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San Juan Capistrano, CA

35,095 Population
14.4 square miles 2,432 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$63,646 ±$4,786 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $47,931 ±$212
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$129,457 ±$9,965 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $95,958 ±$378
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

8.3% ±3.4% (2,896  ±1,192) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds 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)

26.5 minutes ±2.2 (380,615  ±44,122) 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

12,252 ±485 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,499,409 ±6,354
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.8 ±0.1 (34,814  ±45) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8 12,723,407
  • about the same as the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

5.2% ±2.4% (352  ±168) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.3% 136,477 (±0.1% / ±3,003)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

13,071 ±486 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,796,635 ±1,079
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$993,800 ±$47,270 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $871,300 ±$1,892
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

7.2% ±1.8% (2,519  ±629.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 9.6% 1,238,970 (±0.1% / ±13,962.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

89.7% ±4.3% (22,270  ±1,255.6) 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
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
43.4% ±3.1% (10,770  ±838) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38% 3,468,765
  • about 20 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

17.4% ±2.3% (6,095  ±802) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.7% 4,241,527
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

5.5% ±1.2% (1,506  ±340) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.9% 296,725 (±0% / ±3,973)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
1,506 Total veterans ±340 1,429 Male ±334 77 Female ±61

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