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
6.48%
-0.37 pts vs yr ago
15-yr fixed
5.79%
Freddie Mac PMMS
Manhattan Beach
Median sale
$3,750,000
+22.00% YoY
Zillow home value (ZHVI)
$3,260,373
+5.03% YoY
Typical rent (ZORI)
$5,611
-0.09% YoY
Days on market
30
was 35.5
Hermosa Beach
Median sale
$2,412,500
-4.27% YoY
Zillow home value (ZHVI)
$2,263,722
+3.07% YoY
Typical rent (ZORI)
$3,915
+3.71% YoY
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
Work from home
MB 34.1% · HB 31.4%
as of ACS 2023 5-yr · source →
Share of workers 16+ working from home.
Beach Cities Index — home price ÷ household income
MB 19.3× · HB 15.9×
Methodology: median sale price (Redfin trailing 3-mo, from our housing tracker) divided by median household income (Census ACS 2023 5-yr). A price-to-income multiple — higher = less attainable. Not a valuation or affordability score.
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 3mo ending 2026-05-31; Zillow April 2026. Housing updated 2026-06-08; community stats updated 2026-06-11. ZHVI is a value index, not a sale median. Every figure links to its source. General information, not advice.