Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The typical home is worth about $904K, 9.4 years of the Los Angeles metro’s $96K median household income. Overall it grades C−, 458th of 841 graded towns in California. It is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 97% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Lomita’s July high is 78°F, below both California’s towns (89°F) and U.S. towns (85°F). Lomita's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 92% of U.S. towns.
Where Lomita beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Lomita’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Lomita is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 2%), so the C− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 14,983 in 1960, 20,921 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1917 and 7 maps from 1896 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lomita. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaSoFi Stadium
Big draw4 mi MuseumUSS Iowa
Big draw21 mi LandmarkHollywood Walk of Fame10.0M visitors a year
Big draw23 mi Theme parkDisneyland17.3M visitors a year
Big draw15 mi MuseumLucas Museum of Narrative Art
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaLos Angeles Memorial ColiseumSoFi Stadium: Thank You (21 Millions+) views, CC BY 2.0 · USS Iowa: PH1 Jeff Hilton, Public domain · Hollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · Disneyland: HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: Kriddl, CC0 · Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: CanonStarGal, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lomita, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Lomita.
Lomita fares better on crime within California than nationally, has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Los Angeles and beyond.
Since 2017, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lomita.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Los Angeles Unified school district. Two of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Fleming MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,110 | – |
| Nishiyamato Academy of California PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–9 | Grades PK–9 | 139 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
At 33.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 61% of California’s graded towns.
The violent crime rate in Lomita is 4.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Lomita | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.3 per 1,000 residents | 2.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 18 per 1,000 residents | 13.3 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Lomita has 3,288 jobs for its 11,102 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Lomita for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Lomita has added 314 jobs, to 3,288 in 2023. 13% of Lomita residents live below the poverty line.
| Lomita | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Work from home | 11% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lomita beats the California average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 40% of adults feel lonely in Lomita.
| Lomita | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 29% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 72% | 79% |
| What stands out | Lomita | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.6% | 10.6% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.8% | 10.6% |
| More adults with high cholesterol | 38.1% | 35.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
January nights average 48.1°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 77.6°.
Lomita has warm winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. Lomita’s January low is 48°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Lomita home is worth about $904,000, up 1.2% in a year, 19% above the California typical home.
| Lomita | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 46% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,961 a month | $1,895 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the California average. Lomita has lost 5.9% of its people since 2020, down to 19,724 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 36% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 37% across California.
| Lomita | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 22% | 22% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Lomita | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.6% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.1% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.4% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.8% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.8% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.8% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 13.8% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.4% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.3% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.5% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.8% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.2% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
0.7 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Lomita | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lomita Park | 0.5 mi | 8 |
| 2. Hathaway Park | 0.1 mi | 1 |
| 3. Irene Lewis Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
19 within 15 miles of the center of Lomita
About 9 of every 100 Lomita residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
8 notable people were born in Lomita.
City in California, United States
Lomita (Spanish for "Little hill") is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 20,921 at the 2020 census, up slightly from 20,256 at the 2010 census.
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4 towns share a border with Lomita.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lomita | #458 | C− | D− | C− | B− | B+ |
| Rolling Hills Estates | #107 | B+ | D− | C+ | A+ | A+ |
| Torrance | #220 | B− | D− | C− | A | A |
| Rancho Palos Verdes | #28 | A− | D− | B+ | A+ | A+ |
| Los Angeles | #613 | D | D− | D | B− | B− |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Lomita grades C− overall, better than 24% of U.S. towns and #458 of 841 in California. It grades B+ for health, C− for safety and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
8 notable people were born here, including Ted Lilly and Chad Qualls.
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