Housing density: 1,778 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $930,320.
Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is over $2,000, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $3,497
Median gross rent in Mission Viejo, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Mission Viejo with a mortgage: 17,940 (2,141 second mortgage, 111 home equity loan, 1,698 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 399
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $157,644
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $108,170
Median monthly housing costs: $2,636
Compare current foreclosures in Mission Viejo, CA:
Size of family households: 9,069 2-persons, 5,685 3-persons, 5,636 4-persons, 1,901 5-persons, 770 6-persons, 547 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 6,476 1-person, 1,986 2-persons, 182 3-persons.
13,657 married couples with children.
2,866 single-parent households (481 men, 2,385 women).
68.6% of residents of Mission Viejo speak English at home.
12.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
8.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
9.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 17,902 (19.5%)
(65.1% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 91.7% Number of people working at home: 10,444 (22.5% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 1,163
5 to 9 minutes: 2,508
10 to 14 minutes: 3,704
15 to 19 minutes: 6,446
20 to 24 minutes: 5,275
25 to 29 minutes: 3,322
30 to 34 minutes: 5,452
35 to 39 minutes: 1,429
40 to 44 minutes: 696
45 to 59 minutes: 3,608
60 to 89 minutes: 1,540
90 or more minutes: 638
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 24,758 (60.9%)
Carpooled: 4,019 (9.9%)
Bus: 411 (1.0%)
Subway or elevated rail: 5 (0.0%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 22 (0.1%)
Taxi: 844 (2.1%)
Bicycle: 123 (0.3%)
Walked: 845 (2.1%)
Worked at home: 10,444 (25.7%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
1.8%Males
5.5%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
5.9%Males
0.9%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
18.2%Males
1.3%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
2.7%Males
2.9%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
3.5%Males
2.0%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
2.1%Males
2.8%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Mission Viejo, California
4,0362010 or later
3,5752000 to 2009
4,1121990 to 1999
4,8091980 to 1989
3,2531970 to 1979
3,550Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
Iranian: 3,672 (7.5%)
American: 3,088 (6.3%)
English: 2,884 (5.9%)
German: 2,667 (5.5%)
European: 2,253 (4.6%)
Irish: 1,989 (4.1%)
Italian: 1,683 (3.4%)
Polish: 664 (1.4%)
French: 435 (0.9%)
Egyptian: 377 (0.8%)
Scottish: 368 (0.8%)
Dutch: 357 (0.7%)
Swedish: 324 (0.7%)
Hungarian: 309 (0.6%)
Ukrainian: 280 (0.6%)
Greek: 261 (0.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 232 (0.5%)
Lebanese: 182 (0.4%)
Eastern European: 180 (0.4%)
Russian: 176 (0.4%)
British: 172 (0.4%)
Welsh: 172 (0.4%)
Norwegian: 172 (0.4%)
Serbian: 168 (0.3%)
French Canadian: 165 (0.3%)
Romanian: 157 (0.3%)
Icelander: 143 (0.3%)
Turkish: 131 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 128 (0.3%)
Danish: 113 (0.2%)
Assyrian: 104 (0.2%)
Canadian: 99 (0.2%)
Scandinavian: 96 (0.2%)
Armenian: 83 (0.2%)
Finnish: 80 (0.2%)
Palestinian: 77 (0.2%)
Yugoslavian: 60 (0.1%)
Maltese: 59 (0.1%)
Croatian: 59 (0.1%)
Swiss: 54 (0.1%)
Northern European: 52 (0.1%)
Slovak: 42 (0.09%)
New Zealander: 41 (0.08%)
Brazilian: 37 (0.08%)
Afghan: 36 (0.07%)
Moroccan: 32 (0.07%)
Syrian: 27 (0.06%)
Macedonian: 25 (0.05%)
Latvian: 24 (0.05%)
Jamaican: 24 (0.05%)
Lithuanian: 23 (0.05%)
African: 23 (0.05%)
Iraqi: 22 (0.05%)
Czech: 20 (0.04%)
Austrian: 19 (0.04%)
Bulgarian: 15 (0.03%)
Jordanian: 13 (0.03%)
Slavic: 13 (0.03%)
Australian: 9 (0.02%)
South African: 9 (0.02%)
West Indian: 8 (0.02%)
Slovene: 6 (0.01%)
Basque: 5 (0.01%)
Cape Verdean: 5 (0.01%)
Pennsylvania German: 4 (0.01%)
Nigerian: 3 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Iran
Mission Viejo:
17.0% (3,573)
California:
2.0% (206,004)
Mexico
Mission Viejo:
16.1% (3,382)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Vietnam
Mission Viejo:
9.2% (1,926)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Philippines
Mission Viejo:
6.4% (1,341)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
India
Mission Viejo:
4.9% (1,025)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Mission Viejo:
4.7% (984)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Taiwan
Mission Viejo:
3.7% (780)
California:
1.7% (176,274)
Canada
Mission Viejo:
3.0% (620)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
Korea
Mission Viejo:
2.5% (520)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Guatemala
Mission Viejo:
2.0% (425)
California:
2.8% (290,436)
Egypt
Mission Viejo:
1.8% (386)
California:
0.4% (42,718)
Peru
Mission Viejo:
1.7% (358)
California:
0.7% (74,025)
Japan
Mission Viejo:
1.7% (353)
California:
1.0% (103,575)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 52,163
Other state: 19,884
Northeast: 5,587
Midwest: 7,949
South: 3,317
West: 3,031
91.2% of Mission Viejo residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 42.5% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 52.8% lived in California.
Mission Viejo:
91.2%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 903
Nursery to 4th grade: 204
5th and 6th grade: 184
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 567
11th grade: 0
12th grade, no diploma: 570
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,514
Less than 1 year of college: 1,527
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,047
Associate degree: 1,404
Bachelor's degree: 10,334
Master's degree: 4,275
Professional school degree: 1,195
Doctorate degree: 939
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,328
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 305
7th and 8th grade: 291
9th grade: 105
10th grade: 351
11th grade: 45
12th grade, no diploma: 514
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,880
Less than 1 year of college: 1,606
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,242
Associate degree: 3,297
Bachelor's degree: 10,796
Master's degree: 4,242
Professional school degree: 934
Doctorate degree: 393
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 23,512
One, attached: 4,072
Two: 407
3 or 4: 1,241
5 to 9: 962
10 to 19: 905
20 to 49: 66
50 or more: 2,011
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.5%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.7%
House/condo owner moved in on average 14 years ago