Buena Park vs Mission Viejo

A side-by-side comparison of Buena Park and Mission Viejo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mission Viejo has the higher population (92,415 vs 83,052 in Buena Park). Mission Viejo has the higher median household income ($136,071 vs $108,187 in Buena Park). Mission Viejo has the higher median home value ($946,300 vs $771,900 in Buena Park).

Population, income & housing

	Buena Park	Mission Viejo
Population	83,052	92,415
Median age	37.4 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$108,187	$136,071
Median home value	$771,900	$946,300
Median gross rent	$2,112	$2,713
Housing units	24,961	34,360
Homeownership rate	56.1%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buena Park	Mission Viejo
Population	82,489 → 83,052 (+0.7%)	95,516 → 92,415 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$78,932 → $108,187 (+37.1%)	$118,477 → $136,071 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$579,100 → $771,900 (+33.3%)	$693,000 → $946,300 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,662 → $2,112 (+27.1%)	$2,267 → $2,713 (+19.7%)

Buena Park

Population

82,48983,052

Median household income

$78,932$108,187

Median home value

$579,100$771,900

Median gross rent

$1,662$2,112

Mission Viejo

Population

95,51692,415

Median household income

$118,477$136,071

Median home value

$693,000$946,300

Median gross rent

$2,267$2,713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buena Park	Mission Viejo
Under 5	5.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	13.3%
75 and over	5.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buena Park	Mission Viejo
White (non-Hispanic)	20.5%	59.4%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	31.7%	14.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	42.5%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buena Park	Mission Viejo
No high school diploma	15.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	23.4%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buena Park	Mission Viejo
Drove alone	74.8%	69.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	6.4%
Public transit	1.4%	0.5%
Walked	0.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.8%	20.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buena Park	Mission Viejo
1-unit, detached	57.8%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	5.5%
20 or more units	12.7%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buena Park	Mission Viejo
Poverty rate	8.6%	5.0%
Average household size	3.39	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1966	1980