Buena Park vs Newport Beach

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

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

Newport Beach has the higher population (84,304 vs 83,052 in Buena Park). Newport Beach has the higher median household income ($158,461 vs $108,187 in Buena Park). Newport Beach has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $771,900 in Buena Park).

Population, income & housing

	Buena Park	Newport Beach
Population	83,052	84,304
Median age	37.4 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$108,187	$158,461
Median home value	$771,900	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,112	$3,146
Housing units	24,961	45,243
Homeownership rate	56.1%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	69.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buena Park	Newport Beach
Population	82,489 → 83,052 (+0.7%)	85,694 → 84,304 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$78,932 → $108,187 (+37.1%)	$127,223 → $158,461 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$579,100 → $771,900 (+33.3%)	$1,898,900 → $2,000,001 (+5.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,662 → $2,112 (+27.1%)	$2,251 → $3,146 (+39.8%)

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

Newport Beach

Population

85,69484,304

Median household income

$127,223$158,461

Median home value

$1,898,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,251$3,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buena Park	Newport Beach
Under 5	5.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.3%	12.5%
75 and over	5.7%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buena Park	Newport Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	20.5%	75.9%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	31.7%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	42.5%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buena Park	Newport Beach
No high school diploma	15.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	23.4%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	41.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	28.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buena Park	Newport Beach
Drove alone	74.8%	64.9%
Carpooled	11.7%	4.5%
Public transit	1.4%	0.2%
Walked	0.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.8%	27.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buena Park	Newport Beach
1-unit, detached	57.8%	46.1%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	16.5%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	7.1%
20 or more units	12.7%	18.4%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Buena Park	Newport Beach
Poverty rate	8.6%	7.3%
Average household size	3.39	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1966	1977