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Torrance, CA

143,589 Population
20.5 square miles 6,998.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$52,528 ±$3,437 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $40,569 ±$402
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $42,396 ±$233
$100,392 ±$8,009 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $82,503 ±$785
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $84,907 ±$542

7.5% ±2.3% (10,679  ±3,319) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 13.1% 1,677,468 (±0.3% / ±42,715)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 12.3% 4,733,036 (±0.2% / ±68,101)

28.1 minutes ±0.6 (1,711,240  ±57,566) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 30.5 170,750,980 (±0.1 / ±521,111)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 29.6 478,871,000 (±0.1 / ±1,246,675)

Families

57,584 ±2,214 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,452,780 ±12,478
  • California: 13,429,063 ±19,170
2.5 ±0.1 (142,106  ±561) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.9 12,764,914 (±0 / ±10,436)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,422,140

3.3% ±2.2% (948  ±632) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.2% 135,521 (±0.2% / ±6,275)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.9% 458,334 (±0.1% / ±13,293)

Housing

60,220 ±2,428 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,759,244 ±3,605
  • California: 14,512,149 ±1,218

$930,500 ±$23,977 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $748,700 ±$4,588
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $648,100 ±$2,021

9.3% ±2.6% (13,291  ±3,757.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 10.3% 1,322,082 (±0.2% / ±30,918.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 11.3% 4,371,473 (±0.1% / ±54,643.1)

Social

94.8% ±4% (100,872  ±5,232.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82.1% 7,467,254 (±0.5% / ±41,998.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.5% 22,724,990 (±0.3% / ±77,239)
55.1% ±3.1% (58,619  ±3,745.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 37.1% 3,372,140 (±0.3% / ±27,131.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 36.2% 9,737,817 (±0.2% / ±46,277.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

30% ±3% (43,060  ±4,278) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.6% 4,231,132 (±0.2% / ±30,124)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 26.6% 10,451,810 (±0.1% / ±54,396)

4.8% ±0.9% (5,421  ±1,031) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3% 307,791 (±0.1% / ±8,951)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.4% 1,342,337 (±0.1% / ±18,280)
5,421 Total veterans ±1,031 5,250 Male ±994 171 Female ±191

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