Coto de Caza vs Laguna Woods

A side-by-side comparison of Coto de Caza and Laguna Woods: population, income, housing, and more.

Coto de Caza and Laguna Woods are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laguna Woods has the higher population (17,342 vs 15,363 in Coto de Caza). Coto de Caza has the higher median household income ($232,470 vs $60,235 in Laguna Woods). Coto de Caza has the higher median home value ($1,419,400 vs $364,900 in Laguna Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Coto de Caza	Laguna Woods
Population	15,363	17,342
Median age	45.8 yrs	75.0 yrs
Median household income	$232,470	$60,235
Median home value	$1,419,400	$364,900
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,232
Housing units	5,139	13,494
Homeownership rate	90.4%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.3%	51.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coto de Caza	Laguna Woods
Population	15,056 → 15,363 (+2.0%)	16,053 → 17,342 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$199,056 → $232,470 (+16.8%)	$44,020 → $60,235 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$1,043,700 → $1,419,400 (+36.0%)	$288,400 → $364,900 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$3,253 → $3,501 (+7.6%)	$1,755 → $2,232 (+27.2%)

Coto de Caza

Population

15,05615,363

Median household income

$199,056$232,470

Median home value

$1,043,700$1,419,400

Median gross rent

$3,253$3,501

Laguna Woods

Population

16,05317,342

Median household income

$44,020$60,235

Median home value

$288,400$364,900

Median gross rent

$1,755$2,232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coto de Caza	Laguna Woods
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	0.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	0.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	1.4%
45 to 54	18.2%	2.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	33.0%
75 and over	5.9%	50.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coto de Caza	Laguna Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	68.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	9.2%	23.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.2%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coto de Caza	Laguna Woods
No high school diploma	1.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	9.9%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	29.1%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coto de Caza	Laguna Woods
Drove alone	63.1%	73.1%
Carpooled	2.4%	5.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	31.9%	14.6%
Other means	1.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coto de Caza	Laguna Woods
1-unit, detached	86.1%	7.6%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	23.8%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	33.9%
20 or more units	0.2%	16.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Coto de Caza	Laguna Woods
Poverty rate	3.7%	11.3%
Average household size	3.07	1.46
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1995	1969