Seal Beach is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of California. With a population of 24,352 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Seal Beach is the 285th largest community in California.

Seal Beach home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Seal Beach real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 23.62% 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.

Seal Beach is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Seal Beach, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.13 minutes every day commuting to work.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Seal Beach, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Seal Beach is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 51.10% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Seal Beach in 2022 was $67,571, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $270,284 for a family of four. However, Seal Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Seal Beach is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Seal Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Seal Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Seal Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.35% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Seal Beach include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Norwegian.

In addition, Seal Beach has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.54%).

The most common language spoken in Seal Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.