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California · Census place 48256

Mission Viejo city, CA

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Mission Viejo city has 92,415 residents, ranking #85 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $136,071, the median home is worth $946,300 and median gross rent runs $2,713 a month.

Population
92,415Mission Viejo city residents
Median household income
$136,071Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$946,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$2,713Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
46.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
77.5%Owner-occupied households

What the numbers mean in Mission Viejo city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Mission Viejo city median would spend about 23.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 7.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5% of residents and 77.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

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