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About Torrance
City in Los Angeles County, California, USTorrance is a city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States, founded in 1912, neighboring Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills Estates, Palos Verdes Estates, Lomita, Gardena, Lawndale, and Alondra Park, as well as the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Harbor City and Harbor Gateway. The city is part of what is known as the South Bay region. Torrance has a moderate year-round climate with average rainfall of 12 inches (300 mm) per year. Torrance has one and a half miles (2.4 km) of beachfront abutting Santa Monica Bay and 30 parks. It is the birthplace of the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO). The population was 147,067 at the 2020 census,…
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How Torrance ranks
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Housing in Torrance
The typical Torrance home is worth about $1,105,000, up 2% in a year, 45% above the California typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Torrance
Safety Grade C-
Torrance reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 82% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 49%.
Schools in Torrance
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The public schools Torrance’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 76% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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.
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