Anaheim vs Irvine

A side-by-side comparison of Anaheim and Irvine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anaheim has the higher population (344,553 vs 308,160 in Irvine). Irvine has the higher median household income ($129,647 vs $90,583 in Anaheim). Irvine has the higher median home value ($1,115,400 vs $771,700 in Anaheim).

Population, income & housing

	Anaheim	Irvine
Population	344,553	308,160
Median age	35.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,583	$129,647
Median home value	$771,700	$1,115,400
Median gross rent	$2,082	$2,893
Housing units	110,278	120,368
Homeownership rate	45.9%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	70.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anaheim	Irvine
Population	349,964 → 344,553 (-1.5%)	273,157 → 308,160 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$71,763 → $90,583 (+26.2%)	$105,126 → $129,647 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$575,600 → $771,700 (+34.1%)	$838,000 → $1,115,400 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,651 → $2,082 (+26.1%)	$2,361 → $2,893 (+22.5%)

Anaheim

Population

349,964344,553

Median household income

$71,763$90,583

Median home value

$575,600$771,700

Median gross rent

$1,651$2,082

Irvine

Population

273,157308,160

Median household income

$105,126$129,647

Median home value

$838,000$1,115,400

Median gross rent

$2,361$2,893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anaheim	Irvine
Under 5	5.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	12.9%
25 to 34	16.1%	17.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.2%
75 and over	5.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anaheim	Irvine
White (non-Hispanic)	23.2%	35.4%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	18.4%	43.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	52.5%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anaheim	Irvine
No high school diploma	22.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	21.7%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	39.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	31.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anaheim	Irvine
Drove alone	74.1%	60.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	6.0%
Public transit	1.9%	0.9%
Walked	1.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.3%
Worked from home	9.3%	25.9%
Other means	1.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anaheim	Irvine
1-unit, detached	40.3%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	19.1%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	11.5%
20 or more units	23.3%	26.6%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Anaheim	Irvine
Poverty rate	12.5%	11.7%
Average household size	3.20	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1973	2001