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Long Beach Unified School District

Long Beach Unified School District is a unified school district in California with a community population of 505,171. The median household income is $91,376 and the median age is 37.4.

505,171

Population

3841

People / sq mi

$91,376

Median Income

37.4

Median Age

Long Beach Unified School District covers 132 sq mi of land at 3841.1 people per square mile.

Race & Ethnicity

White39.3%
Black or African American0.1%
Asian31.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)0.1%

Economy & Income

$91,376

Median Household Income

$45,518

Per Capita Income

9.0%

Poverty Rate

4.2%

Unemployment

Housing

$817,800

Median Home Value

$1,885

Median Rent

44.3%

Homeownership

Education Attainment

83.3%

High School+

35.7%

Bachelor's+

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Frequently Asked Questions

Long Beach Unified School District serves a community with a population of 505,171 according to the latest Census ACS 5-Year estimates. This unified school district is located in California.

The median household income in Long Beach Unified School District is $91,376, with a per capita income of $45,518. The poverty rate is 9.0%.

Long Beach Unified School District is 39.3% White, 0.1% Black or African American, 31.0% Asian, and 0.1% Hispanic or Latino, per Census ACS data.

In Long Beach Unified School District, 83.3% of adults have a high school diploma or higher, and 35.7% hold a bachelor's degree or higher, per Census ACS estimates.

The median home value in Long Beach Unified School District is $817,800, with a median rent of $1,885. The homeownership rate is 44.3%.

Data for Long Beach Unified School District from the American Community Survey 5-Year estimates. Land area from Census Gazetteer files. This is a unified school district (GEOID: 0622500).

For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS and decennial files. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the the U.S. Census Bureau ACS and decennial files portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for this entity’s peers within U.S. states, metros, cities, and ZIPs. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, 2026.