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Home Electricity Use by ZIP Code in LA County’s SCE Areas: Monthly kWh 2023–2026 and the Solar Size That Matches

The middle ZIP code in Southern California Edison’s part of Los Angeles County used 438 kWh per home a month from April 2025 to March 2026, about 5,260 kWh a year, and the figure has barely moved since 2023 (−0.2%). Behind that median the spread is wide: from about 231 kWh in dense ZIPs of Santa Monica and Long Beach to 1,593 in Beverly Hills 90210. The Antelope Valley pays for summer most, with August–September bills 2.5 times its spring ones. These are SCE’s published ZIP-code averages; homes in the City of Los Angeles, Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena buy from their own city utilities and are not in them.

Updated October 15, 2026 · Data through March 2026 · Cali Energy research team · CSLB #1032379 · verify license

438 kWh
Per home a month, middle SCE ZIP code in LA County, April 2025–March 2026
323–593
Middle 80% of ZIP codes, kWh per home a month
1.7×
August–September bills against April–May, middle ZIP
3.7 kW
Solar to match the average home’s year, middle ZIP, at 1,430 kWh per kW

SCE publishes, every quarter, how much electricity its residential customers in each ZIP code used: total kWh, the number of accounts billed and the average per account, by month. Three years of those figures cover 166 ZIP codes in Los Angeles County. Next to them: how many homes in each ZIP have solar, from the state’s interconnection records, and how many kilowatts of panels would cover the average home’s year at the output measured on LA roofs.

Flat since 2023The middle ZIP used 5,243 kWh a year in 2023–24, 5,360 in 2024–25 and 5,260 in 2025–26.
Hot valleys and big lots use moreAntelope Valley 531 and Santa Clarita 516 kWh a month, Malibu to Westlake 826; the Westside cities 336.
Summer is an inland storyAugust–September bills ran 2.5× spring in the Antelope Valley, 1.2× in the South Bay, Inglewood & Palos Verdes.
Solar homes are bigger usersThe metered solar homes we monitor in SCE territory use about 920 kWh a month, twice the ZIP average.

Look up your ZIP code

SCE residential averages, April 2025 to March 2026.

Home electricity use in your ZIP

Average per SCE residential account, all home types. Your own bill shows your own use; this shows your neighbors’.

Every ZIP code: yearly and monthly kWh, solar share, kW to match (CSV)
How to cite: Cali Energy, “Home Electricity Use by ZIP Code in LA County's SCE Areas,” updated October 15, 2026, https://cali-energy.com/research/home-electricity-use-by-zip-sce-los-angeles-county. Aggregated data are free to use under CC BY 4.0 with a link to this page.

By area

Median of the ZIP codes in each area with 1,000 or more residential accounts.

Average home electricity use by area
Average kWh per home a month by area, SCE part of LA CountyFrom 336 in Westside cities to 826 in Malibu, Topanga, Agoura, Calabasas & Westlake.02004006008001000531Antelope V.516Santa Clarita826Malibu–Calabasas512Foothills416West SGV502East SGV412Gateway342Long Beach348South Bay336Westside376East/South LA
kWh per SCE residential account a month, April 2025–March 2026; median ZIP of each area.
Home electricity use by area, SCE part of Los Angeles County
AreaZIP codeskWh per home a monthAug–Sep bills vs Apr–MayChange since 2023–24Homes with solar per 100 accounts
Malibu, Topanga, Agoura, Calabasas & Westlake58261.42×+0.7%15
Antelope Valley95312.51×−1.9%26
Santa Clarita Valley95162.17×+0.8%31
Foothills: La Crescenta to Glendora155121.79×+1.3%12
East San Gabriel Valley & Pomona195021.97×+0.1%14
West San Gabriel Valley124161.73×−0.1%7
Whittier & Gateway cities364121.72×+0.5%8
East & South LA unincorporated areas123761.46×−1.1%5
South Bay, Inglewood & Palos Verdes223481.25×−1.1%6
Long Beach113421.51×−0.6%6
Westside cities143361.33×−0.4%2
Median of ZIP codes. “Foothills” runs from La Crescenta and Altadena to Monrovia, Azusa and Glendora; “Westside cities” are Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood and Culver City; the East and South LA areas are unincorporated communities such as East Los Angeles, Florence-Graham, Westmont and View Park–Windsor Hills, plus Commerce.

The pattern follows heat and house size. The coast and the Westside cities run lowest and flattest through the year; the Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys run highest in summer, when air conditioning sets the bill. The single highest averages come from large-lot areas: Beverly Hills 90210 (1,593 kWh), Malibu 90265 (1,020 kWh), Calabasas 91302 (999 kWh), La Canada 91011 (928 kWh).

Month by month

Middle ZIP code, kWh per home on bills issued each month, April 2025 to March 2026.

Average home electricity use by billing month
kWh per home by billing month, middle SCE ZIP code in LA CountyHighest on September bills, 655 kWh; lowest on April bills, 334.0100200300400500600700334Apr342May408Jun504Jul516Aug655Sep430Oct374Nov408Dec431Jan378Feb376Mar
By the month SCE issued the bill: a September bill mostly covers August.

The highest bills arrive in September, at 655 kWh for the middle ZIP, about 2.0 times the lowest, in April. Because SCE reports by billing month, the peak lands a few weeks after the hottest weather. A small winter bump on December and January bills likely reflects lighting and heating. How the same seasons look inside the solar homes we monitor, day by day and on hot days, is in how much electricity LA solar homes use.

Solar homes, and what the averages leave out

ZIP codes by share of homes with solar
ZIP codes, by solar homes per 100 accountsZIP codeskWh per home a monthAug–Sep bills vs Apr–May
0–6553451.44×
6–12554371.78×
12–38565321.86×
Solar homes: all residential interconnections SCE has recorded in the ZIP code (CPUC DG Stats); accounts: median billed accounts a month.

ZIP codes with the most solar also use the most electricity: 532 kWh a month in the top third against 345 in the bottom third. That is mostly geography and housing: solar goes on single-family roofs in hot inland areas, the same homes that run air conditioning. It also hides something. SCE’s files do not say whether a solar customer’s kWh are counted before or after the solar output the home exports; if they are net, as billing usually is, the true use in high-solar ZIPs is higher still. The metered solar homes we monitor in SCE territory use about 920 kWh a month, measured at the house, about twice the average across all home types.

That is why the “kW to match” column is a floor, not a design. It divides the average account’s year by 1,430 kWh per kW, the output of a typical LA roof in a year of average sunshine, and the average account includes apartments. A detached house usually needs more; size from your own 12 months of kWh with measured output by system size. Your baseline allowance depends on SCE’s climate region, explained in the SCE baseline region lookup, and statewide averages are in average home electricity use in California.

Every ZIP code

Sorted by ZIP. kWh per SCE residential account.

Home electricity use by ZIP code, SCE part of Los Angeles County, April 2025–March 2026
ZIPCitykWh a monthkWh a yearHighest billsAug–Sep vs Apr–MayChange since 2023–24Solar per 100kW to match
90001Los Angeles3504,200Sep 4691.49×−0.4%22.9
90002Los Angeles4064,867Sep 5401.50×−0.3%63.4
90022*Los Angeles3494,185Sep 5421.76×+0.1%22.9
90023Los Angeles3434,115Sep 5411.68×−0.7%22.9
90040Commerce3814,576Sep 6001.78×+1.1%43.2
90043Windsor Hills4805,764Sep 5971.28×−3.9%124.0
90044Los Angeles3123,744Sep 3951.36×−2.5%22.6
90046West Hollywood2633,160Sep 3941.60×−0.5%02.2
90047Los Angeles3714,452Sep 4731.33×−3.0%73.1
90048West Hollywood4545,452Sep 6311.44×+2.5%23.8
90056*Los Angeles5296,348Nov 6731.24×−1.9%144.4
90059Los Angeles3984,772Sep 5241.44×−3.3%83.3
90061Los Angeles4024,827Sep 5111.35×−1.0%73.4
90063Los Angeles3634,352Sep 5411.62×−1.1%43.0
90066Los Angeles3193,826Sep 4061.33×+0.9%52.7
90069West Hollywood3293,945Sep 4731.50×−1.0%02.8
90201*Bell3404,082Sep 5071.71×−0.0%22.9
90210Beverly Hills159319,113Sep 20411.33×+1.4%613.4
90211Beverly Hills4435,311Sep 6531.49×+1.8%23.7
90212Beverly Hills4385,250Sep 6191.44×−0.7%23.7
90220Compton4014,807Sep 5201.42×−0.9%53.4
90221Compton4295,146Sep 5811.52×−1.1%63.6
90222Compton4004,799Sep 5241.44×−1.7%63.4
90230Culver City3444,134Sep 4441.32×−0.6%62.9
90232Culver City3564,274Sep 4831.39×+4.4%93.0
90240Downey5346,413Sep 8401.85×+2.6%114.5
90241Downey4144,972Sep 6601.82×+2.6%73.5
90242Downey4104,917Sep 6661.84×+0.4%73.4
90245El Segundo3534,231Sep 4341.22×+1.7%73.0
90247Gardena3043,645Sep 3811.29×−2.0%42.5
90248Gardena4195,025Sep 5411.26×−3.3%143.5
90249Gardena3474,168Sep 4441.30×−2.1%102.9
90250Hawthorne3374,048Sep 4351.35×−0.6%42.8
90254*Hermosa Beach3804,554Sep 4481.15×+1.7%63.2
90255Huntington Park3173,800Sep 4461.60×−0.8%22.7
90260Lawndale3233,876Sep 3811.25×−0.8%32.7
90262Lynwood3774,528Sep 5371.62×−0.2%63.2
90265*Malibu102012,236Sep 11981.20×+1.2%138.6
90266Manhattan Beach5566,673Sep 6431.23×+1.7%114.7
90270Maywood3243,890Sep 4921.72×+0.6%22.7
90274Palos Verdes Estates7488,982Sep 8871.17×−1.3%126.3
90275Rancho Palos Verdes5446,530Sep 6611.17×−1.2%134.6
90277Redondo Beach3554,255Jan 4021.06×−2.6%53.0
90278Redondo Beach3704,441Sep 4281.16×+0.2%73.1
90280South Gate3534,240Sep 5111.64×+0.3%43.0
90290Topanga8269,915Jan 10281.07×−8.2%206.9
90301Inglewood2993,585Sep 3791.26×−0.5%22.5
90302Inglewood2993,591Sep 3551.21×−2.6%22.5
90303Inglewood3444,134Sep 4421.37×−2.5%42.9
90304Inglewood3303,963Sep 4341.39×−2.1%32.8
90305Inglewood4014,812Sep 4811.29×−0.7%63.4
90401Santa Monica2312,771Aug 2761.23×−5.5%01.9
90402Santa Monica7569,076Sep 9201.18×+3.6%116.3
90403Santa Monica2683,221Sep 3171.11×−2.9%22.3
90404Santa Monica2442,928Sep 3091.26×−1.3%12.0
90405Santa Monica3003,602Sep 3651.24×−0.3%52.5
90501Torrance3504,197Sep 4421.28×−0.9%62.9
90502Torrance3384,055Sep 4271.31×−2.3%62.8
90503Torrance3454,143Jan 4011.13×−0.6%52.9
90504Torrance3444,128Sep 4361.27×−0.4%82.9
90505Torrance3834,598Jan 4621.16×−1.2%83.2
90601Whittier4635,559Sep 7211.84×+1.9%93.9
90602Whittier4084,899Sep 6111.83×+4.7%103.4
90603Whittier5416,487Sep 8862.01×+4.0%144.5
90604Whittier4585,502Sep 7452.03×+2.9%113.8
90605Whittier5106,115Sep 7871.87×+3.2%114.3
90606Whittier4665,596Sep 7561.96×+3.8%93.9
90638La Mirada4925,899Sep 8011.94×+4.2%134.1
90640Montebello4044,845Sep 6331.78×+0.8%73.4
90650Norwalk4175,000Sep 6551.82×+1.6%93.5
90660Pico Rivera4425,301Sep 6951.88×−1.0%93.7
90670Santa Fe Springs4235,074Sep 6761.93×+2.5%153.5
90701Artesia4335,201Sep 6661.71×+0.0%103.6
90703Cerritos4765,715Sep 7381.72×+3.3%134.0
90704Avalon3133,753Jan 3451.09×−11.6%22.6
90706Bellflower3964,751Sep 5871.69×+0.3%63.3
90710Harbor City5937,114Sep 8321.27×−5.1%165.0
90712Lakewood4395,271Sep 6841.74×+1.7%123.7
90713Lakewood4715,648Sep 7431.77×+3.0%133.9
90715*Lakewood4004,795Sep 6141.72×+2.0%83.4
90716Hawaiian Gardens3904,676Sep 5721.57×−1.5%43.3
90717Lomita3494,189Sep 4611.36×−0.8%42.9
90723Paramount3764,509Sep 5551.69×+0.2%43.2
90745Carson3894,668Sep 5121.39×−2.3%83.3
90746Carson4225,068Sep 5541.42×−3.1%153.5
90755Signal Hill3694,426Sep 5241.57×+0.5%93.1
90802Long Beach2643,163Sep 3611.45×−0.4%02.2
90803Long Beach3424,106Sep 4571.31×−2.2%52.9
90804Long Beach2813,370Sep 3881.40×−0.7%32.4
90805Long Beach3854,624Sep 5421.56×−1.0%73.2
90806Long Beach3334,001Sep 4531.52×+0.2%62.8
90807Long Beach4074,879Sep 5851.56×+1.3%113.4
90808Long Beach4525,418Sep 7021.78×+1.0%183.8
90810Long Beach3864,636Sep 5191.51×−0.6%83.2
90813Long Beach2673,206Sep 3671.46×−0.9%12.2
90814Long Beach3173,802Sep 4201.31×−2.1%52.7
90815Long Beach4295,153Sep 5971.59×+0.6%143.6
91001Altadena4735,681Sep 7231.71×−16.1%164.0
91006Arcadia5887,062Sep 9441.85×+2.1%174.9
91007Arcadia5126,149Sep 8291.79×+2.2%104.3
91010Duarte4425,299Sep 7051.93×+0.9%93.7
91011La Canada92811,131Sep 13631.49×+2.6%217.8
91016Monrovia4415,291Sep 7361.97×+1.6%93.7
91020Montrose3914,689Sep 6351.66×+1.3%33.3
91024*Sierra Madre5116,133Sep 8141.80×+0.3%134.3
91030South Pasadena4295,146Sep 6311.74×+2.6%83.6
91104*Pasadena4725,662Sep 7481.77×−1.3%104.0
91107*Pasadena6127,341Sep 9521.75×−0.1%135.1
91108San Marino87210,465Sep 12901.62×+3.6%127.3
91214La Crescenta5616,737Sep 8391.56×−2.5%164.7
91301Agoura Hills6637,951Sep 9821.79×+0.7%195.6
91302Calabasas99911,993Sep 14471.63×+2.4%158.4
91311*Chatsworth7979,563Aug 11991.60×−3.4%346.7
91321Newhall4985,979Sep 8612.04×+0.8%134.2
91340San Fernando4635,561Sep 7482.06×+0.6%93.9
91350Santa Clarita4965,946Sep 8442.40×+2.1%384.2
91351Canyon Country5106,116Sep 8352.42×−0.7%224.3
91354Valencia5166,198Sep 8922.38×+2.3%314.3
91355Valencia4795,745Sep 7952.17×+0.3%144.0
91361Westlake Village7048,451Sep 9781.42×−0.9%135.9
91381Valencia5306,366Sep 8652.15×+0.6%384.5
91384Castaic5486,574Sep 9692.50×+2.6%344.6
91387Canyon Country5476,566Aug 8702.15×+2.9%224.6
91390Santa Clarita6657,985Sep 10412.10×−3.0%345.6
91702Azusa5406,483Sep 8571.97×−3.5%104.5
91706Baldwin Park4665,597Sep 7571.90×−0.0%83.9
91711Claremont4975,969Sep 7661.87×−0.5%194.2
91722Covina5026,026Sep 8202.06×+0.4%144.2
91723Covina4475,361Sep 7232.00×+1.8%123.7
91724Covina5606,723Sep 8981.97×+0.4%174.7
91731El Monte3964,748Sep 5941.76×+0.9%53.3
91732El Monte4425,304Sep 6741.81×−0.7%53.7
91733South El Monte4375,246Sep 6551.78×−0.9%73.7
91740Glendora5176,203Sep 8452.05×+3.1%124.3
91741Glendora6207,439Sep 10411.98×+2.8%195.2
91744La Puente5016,016Sep 8362.01×−2.0%114.2
91745Hacienda Heights5376,442Sep 8201.80×+0.1%144.5
91746La Puente5146,167Sep 7951.90×−3.7%114.3
91748Rowland Heights4785,736Sep 7441.80×+0.1%124.0
91750La Verne5346,404Sep 8951.98×−2.8%184.5
91754Monterey Park3844,603Sep 6071.63×−1.0%73.2
91755Monterey Park3774,529Sep 5851.67×−1.2%63.2
91765Diamond Bar5126,149Sep 7931.73×+2.3%164.3
91766Pomona4565,475Sep 7431.98×+0.1%113.8
91767Pomona4365,234Sep 7171.96×−2.0%103.7
91768Pomona4685,613Sep 7831.97×−1.4%123.9
91770*Rosemead4545,454Sep 6551.63×−3.6%73.8
91773San Dimas5486,580Sep 8991.93×+1.8%144.6
91775San Gabriel4765,716Sep 7511.90×+1.2%114.0
91776San Gabriel3824,590Sep 6001.73×−2.5%53.2
91780*Temple City4745,684Sep 7241.82×+3.3%104.0
91789Walnut5316,376Sep 8691.81×+1.9%214.5
91790West Covina5166,193Sep 8442.02×+1.2%144.3
91791West Covina5336,396Sep 9032.04×+1.0%174.5
91792West Covina4595,507Sep 7611.97×+2.4%93.9
91801Alhambra3544,249Sep 5241.73×+0.4%33.0
91803Alhambra3904,677Sep 6111.69×+0.9%53.3
93510Acton7088,491Sep 11411.95×−6.5%315.9
93532Lake Hughes4835,796Jan 6341.35×−9.0%134.1
93534Lancaster4545,452Sep 7312.51×−0.3%163.8
93535Lancaster5336,400Sep 8572.67×−4.6%264.5
93536Lancaster5196,228Aug 9063.34×−0.3%364.4
93543*Littlerock6037,239Aug 8542.05×−1.9%205.1
93551Palmdale5416,490Sep 9433.39×−0.4%354.5
93552Palmdale5316,370Aug 9433.07×+0.0%314.5
93591*Palmdale5276,327Jul 7892.27×−5.1%244.4
*Combined by SCE with a neighboring ZIP code for privacy. City: the most common city name in state records for the ZIP. ZIP codes with fewer than 12 months of published data are left out.

Methodology

Source
SCE “Usage Aggregation by Zip code for Web Posting,” quarterly files April 2023 – March 2026, residential class, published under CPUC rules on aggregated customer data. SCE suppresses or combines ZIP codes with too few customers.
Measure
Average kWh per residential account on bills issued each month, summed over April–March windows (all 12 months required). The number of accounts billed swings from month to month with billing cycles, so we use SCE’s per-account average rather than dividing totals.
ZIP codes
166 ZIP codes whose most common county in state records is Los Angeles and where SCE billed 1,000 or more homes a month; 7 smaller ones are left out. City and county come from CPUC DG Stats records for the ZIP.
Solar
All residential solar interconnections SCE recorded in the ZIP code (CPUC DG Stats, through March 2026), per 100 median monthly accounts. Not every system is still on the same account, so treat it as an index.
kW to match
Average account’s April 2025 – March 2026 kWh divided by 1,430 kWh per kW, the measured output of our fleet adjusted to a year of average sunshine.
Limits
LADWP, Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena customers are not in SCE’s data. Whether solar customers’ kWh are net of exports is not stated. All figures are SCE’s public aggregates; no customer data are used.

Frequently asked questions

How much electricity does the average home use in Los Angeles County?

In SCE’s part of the county, the middle ZIP code averaged 438 kWh per home a month, about 5,260 kWh a year, from April 2025 to March 2026. Homes in the City of Los Angeles are served by LADWP and are not in SCE’s data.

Which areas of LA County use the most electricity?

Among SCE areas, the large-lot area from Malibu to Westlake (826 kWh a month at the median ZIP) and the hot inland valleys; the lowest are the Westside cities (336).

When are SCE electric bills highest in Los Angeles County?

On September bills, which mostly cover August: 655 kWh for the middle ZIP, against 334 on April bills.

Has home electricity use in LA County gone up?

Not much. The middle SCE ZIP code used 5,243 kWh a year in April 2023 – March 2024 and 5,260 in April 2025 – March 2026.

How big a solar system matches the average home in my ZIP?

For the middle ZIP, about 3.7 kW at 1,430 kWh per kW a year. That is a floor: the average includes apartments, and a detached house usually uses more. Use the lookup above for your ZIP and your own bills to size.

More research

ResearchHow Much Electricity Do LA Homes With Solar Actually Use?A median 32 kWh a day, measured at the house — month by month and on hot days, in 117 homes.ResearchHow Much Does a 4–12 kW Solar System Produce in LA?Annual, monthly and daily output by system size, from measured kWh per kW.ResearchDo Homes Use More Electricity After Going Solar?The same 79 homes, weather-adjusted: a median 10% more by year 3 than in the first year with solar.ResearchWhat Was LA Home Solar Output Worth?A kW's output at retail: $445 on SCE in 2024, $370 on LADWP in 2025, and how much each tariff counts at retail.

Next steps

Sizing solar to your own use?

Case studyHe sized it from his bill. The answer was in his kilowatt-hours.A Woodland Hills design that changed once annual kWh, not one monthly bill, set the size.InstallationSolar sized for your roof and usageWe size from 12 months of kWh and your roof’s direction, tilt and shade, not a city average. Terms in writing.BatterySize a battery for winter, not only summerWork out storage from your usage and backup needs; a battery that fills in June may not fill in December.Case studySized to the bill, not the roof.A Glassell Park design that started at 26 modules and shipped at 14, because usage decided the size.

Prepared by Cali Energy, October 15, 2026. Figures describe systems in our monitoring fleet and are not a guarantee of what any specific roof will produce; orientation, tilt, shade, equipment and weather change results. Not engineering, financial or utility advice. See our Content Disclaimer.

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