Housing density: 1,292 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $603,146.
Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is $1,749, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $3,287
Median gross rent in Seal Beach, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Seal Beach with a mortgage: 3,169 (364 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 344 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 180
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $173,845
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $51,613
2,221 married couples with children.
547 single-parent households (165 men, 382 women).
80.4% of residents of Seal Beach speak English at home.
6.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
8.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 35% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (42% speak English very well, 58% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 4,395 (17.7%)
(87.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 63.2% Number of people working at home: 2,302 (25.2% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 110
5 to 9 minutes: 437
10 to 14 minutes: 533
15 to 19 minutes: 991
20 to 24 minutes: 1,066
25 to 29 minutes: 407
30 to 34 minutes: 1,164
35 to 39 minutes: 241
40 to 44 minutes: 373
45 to 59 minutes: 1,008
60 to 89 minutes: 331
90 or more minutes: 244
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 10,473 (70.6%)
Carpooled: 1,421 (9.6%)
Bus: 23 (0.2%)
Taxi: 227 (1.5%)
Bicycle: 32 (0.2%)
Walked: 318 (2.1%)
Worked at home: 2,302 (15.5%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
3.2%Males
3.3%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
17.6%Males
10.8%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
30.0%Males
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
1.6%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
5.0%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
1.5%Males
5.8%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Seal Beach, California
2212010 or later
3492000 to 2009
4221990 to 1999
4091980 to 1989
3721970 to 1979
1,474Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
English: 1,741 (14.4%)
Irish: 772 (6.4%)
German: 584 (4.8%)
American: 520 (4.3%)
European: 396 (3.3%)
Italian: 377 (3.1%)
Norwegian: 285 (2.4%)
Dutch: 196 (1.6%)
Polish: 152 (1.3%)
Iranian: 135 (1.1%)
Swedish: 104 (0.9%)
Scottish: 103 (0.9%)
Egyptian: 98 (0.8%)
Pennsylvania German: 97 (0.8%)
Armenian: 83 (0.7%)
British: 74 (0.6%)
Canadian: 64 (0.5%)
Greek: 62 (0.5%)
French Canadian: 57 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 56 (0.5%)
Russian: 51 (0.4%)
Eastern European: 48 (0.4%)
Swiss: 47 (0.4%)
French: 46 (0.4%)
Danish: 45 (0.4%)
Finnish: 40 (0.3%)
Slovak: 33 (0.3%)
Northern European: 30 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 29 (0.2%)
Lebanese: 27 (0.2%)
Croatian: 23 (0.2%)
Austrian: 21 (0.2%)
Jordanian: 19 (0.2%)
Slavic: 17 (0.1%)
Lithuanian: 14 (0.1%)
Celtic: 12 (0.10%)
Latvian: 10 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.07%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.07%)
Slovene: 6 (0.05%)
Bulgarian: 6 (0.05%)
Jamaican: 6 (0.05%)
Czech: 5 (0.04%)
Basque: 5 (0.04%)
Belgian: 4 (0.03%)
Romanian: 3 (0.02%)
Brazilian: 2 (0.02%)
Barbadian: 2 (0.02%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Korea
Seal Beach:
20.1% (884)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Philippines
Seal Beach:
7.5% (330)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Canada
Seal Beach:
6.1% (267)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
Vietnam
Seal Beach:
5.8% (255)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Mexico
Seal Beach:
5.8% (253)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Egypt
Seal Beach:
3.4% (150)
California:
0.4% (42,718)
Japan
Seal Beach:
3.4% (150)
California:
1.0% (103,575)
India
Seal Beach:
2.9% (127)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Australia
Seal Beach:
2.8% (124)
California:
0.2% (23,338)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Seal Beach:
2.7% (119)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Taiwan
Seal Beach:
2.5% (111)
California:
1.7% (176,274)
Poland
Seal Beach:
2.5% (110)
California:
0.2% (20,997)
Iran
Seal Beach:
2.3% (102)
California:
2.0% (206,004)
Germany
Seal Beach:
2.3% (102)
California:
0.7% (73,304)
El Salvador
Seal Beach:
2.0% (86)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
Scotland
Seal Beach:
1.8% (77)
California:
0.1% (8,444)
Peru
Seal Beach:
1.6% (71)
California:
0.7% (74,025)
Turkey
Seal Beach:
1.6% (71)
California:
0.2% (20,474)
Other Southern Europe
Seal Beach:
1.5% (68)
California:
0.0% (1,172)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 12,808
Other state: 7,279
Northeast: 1,636
Midwest: 2,620
South: 1,830
West: 1,200
90.5% of Seal Beach residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 29.5% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 72.4% lived in California.
Seal Beach:
90.5%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 68
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 26
7th and 8th grade: 12
9th grade: 45
10th grade: 44
11th grade: 9
12th grade, no diploma: 13
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,117
Less than 1 year of college: 507
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,156
Associate degree: 975
Bachelor's degree: 2,768
Master's degree: 1,373
Professional school degree: 477
Doctorate degree: 379
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 238
Nursery to 4th grade: 49
5th and 6th grade: 116
7th and 8th grade: 33
9th grade: 56
10th grade: 159
11th grade: 130
12th grade, no diploma: 159
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,987
Less than 1 year of college: 621
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,415
Associate degree: 961
Bachelor's degree: 3,484
Master's degree: 1,886
Professional school degree: 369
Doctorate degree: 295
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 5,461
One, attached: 3,396
Two: 252
3 or 4: 819
5 to 9: 1,471
10 to 19: 2,140
20 to 49: 299
50 or more: 954
Mobile homes: 73
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.5%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.5%