Huntington Beach is a relatively large coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of California. With a population of 194,310 people and 45 associated neighborhoods, Huntington Beach is the 23rd largest community in California. Huntington Beach home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Huntington Beach real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Huntington Beach is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.87% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Huntington Beach is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Huntington Beach who work in management occupations (14.95%), sales jobs (11.61%), and office and administrative support (9.68%). Also of interest is that Huntington Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.58% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One of the nice things about Huntington Beach is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities. One downside of living in Huntington Beach, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.77 minutes every day commuting to work. The education level of Huntington Beach ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Huntington Beach, 46.66% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Huntington Beach in 2022 was $60,654, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $242,616 for a family of four. However, Huntington Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Huntington Beach is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Huntington Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Huntington Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Huntington Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.73% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Huntington Beach include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European. Huntington Beach also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.28%. The most common language spoken in Huntington Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
