Hermosa Beach is a somewhat small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 18,442 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Hermosa Beach is the 327th largest community in California.

Hermosa Beach is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 93.53% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Hermosa Beach is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hermosa Beach who work in management occupations (17.52%), sales jobs (16.94%), and business and financial occupations (8.84%).

Of important note, Hermosa Beach is also a city of artists. Hermosa Beach has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Hermosa Beach's character.

Also of interest is that Hermosa Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Hermosa Beach, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Hermosa Beach is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Hermosa Beach are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Hermosa Beach is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hermosa Beach, the average commute to work is 32.81 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Despite being a small city, Hermosa Beach has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

Hermosa Beach Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Hermosa Beach is a pretty powerful place. 67.63% of the adults in Hermosa Beach have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Hermosa Beach in 2000 was $54,244, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $216,976 for a family of four. However, Hermosa Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Hermosa Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hermosa Beach is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Hermosa Beach include German, Irish, English, Italian, Russian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Hermosa Beach is English. Some people also speak Spanish.