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Cost of living in Laguna Beach, California

Laguna Beach, California has about 22,710 people. Typical rent is $2,986 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $143,843 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #626 in California on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

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Typical rent is $2,986 a month.

Laguna Beach is a city in California. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $143,843 a year.

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People
22,710
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$2,986
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$143,843
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$2,000,001
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$3,057
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA HUD Metro FMR Area
Gas
$6.216
California, week of October 12, 2026

Laguna Beach, California has about 22,710 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $2,000,001.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Orange County is $3,057 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Laguna Beach. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, prices sit at 113.6 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

California taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Laguna Beach's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical California home paid 33.61¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Laguna Beach's bill.

For the week of October 12, 2026, EIA's all-grades gasoline price in California was $6.216 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,983.68 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in California shares this price.

Among 982 places we list in California with a rent figure, 97 have higher typical rent than Laguna Beach.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.