Cost of living in Huntington Beach

Composed in-house · four inputs · 14% of the overall score

B−

72/100
33rd of 60

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The four inputs

Housing cost index114

Los Angeles 10045% · scores 66

Effective property tax rate0.56%

Los Angeles 0.66%25% · scores 92

Utilities87

Los Angeles 10020% · scores 73

Local sales tax7.75%

Los Angeles median 10.00%10% · scores 45

Vertical rule marks the Los Angeles reference. Composed in-house · ACS 2020–24. Every scale is on the methodology page.

Best Los Angeles suburbs for cost of living

All 60 ranked, Huntington Beach highlighted

1South GateA−$636,300 2Florence-GrahamA−$545,200 3LynwoodB+$597,600 4East Los AngelesB+$643,100 5Huntington ParkB+$572,700 6CarsonB+$704,400 7Pico RiveraB+$648,600 8GardenaB+$700,600 9Garden GroveB+$814,100 10BellflowerB+$705,700 11ComptonB+$580,200 12HawthorneB+$863,400 13MontebelloB+$697,900 14El MonteB$644,000 15Monterey ParkB$863,000 16WestminsterB$858,300 17Long BeachB$806,600 18Costa MesaB$1,115,100 19South WhittierB$708,300 20InglewoodB$792,800 21ParamountB$533,700 22Santa AnaB$713,000 23WhittierB$822,600 24AlhambraB$857,800 25OrangeB$945,800 26PomonaB$593,800 27Baldwin ParkB$606,900 28DowneyB$796,600 29La HabraB$781,600 30Buena ParkB$838,800 31FullertonB−$902,600 32Huntington BeachB−$1,100,000 33TustinB−$950,400 34San ClementeB−$1,398,400 35NorwalkB−$644,700 36Santa MonicaB−$1,755,500 37Los AngelesB−$921,200 38PlacentiaB−$921,000 39Hacienda HeightsB−$820,800 40Mission ViejoB−$1,009,600 41AnaheimB−$831,200 42Laguna NiguelB−$1,190,900 43TorranceB−$1,074,700 44West CovinaB−$779,800 45Lake ForestC+$937,000 46PasadenaC+$1,093,300 47PalmdaleC+$471,000 48Fountain ValleyC+$1,072,300 49Diamond BarC+$902,200 50LancasterC+$446,600 51BurbankC+$1,089,100 52LakewoodC+$827,200 53Aliso ViejoC+$917,900 54GlendaleC$1,102,300 55Redondo BeachC$1,279,200 56ArcadiaC$1,441,800 57Newport BeachC$2,000,000+58Santa ClaritaC$784,700 59IrvineC$1,191,500 60Yorba LindaC−$1,147,100

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Better than Huntington Beach on cost of living

Huntington Beach grades B− on cost of living. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.

SuburbCost of livingMedian home valueEff. tax rateOverall

South Gate20 mi from Huntington BeachA−$636k0.60% 49 D+ Florence-Graham23 mi from Huntington BeachA−$545k0.62% 45 D Lynwood19 mi from Huntington BeachB+$598k0.69% 45 D East Los Angeles25 mi from Huntington BeachB+$643k0.65% 48 D+ Huntington Park23 mi from Huntington BeachB+$573k0.79% 45 D Carson17 mi from Huntington BeachB+$704k0.66% 54 C−

Cost-of-living index composed in-house from housing cost, utilities, effective property tax and local sales tax · Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Effective property tax: ACS 2020–24

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