Beach Cities, by the numbers.
The standing numbers for both towns — sourced, dated, always current. The newsletter only pings you when something actually moves.
Housing & market
30-yr fixed
6.43%
-0.34 pts vs yr ago
15-yr fixed
5.84%
Freddie Mac PMMS
Manhattan Beach
Median sale
$3,750,000
+22.00% YoY
Zillow home value (ZHVI)
$3,289,309
+6.50% YoY
Typical rent (ZORI)
$6,173
Days on market
30
was 35.5
Hermosa Beach
Median sale
$2,412,500
-4.30% YoY
Zillow home value (ZHVI)
$2,268,652
+4.10% YoY
Typical rent (ZORI)
$4,134
Days on market
32
was 50
House-price index, long history (2000=100)
MB 201.6 · HB 250.3
as of 2022 · source →
Long-history backdrop ONLY — series lags (ends 2022); small-sample noise in single years. Never a headline number.
People & money
Population
MB — · HB —
as of pending · source →
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Environment & beach
EV + plug-in hybrid share of vehicles
MB 19.9% · HB 16.2%
as of 2026-01-01 · source →
BEV+PHEV of all registered vehicles. MB 26,664 vehicles, HB 14,958. New resource id each January.
Rooftop solar interconnections (since Jan 2020)
MB 875 · HB 304
as of Jan 2020 – Apr2026 · source →
Battery-paired: MB 486 (56%), HB 151 (50%). Capacity: MB 7.8 MW DC, HB 2.3 MW DC.
Civic pulse
Registered voters
MB 26,794 · HB 14,533
as of 2025-02 · source →
MB: D 11,412 (42.6%) · R 7,517 (28.1%) · NPP 6,183. HB: D 6,499 (44.7%) · R 3,389 (23.3%) · NPP 3,517.
Public school enrollment (cumulative)
MB 6,181 · HB 1,442
as of 2024-25 · source →
MBUSD vs HBCSD (K-8; Hermosa teens attend MCHS/RUHS).
Housing window: Redfin trailing 90 days ending 2026-05-31 (sale, DOM, sale-to-list, inventory); Zillow May 2026 ZHVI/ZORI; Freddie Mac week of 2026-07-02 (30yr 6.43%, seven-week low). Housing updated 2026-07-07; community stats updated 2026-07-01. ZHVI is a value index, not a sale median. Every figure links to its source. General information, not advice.