Mission Viejo Real Estate

Mission Viejo, California

Mission Viejo is a city located in southern Orange County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 93,102.

Mission Viejo is suburban in nature. It is mainly residential, although there are a number of offices and businesses within its city limits. Mission Viejo is a planned community and features a very large number of single-family homes, some condominiums, a college, and a regional mall. Education in the city is provided by two school districts (Saddleback Valley and Capistrano Unified School Districts), seven high schools (Mission Viejo, Tesoro, Trabuco Hills, Silverado, Capistrano Valley, Mira Monte, Pathfinder High Schools), a college (Saddleback College), and a number of middle and elementary schools.

Mission Viejo has numerous parks; there are about two per square mile, and has a private country club.

Mission Viejo Geography

Mission Viejo is located at 33°36′46″N, 117°39′22″W (33.612739, -117.656038)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 49.3 km² (19.0 mi²). 48.3 km² (18.7 mi²) of it is land and 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²) of it (1.94%) is water. A significant portion of the surface water is held in Lake Mission Viejo, an artificial lake stretching approximately one mile from Olympiad Road to Alicia Parkway along Marguerite Parkway.

Mission Viejo Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 93,102 people, 32,449 households, and 25,212 families residing in Mission Viejo. The population density in Mission Viejo was 1,926.4/km² (4,990.1/mi²). There were 32,986 housing units at an average density of 682.5/km² (1,767.9/mi²). The racial makeup of Mission Viejo was 83.15% White, 1.15% African American, 0.37% Native American, 7.73% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander, 3.82% from other races, and 3.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 12.10% of the population in Mission Viejo.

In Mission Viejo there were 32,449 households out of which 39.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.1% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.3% were non-families. 17.3% of all households in Mission Viejo were made up of individuals and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household in Mission Viejo size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.22.

In Mission Viejo the population was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.7 males in Mission Viejo.

The median income for a household in Mission Viejo was $78,248, and the median income for a family was $86,902. Males had a median income of $61,849 versus $38,743 for females. The per capita income for Mission Viejo was $33,302. About 2.3% of families and 3.8% of the population in Mission Viejo was below the poverty line, including 3.4% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.