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West Carson, California.

A community in Los Angeles County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Los Angeles County’s.

Living in West Carson, Los Angeles County, California

West Carson, in Los Angeles County, had 22,870 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $92,775 a year and half less, against $90,112 across Los Angeles County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 71% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 29% are rented. Unemployment in Los Angeles County was 4.5% in September 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then transport and warehouses.

People 22,870 in the 2020 census; median age 45.2
Household income $92,775 the median, give or take $11,033 · Los Angeles County: $90,112
Unemployment 4.5% Los Angeles County, September 2026; 5.9% a year before
Homes 71% lived in by their owners; 29% rented
  • 8,229households
  • 37%of adults have a degree
  • 9%below the poverty line
  • 27 mintypical commute
  • 13%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities12%
  • Manufacturing12%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Los Angeles County had 4,525,460 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 66° and 46°; warmest in August, 78° and 62° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J F M A M J J A 78° 62° S O N D 66° 46°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 66° and 46°; warmest in August, 78° and 62° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J F M A M J J A 78° 62° S O N D 66° 46°

Coldest in December, with highs near 66° and lows near 46°; warmest in August, with highs near 78° and lows near 62°. About 14 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Torrance Airport weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in West Carson

  1. Harbor-ucla Medical CenterGeneral hospital4,441FTE
  2. FH & HF-Torrance ISkilled nursing facilities440
  3. Rich Products- TorranceCommercial bakeries290
  4. Heritage Rehabilitation CenterSkilled nursing facilities198
  5. Harbor Post Acute Care CenterSkilled nursing facilities153
  6. Hensel Phelps Construction CoAddition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building142
  7. Superior GrocersGrocery store97
  8. Compass Group91

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 13 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 6,174 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. EarthquakesRelatively high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in West Carson’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Los Angeles County.