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Fountain Valley, CA

56,358 Population
9.1 square miles 6,213 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$48,238 ±$2,309 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $46,385 ±$211
  • about the same as the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$111,797 ±$8,243 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $93,525 ±$441
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

7.3% ±1.3% (4,097  ±711) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.6% 1,618,969 (±0.1% / ±17,774)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

26 minutes ±0.6 (576,325  ±31,818) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 29.9 158,071,870 (±0.1 / ±561,489)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

18,840 ±676 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,464,908 ±7,808
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
3 ±0.1 (55,775  ±76) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.9 12,760,073 (±0 / ±2,802)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

3.3% ±1% (401  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.3% 139,589 (±0.1% / ±2,914)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

19,250 ±697 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,762,557 ±1,595
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$1,018,600 ±$19,570 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $825,300 ±$2,278
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

9.2% ±1.5% (5,157  ±855.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 9.9% 1,278,596 (±0.1% / ±14,445.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

90.4% ±2.8% (36,697  ±1,395.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82.2% 7,492,639
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
44.9% ±2% (18,215  ±919.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 37.4% 3,408,792
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

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

32% ±2.2% (18,057  ±1,232) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.5% 4,231,599
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

3.2% ±0.5% (1,429  ±244) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3% 310,552 (±0.1% / ±4,866)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
1,429 Total veterans ±244 1,377 Male ±243 52 Female ±39

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