Aliso Viejo vs Brea

A side-by-side comparison of Aliso Viejo and Brea: population, income, housing, and more.

Aliso Viejo and Brea are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Aliso Viejo has the higher population (51,320 vs 47,337 in Brea). Aliso Viejo has the higher median household income ($137,970 vs $124,837 in Brea). Brea has the higher median home value ($874,300 vs $863,800 in Aliso Viejo).

Population, income & housing

	Aliso Viejo	Brea
Population	51,320	47,337
Median age	38.6 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$137,970	$124,837
Median home value	$863,800	$874,300
Median gross rent	$2,774	$2,285
Housing units	20,370	17,205
Homeownership rate	56.6%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.1%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aliso Viejo	Brea
Population	50,663 → 51,320 (+1.3%)	42,678 → 47,337 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$112,689 → $137,970 (+22.4%)	$94,492 → $124,837 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$632,900 → $863,800 (+36.5%)	$660,400 → $874,300 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,258 → $2,774 (+22.9%)	$1,851 → $2,285 (+23.4%)

Aliso Viejo

Population

50,66351,320

Median household income

$112,689$137,970

Median home value

$632,900$863,800

Median gross rent

$2,258$2,774

Brea

Population

42,67847,337

Median household income

$94,492$124,837

Median home value

$660,400$874,300

Median gross rent

$1,851$2,285

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aliso Viejo	Brea
Under 5	6.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	15.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	5.6%	10.0%
75 and over	4.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aliso Viejo	Brea
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	36.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.7%	25.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	30.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aliso Viejo	Brea
No high school diploma	3.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	11.7%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aliso Viejo	Brea
Drove alone	66.2%	76.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	1.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	23.5%	12.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aliso Viejo	Brea
1-unit, detached	36.4%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	25.4%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	8.0%
20 or more units	21.2%	18.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Aliso Viejo	Brea
Poverty rate	5.2%	6.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1995	1978