Lomita is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 20,053 people and five associated neighborhoods, Lomita is the 313th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Lomita are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.64% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The citizens of Lomita are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.13% of adults in Lomita have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lomita in 2018 was $46,488, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $185,952 for a family of four. However, Lomita contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lomita is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lomita home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lomita residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Lomita also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.35% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lomita include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.

In addition, Lomita has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (27.30%).

The most common language spoken in Lomita is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.