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Fountain Valley, CA

56,754 Population
9.1 square miles 6,256.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.3 ±0.1

Economics

$46,609 ±$2,285 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $43,986 ±$201
  • about the same as the amount in California: $45,591 ±$149
$108,860 ±$8,264 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $89,105 ±$413
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $91,905 ±$277

7% ±1.2% (3,940  ±667) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.8% 1,647,788 (±0.2% / ±19,310)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 12.1% 4,685,272 (±0.1% / ±38,720)

25.2 minutes ±0.8 (600,050  ±31,892) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 30.1 163,912,580 (±0.1 / ±641,078)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29.2 463,270,940 (±0.1 / ±1,077,551)

Families

18,906 ±675 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,429,379 ±6,521
  • California: 13,315,822 ±16,341
3 ±0.1 (56,138  ±83) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.9 12,859,554
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,493,080

2.3% ±0.8% (283  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.4% 141,750 (±0.1% / ±3,294)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.8% 460,360 (±0.1% / ±5,836)

Housing

19,279 ±675 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,730,219 ±613
  • California: 14,424,442 ±2,741

$932,800 ±$13,619 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $772,000 ±$2,437
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $659,300 ±$1,011

10.4% ±1.8% (5,836  ±1,021.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 10.3% 1,330,515 (±0.1% / ±12,822.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 11.6% 4,529,708 (±0.1% / ±25,480.9)

Social

90.4% ±2.7% (37,071  ±1,368) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 81.8% 7,453,216
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.4% 22,656,988 (±0.2% / ±42,808.6)
43.8% ±2.1% (17,969  ±,923.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 36.6% 3,329,377
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 35.9% 9,626,973 (±0.1% / ±27,977.4)

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

31.8% ±1.9% (18,055  ±1,051) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.4% 4,249,106
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 26.5% 10,442,880

4% ±0.5% (1,842  ±236) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3.1% 324,799 (±0.1% / ±5,104)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.7% 1,415,562 (±0% / ±11,195)
1,842 Total veterans ±236 1,822 Male ±237 20 Female ±20

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