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Rancho Palos Verdes, California: commercial real estate data.
Rancho Palos Verdes is a Census city of 40,864 people across 13.47 square miles of land, in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $179,623, 80.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 30 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.9 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Rancho Palos Verdes
What Rancho Palos Verdes is
- Census place typecity
- Land area13.47 sq mi
- Water area26.23 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,033
- 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.
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How many people live in Rancho Palos Verdes
- Population40,864
- Median age49.1
- Population under 189,087
- Share under 1822.2 percent
- Population 65 and over10,940
- Share 65 and over26.8 percent
- Households15,174
- Family households12,158
- Share of households that are families80.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Rancho Palos Verdes
- Median household income$179,623
- Per capita income$87,993
- Civilian labor force17,768
- Employed16,790
- Unemployed978 plus or minus 263
- Unemployment rate5.5 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over29,429
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher70.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree34.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Rancho Palos Verdes
- Housing units16,723
- Occupied units15,174
- Vacant units1,549
- Vacancy rate9.3 percent
- Owner occupied12,201
- Renter occupied2,973
- Ownership rate80.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,609,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$3,501
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.4 percent
- Single family units13,884
- Share single family83.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,794
- Share in buildings of two or more16.7 percent
- Mobile homes45 plus or minus 61
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Rancho Palos Verdes gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute11,732
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,786
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more6,293
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more53.6 percent
- Drove alone64.0 percent
- Carpooled3.9 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked1.3 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home28.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rancho Palos Verdes
SBA loans in Rancho Palos Verdes (7(a))
- Approvals30
- Gross approval$9,931,700
- Average approval$331,057
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$982,000
- Largest approval$1,250,000
- Jobs supported329
- Jobs per approval11.0
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full6
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises6.7 percent
- Distinct lenders14
- Distinct industries by NAICS24
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Rancho Palos Verdes, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 7 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Rancho Palos Verdes
- NFIP communityCity of Rancho Palos Verdes
- NFIP community number060464
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date04/21/21
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 060464 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Los Angeles County, not Rancho Palos Verdes
Los Angeles County context, not Rancho Palos Verdes 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 Rancho Palos Verdes.
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
Rancho Palos Verdes questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Rancho Palos Verdes, California?
40,864, in 15,174 households. Rancho Palos Verdes city covers 13.47 square miles of land, which is 3,033 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Rancho Palos Verdes 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 Rancho Palos Verdes?
$179,623. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,609,400. Median gross rent is $3,501 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Rancho Palos Verdes businesses?
30 7(a) approvals totaling $9.9 m since FY2020, across 14 lenders, median approval $150,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Rancho Palos Verdes, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Rancho Palos Verdes borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Rancho Palos Verdes. Only 7 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Rancho Palos Verdes in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Rancho Palos Verdes appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Rancho Palos Verdes, city of, community 060464, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. 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 Rancho Palos Verdes 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 Rancho Palos Verdes.
Is zoning published for Rancho Palos Verdes?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.