Long Beach is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of New York. With a population of 34,604 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Long Beach is the 32nd largest community in New York.

Long Beach home prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, but Long Beach real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that Long Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Long Beach telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.93% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Overall, Long Beach’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

Long Beach is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

In Long Beach, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.86 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Long Beach use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Long Beach‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the train. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

If knowledge is power, Long Beach is a pretty powerful place. 51.20% of the adults in Long Beach have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Long Beach in 2022 was $63,853, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $255,412 for a family of four.

Long Beach is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Long Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Long Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Long Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.35% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Long Beach include Irish, Italian, German, Polish, and Russian.

In addition, Long Beach has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.46%).

The most common language spoken in Long Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.