Huntington Beach, CA: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Huntington Beach is a city in Orange County, California, United States. The city was originally called Pacific City, but it was changed in 1903 to be named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. The population was 198,711 as of the 2020 United States census, making it the fourth most populous city in Orange County, the most populous beach city in Orange County, and the seventh most populous city in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Downtown Los Angeles, it is bordered by Bolsa Chica Basin State Marine Conservation Area on the west, the Pacific Ocean on the southwest, by Seal Beach on the northwest, by Westmin…

Official town website ↗

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

How Huntington Beach ranks

All →

#141Highest graduation rate in CA #190Most educated in CA #188Most remote workers in CA All CA rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code92605, 92615, 92646

Area codeSign in to add

Living in Huntington Beach

Housing in Huntington Beach

$1.35M▲ 5.4% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Huntington Beach home is worth about $1,352,000, up 5.4% in a year, 77% above the California typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market37

Sale-to-list99.9%

Sold in May131

Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →

Safety in Huntington Beach

C⁺

Safety Grade C+

Huntington Beach reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 65% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 75%.

Violent crime per 1,000

Huntington Beach 1.8

California 4.3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Huntington Beach 14.5

California 18.2

U.S. 15.5

FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to policeCrime & safety →

Schools in Huntington Beach

All Huntington Beach schools →

A

School Grade A

The public schools Huntington Beach’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 93% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#183Best public schoolsof 574 in CA

DistrictHuntington Beach Union HighSchools43

Harbour View ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 677 students Agnes L. Smith ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 591 students Circle View Elementary D-Elementary · Grades K–5 · 582 students Hope View ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 546 students Newland (William T.) Elementary CElementary · Grades K–5 · 531 students Ralph E. Hawes Elementary CElementary · Grades K–5 · 516 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CA. Ratings are from neighbors.