Neighborhood Guides
Neighborhoods in Seal Beach
Homes for sale, market trends and a local guide for each neighborhood.
At a Glance
Seal Beach Facts
- Location
- Orange County, California
- Incorporated
- 1915
- Population
- 25,242 (2020 census)
- Pier
- Second-longest wooden pier in California
- School district
- Los Alamitos Unified (nearly all of the city)
About Seal Beach
Seal Beach is the first Orange County beach town south of Long Beach, at the mouth of the San Gabriel River. It began as Bay City and was renamed Seal Beach around 1913, and its pier is the second-longest wooden pier in California. Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach covers most of the city's land, which is a large part of why the town has stayed small.
Housing Stock
Prices vary more here than the city's size suggests. Old Town, the streets around Main Street closest to the pier, and gated Surfside Colony on the sand hold the top of the market. The Hill, a tract of late-1950s ranch homes north of Coast Highway, sits close behind, and College Park East and West offer single-family homes farther inland. Leisure World, a large 55-and-over community that opened in 1962, accounts for most of the city's sales and pulls the citywide median well below what a house near the beach costs.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Main Street runs from Coast Highway to the pier, with shops and restaurants that keep a small-town pace. The Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge, about 911 acres inside the naval station, is open for guided tours, and Long Beach and Huntington Beach are next door. Nearly all of the city is in the Los Alamitos Unified School District.
Neighborhoods & Enclaves
Old Town
The streets around Main Street and the pier, closest to the sand.
Surfside Colony
A gated colony of about 256 homes in three rows, with the A row on the beach.
The Hill
Late-1950s ranch homes, many rebuilt, a few blocks from the pier and next to Gum Grove Park.
Bridgeport
A small neighborhood of single-family homes south of Coast Highway, near the beach.
College Park East and West
Single-family neighborhoods inland, near the 405 and 22 freeways.
Leisure World
A gated 55-and-over community with golf, pools and clubs, the largest share of the city's homes.
What Sets the Market Apart
- The naval weapons station takes up most of the city, so few new homes are ever built and supply stays tight.
- Los Alamitos Unified is a main reason families choose Seal Beach over neighboring beach towns.
- Leisure World sales skew the citywide numbers; look at the neighborhood, not the city median, when pricing a house.
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