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West · California · pop 451K

Long Beach, CA

Fit score

Fair match

at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.

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After estimated taxes in CA, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,131 — covering estimated essentials here (about $1,785 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $568 left over.

Expect summer highs near 78°F, winter lows around 48°F, and about 287 sunny days a year.

Reported crime rates sit below most cities in this dataset.

Tradeoff: home prices run high relative to local incomes, so buying may take longer than elsewhere.

AFFORD 71HOUSIN 9JOBS 15SAFETY 64CLIMAT 100AMENIT 45

The Long Beach fit print

Est. monthly cost

$4,563/mo

Typical rent

$2,100/mo

Home value ÷ income

9.8×

Score breakdown

Affordability
71
Housing
9
Jobs
15
Safety
64
Climate
100
Amenities
45

The data behind the score

Money (Census ACS · HUD)

Median gross rent
$1,780/mo
HUD fair market rent (2BR)
$2,100/mo
Median home value
$780,000
Median household income
$80,000
Population
451,000

Work (BLS)

Unemployment rate
5.0%
Job growth (1yr)
0.8%

Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)

Violent crime rate
560
Property crime rate
2,500

Climate (NOAA normals)

Avg. summer high
78°F
Avg. winter low
48°F
Sunny days / year
287
Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
≈2/yr
Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
≈12/yr
Unhealthy air days
≈58/yr
Annual rain
12"
Annual snow
0"

Community & access (approx.)

2024 county margin
D+30
Int'l airport
≈22 mi
Walkability
73/100
Disaster risk
78/100
Buying instead of renting? California's effective property tax runs about 0.75% of home value per year (≈$488/mo on the median $780,000 home). Our affordability score is rent-based, so this isn't double-counted.
A citywide number is an average. Rent, safety, and everything else vary block by block — treat these figures as a starting point and research specific neighborhoods before committing.

Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.

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