Buena Park vs Tustin

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

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

Buena Park has the higher population (83,052 vs 79,035 in Tustin). Tustin has the higher median household income ($108,435 vs $108,187 in Buena Park). Tustin has the higher median home value ($890,600 vs $771,900 in Buena Park).

Population, income & housing

	Buena Park	Tustin
Population	83,052	79,035
Median age	37.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$108,187	$108,435
Median home value	$771,900	$890,600
Median gross rent	$2,112	$2,340
Housing units	24,961	27,746
Homeownership rate	56.1%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	46.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buena Park	Tustin
Population	82,489 → 83,052 (+0.7%)	79,863 → 79,035 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$78,932 → $108,187 (+37.1%)	$84,697 → $108,435 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$579,100 → $771,900 (+33.3%)	$647,500 → $890,600 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,662 → $2,112 (+27.1%)	$1,856 → $2,340 (+26.1%)

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

Tustin

Population

79,86379,035

Median household income

$84,697$108,435

Median home value

$647,500$890,600

Median gross rent

$1,856$2,340

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buena Park	Tustin
Under 5	5.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.9%
75 and over	5.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buena Park	Tustin
White (non-Hispanic)	20.5%	27.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	31.7%	24.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	42.5%	40.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buena Park	Tustin
No high school diploma	15.1%	11.1%
High school graduate	23.4%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buena Park	Tustin
Drove alone	74.8%	68.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	11.2%
Public transit	1.4%	0.9%
Walked	0.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.8%	16.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buena Park	Tustin
1-unit, detached	57.8%	35.1%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	12.9%
20 or more units	12.7%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Buena Park	Tustin
Poverty rate	8.6%	10.4%
Average household size	3.39	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1966	1980