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Los Angeles, California: commercial real estate data.
Los Angeles is a Census city of 3,857,263 people across 470.52 square miles of land, in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $81,939, 36.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3,183 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.05 bn since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Los Angeles
What Los Angeles is
- Census place typecity
- Land area470.52 sq mi
- Water area31.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land8,198
- County holding the largest share of its areaLos Angeles County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Los Angeles
How many people live in Los Angeles
- Population3,857,263
- Median age37.2
- Population under 18739,163
- Share under 1819.2 percent
- Population 65 and over549,590
- Share 65 and over14.2 percent
- Households1,439,097
- Family households826,693
- Share of households that are families57.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Los Angeles
Income and work in Los Angeles
- Median household income$81,939
- Per capita income$47,685
- Civilian labor force2,128,918
- Employed1,953,926
- Unemployed174,992
- Unemployment rate8.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over2,753,125
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher38.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Los Angeles
Housing in Los Angeles
- Housing units1,554,332
- Occupied units1,439,097
- Vacant units115,235
- Vacancy rate7.4 percent
- Owner occupied518,423
- Renter occupied920,674
- Ownership rate36.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$921,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,933
- Annual rent as a share of median income28.3 percent
- Single family units651,794
- Share single family41.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more891,951
- Share in buildings of two or more57.4 percent
- Mobile homes9,722
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Los Angeles
How Los Angeles gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,526,463
- Commuting under 15 minutes241,948
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more779,738
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more51.1 percent
- Drove alone59.8 percent
- Carpooled8.7 percent
- Public transport6.1 percent
- Walked3.2 percent
- Worked from home19.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Los Angeles
SBA loans in Los Angeles (7(a))
- Approvals3,183
- Gross approval$2,053,484,900
- Average approval$645,141
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,843,200
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported27,200
- Jobs per approval8.5
- Loans with a final outcome553
- Paid in full459
- Charged off94
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans17.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.6 percent
- Share to franchises3.8 percent
- Distinct lenders138
- Distinct industries by NAICS418
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Los Angeles, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Los Angeles
SBA loans in Los Angeles (504)
- Approvals1,532
- Gross approval$1,857,354,000
- Average approval$1,212,372
- Median approval$895,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported15,115
- Loans with a final outcome533
- Charged off8
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans1.5 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs14
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Los Angeles, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Los Angeles
Flood risk in Los Angeles
- NFIP communityCity of Los Angeles
- NFIP community number060137
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classClass 7
- Currently effective map date06/02/21
The City of Los Angeles participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 060137 and carries Community Rating System class 7, a flood insurance premium discount for policies written there.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Los Angeles County, not Los Angeles
Los Angeles County context, not Los Angeles figures
- Establishments in Los Angeles County304,988
- Covered employment, Los Angeles County4,525,711
- Average annual pay, Los Angeles County$83,554
- Housing units permitted, Los Angeles County19,809
Every figure in this section is published for Los Angeles County as a whole and is not a measurement of Los Angeles.
All Los Angeles County figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Los Angeles questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Los Angeles, California?
3,857,263, in 1,439,097 households. Los Angeles city covers 470.52 square miles of land, which is 8,198 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Los Angeles in?
Los Angeles County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Los Angeles?
$81,939. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $921,200. Median gross rent is $1,933 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Los Angeles businesses?
3,183 7(a) approvals totaling $2.05 bn since FY2020, across 138 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 1,532 504 approvals worth $1.86 bn since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Los Angeles, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Los Angeles borrowers get paid back?
Of the 553 loans that have reached a final outcome, 459 were paid in full and 94 charged off, a charge off rate of 17.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Los Angeles in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Los Angeles appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Los Angeles, city of, community 060137, carrying Community Rating System class 7, which is a premium discount for exceeding the program minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Los Angeles figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Los Angeles County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Los Angeles.
Is zoning published for Los Angeles?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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