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City guides

Eleven cities. We know each counter.

More than 140,000 apartment units sit in the cities we serve, and most were built before 1980 — the decades when garages, basements and storage rooms quietly became apartments.

Torrance

18,975 apartment units
82% built before 1980

Redondo Beach

10,009 apartment units
67% built before 1980

Gardena

6,202 apartment units
72% built before 1980

Manhattan Beach

1,375 apartment units
59% built before 1980

El Segundo

3,256 apartment units
73% built before 1980

Hermosa Beach

2,394 apartment units
71% built before 1980

Hawthorne

16,374 apartment units
68% built before 1980

Carson

4,152 apartment units
78% built before 1980

Long Beach

72,755 apartment units
79% built before 1980

Lawndale

2,128 apartment units
72% built before 1980

Rancho Palos Verdes

2,381 apartment units
Inland stock, along Western Ave.

Unit counts are housing units in structures of five or more, U.S. Census American Community Survey, 2020–2024 five-year estimates.

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Statutory references are to California Government Code §§ 66311.7 and 66323, as amended by SB 543 (Stats. 2025, ch. 520), effective January 1, 2026. Nothing on this site is legal or tax advice. Cost and value figures are estimates and not appraisals. We do not guarantee any city's decision.