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El Segundo, CA

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El SegundoCA averageUS Census ACS
Population
16,863
Per-capita income
$80,399
Median home value
$1,521,600
Bachelor's or higher
62%
Typical home value $1,752,841 +4.6% yr/yr · +18% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2000–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
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Municipal budget

US Census Annual Survey of Local Government Finances
Total revenue$146.0M (FY2023)
Total spending$136.0M (FY2023)
Taxes$87.9M (FY2023)
Debt outstanding$145.0M (FY2023)
Spending per resident$8,049 (FY2023)

Development activity

Housing units permitted — US Census Building Permits Survey
202534 housing units ($7.5M)
🗳️ Election results (3 races)
Local election returns — winner marked ✓.
City Council 2024-11-05
Drew Boyles ✓ 5,537 · Michelle Keldorf ✓ 4,185 · Lance Giroux ✓ 3,781 · John Pickhaver 3,584 · Carol Kelly Pirsztuk 3,044 · Chris Eidem 856
City Council 2022-11-08
CHRISTOPHER PIMENTEL ✓ 3,122 · Christopher Pimentel ✓ 3,122 · Ryan W. Baldino ✓ 3,055 · RYAN W. BALDINO 3,055 · MICHELLE KELDORF 2,848 · Michelle Keldorf 2,848
City Council 2020-03-03
Drew Boyles ✓ 4,180 · Carol Kelly Pirsztuk ✓ 4,085 · Lance Giroux ✓ 3,834
🗳️ Ballot measures (3)
Propositions decided directly by voters.
Measure BT
2022-11-08 · Passed — 3,495 yes / 3,327 no
Measure W
2022-11-08 · Failed — 3,058 yes / 4,027 no
Measure Y
2022-11-08 · Passed — 5,163 yes / 1,929 no

Recent meetings

Thu Jul 9, 2026

Planning Commission

Tue Jul 7, 2026

Regular Council Meeting

Thu Jun 25, 2026

Planning Commission

Wed Jun 24, 2026

Proposal to Become a Charter City - Town Hall Meeting

Tue Jun 16, 2026

Regular Council Meeting

Thu Jun 11, 2026

Planning Commission

Tue Jun 2, 2026

Regular Council Meeting

Thu May 21, 2026

Regular City Council Meeting

Wed May 20, 2026

Recreation & Parks Commission

Thu May 14, 2026

Planning Commission

Wed May 13, 2026

Special City Council Meeting - Budget Study Session

Tue May 5, 2026

Regular Council Meeting

Thu Apr 23, 2026

Planning Commission

Tue Apr 21, 2026

Regular Council Meeting

Wed Apr 15, 2026

Recreation & Parks Commission

Wed Apr 15, 2026

Strategic Planning Session

Thu Mar 26, 2026

Planning Commission

Wed Mar 18, 2026

Recreation & Parks Commission

Tue Mar 17, 2026

Regular Council Meeting

Fri Mar 13, 2026

Planning Commission

Tue Mar 3, 2026

Regular Council Meeting

Thu Feb 26, 2026

Planning Commission

Wed Feb 18, 2026

Recreation & Parks Commission

Tue Feb 17, 2026

Regular Council Meeting

Tue Feb 3, 2026

Regular Council Meeting

Thu Jan 22, 2026

Planning Commission

Wed Jan 21, 2026

Recreation & Parks Commission

Tue Jan 20, 2026

Regular Council Meeting

💰 Federal awards (top 10 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
$8.6BTHE AEROSPACE CORPORATION
Department of Defense · FY19 ENGINEERING SERVICES
$4.3BTHE AEROSPACE CORPORATION
Department of Defense · IGF::CL::IGF AEROSPACE FFRDC CONTRACT FROM 1 OCT 2013 TO 30 SEPT 2018
$3.1BTHE BOEING COMPANY
Department of Defense · WGS BLOCK II FOLLOW ON
$1.8BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · IGF::OT::IGF NEXT GENERATION JAMMER (NGJ) ENGINEERING&MANUFACTURING D
$1.7BNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Department of Defense · 200103!000014!5700!GV47 !ESC/JSK !F1962800C01
$1.2BRAYTHEON COMPANY
National Aeronautics and Space Administr · ENGINEERING SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT LEADING TO THE DELIVERY OF THE VI
$1.1BTHE BOEING COMPANY
National Aeronautics and Space Administr · THIS CONTRACT IS TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, SHIP,
$766.2MTHE BOEING COMPANY
Department of Defense · EVOLVED STRATEGIC SATELLITE COMMUNICATION (ESS) SPACE DEVELOPMENT AND
$670.8MRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · NGJ-MB LRIP III
$591.5MRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · NGJ-MB PRODUCTION LOT 4 SYSTEM SHIPSETS, SPARES AND NRE

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.

🌐 County-level context (Los Angeles County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Traffic fatalities1 (2024)
Business establishments304,988 (3,987,736 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$2,625/mo (2025)
Adults with low literacy34.3% (low numeracy 43% · 2017)

Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC

City profile

Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.

$146.0M
Annual budget
$145.0M
Debt outstanding
589
Employees on payroll
34
Permitted housing units

The money — in

source: Census gov-finance & state comptroller

Budget

Revenue$146.0M
Spending$136.0M
Revenue ran ahead of operating spending this year.

Debt load MODERATE

Outstanding debt$145.0M
Debt-to-revenue0.99×
Debt-load index58 / 100
A debt-load indicator (national percentile of debt, deficit & aid-reliance) — not a solvency verdict. Cross-checked against official state fiscal-stress scores where they exist.

The money — out

source: city procurement & payroll

Who the city actually cuts checks to.

589 employees on the public payroll — every position and salary is public record.

Outcomes — economic mobility

source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research use

For kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:

White kids
0.492
All kids
0.431
Black kids
0.318

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Where it’s happening

geocoded land-use decisions
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Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.
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