140 nursing jobs in Long Beach, CA

Belmont Shore and the Eastside are the in-city picks locals name first for safety and a walkable coastal life; threads treat Belmont Shore as the strongest Long Beach option, while some people with Long Beach jobs look instead at Irvine, Santa Ana, or Costa Mesa. Alamitos Heights (median home $941,800) sits near Downtown, the beaches, and Cal State Long Beach; Bixby Knolls ($791,050) is walkable with community events and cultural venues; Naples ($896,633) is three canal islands on Alamitos Bay with a boating culture.

El Dorado Park ($713,033) and Lakewood Village ($673,983) are quieter and more suburban. Downtown and Alamitos Beach condos are the usual lower-priced entry, though agents often warn they are not automatically the better daily experience, and citywide typical sale prices sit in the mid-$800,000s with lifestyle changing sharply by block.

Typical Long Beach home prices sit in the mid-$800,000s—well below Santa Monica (starts around $1.8 million), Huntington Beach ($1.3–$1.6 million), or Manhattan Beach (around $3 million)—but housing is still cited at 137% above the national average. 2026 neighborhood medians run from Lakewood Village around $673,983 and El Dorado Park around $713,033 up through Bixby Knolls $791,050, Naples $896,633, and Alamitos Heights $941,800; listed median rents in that same guide range from about $1,339 in Lakewood Village to $2,975 in El Dorado Park, with a 2024 citywide one-bedroom rent snapshot around $1,713. Stock is often older, so buyers face unpredictable maintenance, coastal insurance, and HOA variability; downtown and Alamitos Beach condos are the usual lower-entry product.

Appreciation in that family-guide table was uneven: El Dorado Park 36%, Alamitos Heights 28%, Bixby Knolls and Lakewood Village 12%, Naples 0%.

Long Beach sits about 21 miles south of downtown Los Angeles on the Los Angeles–Orange County line, so many residents treat it as a self-contained hub with access to both counties, but I-405 and I-710 delays are a standing complaint and parking is described as a daily reality. Walk Score is cited around 73 and bike around 70, with paved shoreline paths from downtown to the eastern beaches and multiple local transit networks; the train is named as the cheapest way all the way to LAX, though it is slow.

Airplane noise from Long Beach Airport and industrial noise from the port concentrate in certain corridors, so the specific block matters as much as the neighborhood for a hospital-shift lifestyle.

The city’s food identity is heavily Cambodian and coastal: Monorom Cambodian Restaurant at 2150 E Anaheim St, Phnom Penh Noodle Shack and Battambong BBQ (known for Cambodian Cowboy Dry Noodles), plus Cambodia Town more broadly. East-side and Bixby-area names include The Attic at 3441 E Broadway, Selva at 4137 E Anaheim St, Sushi Nikkei at 3819 Atlantic Ave, Naples Rib Company, and the tavern institution Joe Jost’s; waterfront and downtown stops include Berth 55 Fish Market at 555 Pico Ave, Shoreline Village, Claire’s, Michael’s, and the Sky Room at Fairmont Breakers.

Casual locals also point to The Fourth Horsemen for pizza, Taqueria La Mexicana for burritos, Poke and Ramen Hub, Steelhead Coffee, Hey Brother Baker, and Seaside Creamery. Long Beach Food Scene Week (July 31–August 9, 2026) pulls in more than 100 restaurants, cafes, and pop-ups with prix-fixe menus and collaborations.

A paved walking and biking path runs the shoreline from downtown to the east side and is used daily for walking, biking, paddleboarding, and beach volleyball, with Shoreline Park’s lighthouse, small sandy beach, and fishing platforms looking out at the Queen Mary. El Dorado Park is a 390-acre regional park anchoring its namesake neighborhood; Heartwell Park serves Lakewood Village; Bluff Park is a scenic green space; Naples’ three islands and canals on Alamitos Bay are for walking and boating.

On the Cal State Long Beach side, Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden on Determination Drive and Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens at 6400 E Bixby Hill Rd add quieter garden time. Harbor cruises leave near the aquarium for a 45-minute loop past the Queen Mary, the oil islands, and sometimes seals.

The Aquarium of the Pacific (more than 500 species) and the Queen Mary are the headline attractions, joined by the Museum of Art, Shoreline Village, the Pike Outlets Ferris wheel and Snowopolis shaved ice, and an arts district with breweries. Long Beach Pride is a multi-day festival-and-parade tradition spanning decades and is repeatedly cited as proof of an LGBTQ-inclusive culture; Cambodia Town is treated as a deep-rooted community identity, not just a restaurant strip.

Annual gatherings include Long Beach Food Scene Week and a car show, with theaters, music venues, and museums rounding out a self-contained scene rather than a satellite of Los Angeles.

The climate is mild Mediterranean year-round: about 246 warm days, winter temperatures that rarely fall below 50°F, and summer highs that rarely top 85°F because of a constant ocean breeze. Residents use beaches, bike paths, and parks in every season rather than packing outdoor life into a short summer.

That coastal evenness is what pulls people away from hotter inland Southern California cities.

Family-oriented neighborhoods called out for 2026 are Alamitos Heights (near Cal State Long Beach, beaches, and Downtown), walkable Bixby Knolls, El Dorado Park around a 390-acre regional park, quieter Lakewood Village with Heartwell Park and a reputation for stronger schools, and waterfront Naples. High-school graduation rates in those five areas are listed between 92% and 96%, with median household incomes from about $69,693 in Bixby Knolls to $115,995 in El Dorado Park.

Citywide, school quality is described as inconsistent and crime varies significantly by district; Eastside and Belmont Shore are the areas people name as probably safest. Dense neighborhoods can feel park-poor even though the waterfront path and big regional parks exist.

Locals call Long Beach a cool, laid-back, culturally mixed city of mostly nice people, with a usable beach path, nearby surf, and enough closeness to Los Angeles to use it without living in it—some say they will never leave. The other camp tried it and moved on: neighborhoods vary so sharply that the block can make or break daily life, crime and school quality are inconsistent by district, and homelessness, tourism crowds, and port-area air quality come up repeatedly.

Housing is cheaper than Manhattan Beach, Santa Monica, or Huntington Beach but still cited at 137% above the national average, and parking plus airplane noise are the lifestyle taxes people say they underestimated.