† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupHermosa BeachCaliforniaUnited States
German12.4%6.8%12.5%
Irish11.0%5.9%9.4%
English11.0%6.3%9.5%
American9.0%2.8%5.3%
Italian7.2%3.4%4.8%
Armenian5.8%——
Polish3.2%0.9%2.2%
French2.9%1.3%1.6%
Mexican8.7%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.1%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.7%1.3%0.5%
Chinese2.2%3.9%1.3%
Filipino1.7%3.3%0.9%
Korean1.0%1.2%0.4%
Asian Indian0.5%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.5%1.7%0.6%
Japanese0.4%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.2%0.3%—
Aztec2.1%0.3%—
Maya1.3%——
Samoan0.4%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Hermosa Beach
California
United States
Median age
42.7
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
3.7%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.0%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hermosa Beach
California
United States
Median household income
$166,442
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.6%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
76.0%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hermosa Beach
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.4%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
5.1%
28.4%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.2%
0.3%
0.5%
Other Indo-European
2.2%
3.4%
2.0%
Vietnamese
1.0%
1.5%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hermosa Beach
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Hermosa Beach, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+10.1%
2008
+24.0%
2012
+15.0%
2016
+36.6%
2020
+37.3%
2024
+37.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2012, 2024 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
67.0%Harris7,711
29.8%Trump3,425
3.2%
D+37.3
±0.0
D+38.7
11,503
D
67.2%Biden8,729
29.9%Trump3,885
2.9%
D+37.3
D+0.7
D+32.9
12,986
D
64.2%Clinton6,817
27.6%Trump2,930
8.2%
D+36.6
D+21.6
D+34.5
10,618
D
56.3%Obama5,793
41.3%Romney4,248
2.5%
D+15.0
R+9.0
D+11.2
10,296
D
61.8%Obama6,538
37.8%McCain4,002
0.4%
D+24.0
D+13.9
D+16.7
10,581
D
54.3%Kerry5,739
44.2%Bush4,672
1.6%
D+10.1
—
D+12.5
10,575
Hermosa Beach, one of Los Angeles County's smallest incorporated cities by area, posts voter participation rates well above county averages, and its affluent beach-community demographics have made it a consistent but competitive battleground in local and legislative races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.3 points in 2020. The 2024 margin was 37.3 points.
A population of 19,063, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $166,442 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of La Crescenta-Montrose and Sierra Madre.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Hermosa Beach, California voted Democratic by 37.3 points (D+37.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 11,503 votes cast, 7,711 went Democratic and 3,425 went Republican.
How many people live in Hermosa Beach, California?
Hermosa Beach, California has a population of 19,063 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hermosa Beach, California?
Median household income in Hermosa Beach, California is $166,442 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Hermosa Beach, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hermosa Beach, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
