Aliso Viejo vs Placentia

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

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

Placentia has the higher population (52,384 vs 51,320 in Aliso Viejo). Aliso Viejo has the higher median household income ($137,970 vs $110,575 in Placentia). Placentia has the higher median home value ($871,000 vs $863,800 in Aliso Viejo).

Population, income & housing

	Aliso Viejo	Placentia
Population	51,320	52,384
Median age	38.6 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$137,970	$110,575
Median home value	$863,800	$871,000
Median gross rent	$2,774	$2,267
Housing units	20,370	17,545
Homeownership rate	56.6%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.1%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aliso Viejo	Placentia
Population	50,663 → 51,320 (+1.3%)	51,818 → 52,384 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$112,689 → $137,970 (+22.4%)	$95,757 → $110,575 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$632,900 → $863,800 (+36.5%)	$630,500 → $871,000 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,258 → $2,774 (+22.9%)	$1,792 → $2,267 (+26.5%)

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

Placentia

Population

51,81852,384

Median household income

$95,757$110,575

Median home value

$630,500$871,000

Median gross rent

$1,792$2,267

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aliso Viejo	Placentia
Under 5	6.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	15.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	5.6%	8.4%
75 and over	4.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aliso Viejo	Placentia
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	38.9%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.7%	18.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aliso Viejo	Placentia
No high school diploma	3.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	11.7%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aliso Viejo	Placentia
Drove alone	66.2%	71.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.9%
Public transit	0.6%	1.6%
Walked	1.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	23.5%	13.9%
Other means	0.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aliso Viejo	Placentia
1-unit, detached	36.4%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	25.4%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	6.7%
20 or more units	21.2%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Aliso Viejo	Placentia
Poverty rate	5.2%	8.5%
Average household size	2.60	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1995	1976