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

647,990 Population
163.6 square miles 3,960.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$72,455 ±$2,668 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$136,086 ±$4,983 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.1% ±1.2% (45,551  ±8,042) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.3 minutes ±0.7 (6,764,870  ±328,506) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

252,762 ±5,333 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (642,196  ±8,849) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.6% ±1.5% (7,156  ±1,950) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

271,808 ±6,214 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$1,183,200 ±$29,596 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.6% ±1.3% (67,960  ±8,531.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96% ±2.1% (461,043  ±12,866.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
58% ±1.7% (278,695  ±9,558.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

24.2% ±1.4% (156,475  ±9,111) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.4% ±0.6% (22,975  ±2,950) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
22,975 Total veterans ±2,950 20,487 Male ±2,543 2,488 Female ±1,087

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