Housing density: 3,304 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $1,201,223.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,648 (lower quartile is $1,142, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,288
Median gross rent in Los Angeles, CA in 2022: $1,788
Housing units in Los Angeles with a mortgage: 354,861 (36,869 second mortgage, 1,753 home equity loan, 30,065 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 5,035
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $137,817
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $90,452
381,631 married couples with children.
209,451 single-parent households (54,843 men, 154,608 women).
44.0% of residents of Los Angeles speak English at home.
39.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
7.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
8.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 1,366,201 (35.7%)
(49.6% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 96.5% Number of people working at home: 384,360 (19.7% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 26,306
5 to 9 minutes: 82,369
10 to 14 minutes: 151,523
15 to 19 minutes: 206,978
20 to 24 minutes: 204,070
25 to 29 minutes: 100,848
30 to 34 minutes: 311,053
35 to 39 minutes: 57,825
40 to 44 minutes: 85,289
45 to 59 minutes: 154,643
60 to 89 minutes: 137,977
90 or more minutes: 43,087
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 1,295,429 (61.6%)
Carpooled: 196,043 (9.3%)
Bus: 100,171 (4.8%)
Subway or elevated rail: 11,463 (0.5%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 6,083 (0.3%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 1,613 (0.1%)
Ferryboat: 880 (0.0%)
Taxi: 38,996 (1.9%)
Bicycle: 12,297 (0.6%)
Walked: 55,238 (2.6%)
Worked at home: 384,360 (18.3%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
7.1%Males
5.9%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
10.6%Males
12.3%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
7.8%Males
4.2%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
5.2%Males
4.5%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
6.0%Males
7.4%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
6.0%Males
7.7%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
5.8%Males
7.4%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Los Angeles, California
304,6352010 or later
279,8422000 to 2009
297,1341990 to 1999
533,9771980 to 1989
272,5741970 to 1979
136,398Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
American: 64,442 (2.7%)
Armenian: 50,749 (2.1%)
Iranian: 48,415 (2.0%)
English: 34,698 (1.4%)
European: 33,631 (1.4%)
German: 33,224 (1.4%)
Italian: 31,935 (1.3%)
Irish: 31,579 (1.3%)
Russian: 25,530 (1.1%)
African: 22,606 (0.9%)
Eastern European: 13,794 (0.6%)
Ukrainian: 10,308 (0.4%)
Polish: 8,977 (0.4%)
French: 8,205 (0.3%)
Israeli: 6,689 (0.3%)
Belizean: 6,661 (0.3%)
British: 6,409 (0.3%)
Scottish: 6,029 (0.2%)
Greek: 4,885 (0.2%)
Jamaican: 4,362 (0.2%)
Nigerian: 4,345 (0.2%)
Egyptian: 4,216 (0.2%)
Ethiopian: 4,138 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 4,081 (0.2%)
Brazilian: 4,058 (0.2%)
Swedish: 3,827 (0.2%)
Turkish: 3,355 (0.1%)
Romanian: 3,313 (0.1%)
Lebanese: 3,207 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 2,961 (0.1%)
Croatian: 2,630 (0.1%)
South African: 2,560 (0.1%)
Dutch: 2,402 (0.10%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,335 (0.10%)
Portuguese: 2,202 (0.09%)
Canadian: 1,931 (0.08%)
Serbian: 1,913 (0.08%)
Ghanaian: 1,818 (0.08%)
Haitian: 1,741 (0.07%)
Lithuanian: 1,685 (0.07%)
Afghan: 1,670 (0.07%)
Northern European: 1,539 (0.06%)
French Canadian: 1,532 (0.06%)
Moroccan: 1,481 (0.06%)
Danish: 1,306 (0.05%)
Syrian: 1,288 (0.05%)
Assyrian: 1,270 (0.05%)
Scandinavian: 1,257 (0.05%)
Austrian: 1,206 (0.05%)
Finnish: 1,194 (0.05%)
Welsh: 1,093 (0.05%)
Czech: 1,086 (0.04%)
Australian: 1,068 (0.04%)
Arab: 1,066 (0.04%)
Palestinian: 971 (0.04%)
Bulgarian: 906 (0.04%)
Sudanese: 833 (0.03%)
West Indian: 829 (0.03%)
Iraqi: 824 (0.03%)
Kenyan: 823 (0.03%)
Slavic: 739 (0.03%)
Slovak: 572 (0.02%)
Basque: 563 (0.02%)
Sierra Leonean: 538 (0.02%)
Jordanian: 495 (0.02%)
Belgian: 462 (0.02%)
Czechoslovakian: 361 (0.01%)
Cape Verdean: 342 (0.01%)
New Zealander: 316 (0.01%)
Yugoslavian: 299 (0.01%)
Swiss: 284 (0.01%)
Latvian: 274 (0.01%)
Cajun: 212 (0.01%)
Senegalese: 212 (0.01%)
Albanian: 198 (0.01%)
Ugandan: 182 (0.01%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 147 (0.01%)
Estonian: 131 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Los Angeles:
30.6% (417,964)
California:
36.6% (3,820,641)
El Salvador
Los Angeles:
11.6% (158,484)
California:
4.1% (422,589)
Guatemala
Los Angeles:
9.5% (129,399)
California:
2.9% (306,368)
Philippines
Los Angeles:
6.2% (85,050)
California:
7.7% (800,706)
Korea
Los Angeles:
5.6% (77,034)
California:
3.1% (320,162)
Iran
Los Angeles:
4.1% (56,527)
California:
2.1% (216,689)
Armenia
Los Angeles:
2.8% (38,273)
California:
0.8% (78,648)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Los Angeles:
2.6% (35,873)
California:
6.6% (684,205)
India
Los Angeles:
1.6% (21,987)
California:
5.6% (579,387)
Honduras
Los Angeles:
1.6% (21,697)
California:
0.7% (76,638)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 1,792,868
Other state: 601,509
Northeast: 186,851
Midwest: 154,996
South: 183,130
West: 76,532
88.7% of Los Angeles residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 42.0% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 48.4% lived in California.
Los Angeles:
88.7%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 61,026
Nursery to 4th grade: 27,055
5th and 6th grade: 56,727
7th and 8th grade: 19,828
9th grade: 34,494
10th grade: 14,274
11th grade: 24,116
12th grade, no diploma: 49,730
High school graduate (or equivalency): 264,563
Less than 1 year of college: 58,504
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 169,294
Associate degree: 74,403
Bachelor's degree: 333,561
Master's degree: 105,383
Professional school degree: 47,121
Doctorate degree: 21,650
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 63,568
Nursery to 4th grade: 31,652
5th and 6th grade: 58,673
7th and 8th grade: 23,336
9th grade: 29,677
10th grade: 14,134
11th grade: 18,344
12th grade, no diploma: 37,468
High school graduate (or equivalency): 238,727
Less than 1 year of college: 62,129
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 160,692
Associate degree: 95,239
Bachelor's degree: 343,920
Master's degree: 132,395
Professional school degree: 40,342
Doctorate degree: 20,405
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 559,608
One, attached: 89,014
Two: 46,807
3 or 4: 94,597
5 to 9: 136,524
10 to 19: 149,526
20 to 49: 202,854
50 or more: 260,324
Mobile homes: 9,814
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 821
Median worth of mobile homes: $162,900
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.8%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 3.0%
House/condo owner moved in on average 15 years ago