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Signal Hill city, California: commercial real estate data.
Signal Hill city is a Census city of 11,468 people across 2.19 square miles of land, in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $113,298, 50.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 36 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $27.2 m.
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Signal Hill
What Signal Hill is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.19 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,238
- 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.
Signal Hill
How many people live in Signal Hill
- Population11,468
- Median age41.9
- Population under 182,081 plus or minus 531
- Share under 1818.1 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Population 65 and over1,443 plus or minus 313
- Share 65 and over12.6 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Households4,545
- Family households2,835
- Share of households that are families62.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Signal Hill
Income and work in Signal Hill
- Median household income$113,298
- Per capita income$56,142
- Civilian labor force6,714
- Employed6,382
- Unemployed332 plus or minus 183
- Unemployment rate4.9 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over8,538
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher37.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.5 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Signal Hill
Housing in Signal Hill
- Housing units4,811
- Occupied units4,545
- Vacant units266 plus or minus 143
- Vacancy rate5.5 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Owner occupied2,285
- Renter occupied2,260
- Ownership rate50.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$783,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,851
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.6 percent
- Single family units2,254
- Share single family46.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,557
- Share in buildings of two or more53.1 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Signal Hill
How Signal Hill gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,028
- Commuting under 15 minutes714 plus or minus 203
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.2 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,448
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more48.7 percent
- Drove alone69.4 percent
- Carpooled5.5 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Public transport1.4 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Walked1.3 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home20.4 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Signal Hill
SBA loans in Signal Hill (7(a))
- Approvals36
- Gross approval$27,243,400
- Average approval$756,761
- Median approval$404,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,854,700
- Largest approval$4,500,000
- Jobs supported474
- Jobs per approval13.2
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full6
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more22.2 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders24
- Distinct industries by NAICS28
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Signal Hill
SBA loans in Signal Hill (504)
- Approvals38
- Gross approval$32,114,000
- Average approval$845,105
- Median approval$868,000
- Largest approval$2,458,000
- Jobs supported340
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs9
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Signal Hill
Flood risk in Signal Hill
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060161
- Currently effective map date04/21/21
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Los Angeles County, not Signal Hill
Los Angeles County context, not Signal Hill figures
These are Los Angeles County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Signal Hill measurements.
- Establishments in Los Angeles County304,988
- Employment at those establishments, Los Angeles County3,987,736
- Covered employment, Los Angeles County4,525,711
- Average annual pay, Los Angeles County$83,554
- Average weekly wage, Los Angeles County$1,607
- Housing units permitted, Los Angeles County19,809
- Of those, single family, Los Angeles County9,106
- County product, 2024, Los Angeles County$1,002,965,029,000
- County product change over the prior year, Los Angeles County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Los Angeles County$103,070
Every figure in this section is published for Los Angeles County as a whole and is not a measurement of Signal Hill. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
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. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Signal Hill questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Signal Hill, California?
11,468, in 4,545 households. Signal Hill city covers 2.19 square miles of land, which is 5,238 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Signal Hill 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 Signal Hill?
$113,298. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $783,300. Median gross rent is $1,851 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Signal Hill businesses?
36 7(a) approvals totalling $27.2 m, across 24 lenders, median approval $404,000, plus 38 504 approvals worth $32.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Signal Hill, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Signal Hill borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Signal Hill. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Signal Hill in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Signal Hill appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060161, 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 Signal Hill figures?
No, and they are labelled 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 Signal Hill.
Is zoning published for Signal Hill?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.