California · Census place 0645400

Manhattan Beach, California

Manhattan Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California with an estimated 33,453 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 225th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
33,453
#225 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-5.4%
-1,927 people
Land area
3.9 sq mi
+ 6.33 sq mi water
Density
8,512 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Manhattan Beach. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Manhattan Beach population, 2020 to 2024

Manhattan Beach lost 1,927 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.4%. In the latest year it moved by -175. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 424th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Manhattan Beach is 90% of it.

35.4k202034.6k202134.0k202233.6k202333.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 35,499. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Manhattan Beach covers 3.93 square miles of land and 6.33 of water, for 8,512 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Manhattan Beach is denser than the typical town.

What county Manhattan Beach is in

All of Manhattan Beach's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. Manhattan Beach holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Manhattan Beach

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Manhattan Beach by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 90266. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Manhattan Beach is

The Census internal point of Manhattan Beach is at 33.900900, -118.420700. Sacramento, the capital, is 365.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Redondo Beach, CA (68,075 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Inglewood, CA, 5.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.900900, -118.420700
DMS
33°54'3.24"N 118°25'14.52"W
UTM
11N 368644.1E 3752076.5N
Geohash
9q5bc72xj
Plus code
8553WH2H+9P

Daylight in Manhattan Beach

At 33.90° N, Manhattan Beach gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Manhattan Beach

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is El Segundo, 0.7 miles away, with 16,544 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Manhattan Beach, CA?

33,453 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,927 (5.4%) from 35,380 in July 2020.

What county is Manhattan Beach in?

Los Angeles County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Manhattan Beach?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 90266.

How far is Manhattan Beach from Sacramento?

365.6 miles (588.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Manhattan Beach.

What is the nearest larger city to Manhattan Beach?

Redondo Beach, CA, with 68,075 residents, 3.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.