Santa Monica is in the Los Angeles metro area, 14 miles from downtown Los Angeles, in the southern part of California. The California state capital, Sacramento, is 357 miles to the northwest of Santa Monica. Beyond Los Angeles, the next major market is Long Beach at 24 miles to the southeast. Among nearby covered cities such as Culver City and Inglewood, Santa Monica is one of the larger markets.
Santa Monica has a population of 92,472, ranking 79th of 212 covered California cities and accounting for about 0.3% of their total population. Santa Monica is in the southern part of California (the Pacific Coast). Businesses in Santa Monica compete for both Santa Monica-specific searches — where Santa Monica proximity and a complete local profile give them a direct advantage — and for the broader Los Angeles-area queries where a strong Santa Monica presence can still convert metro-area customers. Los Angeles County also includes our covered cities of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Glendale, giving multi-location programs across the county a natural hub. Santa Monica is a coastal market — businesses here serve both year-round residents and visitor-driven demand, which produces distinct seasonal search-volume patterns.
Santa Monica (92,472) sits among covered cities like Culver City (39,428), Inglewood (111,542), Hawthorne (86,199). In Los Angeles County, we also cover Los Angeles (3,884,307), Long Beach (469,428), Glendale (196,021) — creating natural multi-city program opportunities for businesses operating across the area. The Los Angeles–Long Beach corridor (14 mi to 24 mi from Santa Monica) represents the competitive metro backdrop that shapes what Santa Monica businesses need to rank for.
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