.4% 1,617,730 (±0.3% / ±36,524)
  • about half the rate in California: 11.8% 4,552,837 (±0.2% / ±67,995)

29.9 minutes ±1.9 (2,078,740  ±170,498) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 31.7 193,815,815 (±0.2 / ±1,325,976)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 30.7 538,138,130 (±0.1 / ±2,278,526)

Families

55,483 ±2,560 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,372,678 ±11,595
  • California: 13,157,873 ±23,844
2.6 ±0.1 (142,078  ±416) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3 12,981,466 (±0 / ±6,315)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,685,702 (±0)

2.9% ±1.4% (951  ±456) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.3% 142,363 (±0.2% / ±5,718)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.7% 450,971 (±0.1% / ±10,955)

Housing

59,079 ±2,779 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,697,571 ±2,136
  • California: 14,367,012 ±1,286

$835,900 ±$20,259 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $666,900 ±$2,755
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $568,500 ±$2,502

13.3% ±2.5% (18,905  ±3,524.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 10.4% 1,356,041 (±0.2% / ±31,333)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,689,828 (±0.2% / ±63,097.7)

Social

95.3% ±3.8% (103,818  ±5,293.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 81.4% 7,453,457 (±0.5% / ±42,406.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84% 22,636,359 (±0.3% / ±78,234.5)
53.2% ±3% (57,926  ±3,705.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 35.5% 3,252,393 (±0.3% / ±24,107.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 35% 9,428,484 (±0.2% / ±44,753.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

30.9% ±2.9% (44,404  ±4,220) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.9% 4,351,712 (±0.3% / ±35,173)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 26.7% 10,564,220 (±0.1% / ±55,357)

4.3% ±0.9% (4,946  ±1,035) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3.3% 341,366 (±0.1% / ±9,090)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 1,471,467 (±0.1% / ±19,838)
4,946 Total veterans ±1,035 4,556 Male ±999 390 Female ±245

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