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Fountain Valley, CA

56,258 Population
9.1 square miles 6,201.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,652 ±$2,259 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $47,931 ±$212
  • about the same as the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$115,237 ±$8,309 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $95,958 ±$378
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

8% ±1.2% (4,488  ±684) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.7% 1,623,320 (±0.1% / ±18,209)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

26 minutes ±0.4 (571,575  ±30,407) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 29.5 152,295,600 (±0.1 / ±584,790)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

18,778 ±619 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,499,409 ±6,354
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
3 ±0.1 (55,715  ±85) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8 12,723,407
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

3.9% ±1% (471  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.3% 136,477 (±0.1% / ±3,003)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

19,227 ±635 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,796,635 ±1,079
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$1,072,300 ±$16,485 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $871,300 ±$1,892
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

8.7% ±1.6% (4,870  ±910.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 9.6% 1,238,970 (±0.1% / ±13,962.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

91.2% ±3% (37,226  ±1,406.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82.4% 7,524,666
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
46.4% ±2.2% (18,949  ±972.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38% 3,468,765
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

32.9% ±2.1% (18,501  ±1,157) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.7% 4,241,527
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

3.1% ±0.5% (1,405  ±226) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.9% 296,725 (±0% / ±3,973)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
1,405 Total veterans ±226 1,362 Male ±223 43 Female ±37

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