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Mission Viejo--Lake Forest--Laguna Niguel, CA Urban Area

634,674 Population
163.6 square miles 3,878.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$69,774 ±$2,432 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$124,001 ±$3,992 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.3% ±1.1% (45,801  ±6,806) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

27.6 minutes ±1.6 (6,755,485  ±274,991) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

254,522 ±4,657 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (628,553  ±8,163) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.9% ±1.2% (6,336  ±1,534) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

272,522 ±5,151 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$1,073,400 ±$25,593 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.7% ±1.2% (60,765  ±7,343.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

95.7% ±1.9% (447,108  ±11,774.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
57.7% ±1.6% (269,415  ±8,842.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

23.4% ±1.4% (148,461  ±9,354) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.4% ±0.6% (22,341  ±2,837) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
22,341 Total veterans ±2,837 21,263 Male ±2,741 1,078 Female ±515

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