Cypress vs Rancho Santa Margarita

A side-by-side comparison of Cypress and Rancho Santa Margarita: population, income, housing, and more.

Cypress and Rancho Santa Margarita are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cypress has the higher population (49,531 vs 47,257 in Rancho Santa Margarita). Rancho Santa Margarita has the higher median household income ($146,827 vs $124,167 in Cypress). Rancho Santa Margarita has the higher median home value ($907,900 vs $870,100 in Cypress).

Population, income & housing

	Cypress	Rancho Santa Margarita
Population	49,531	47,257
Median age	41.2 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$124,167	$146,827
Median home value	$870,100	$907,900
Median gross rent	$2,454	$2,481
Housing units	16,514	17,424
Homeownership rate	67.2%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	48.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cypress	Rancho Santa Margarita
Population	48,893 → 49,531 (+1.3%)	48,503 → 47,257 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$93,137 → $124,167 (+33.3%)	$121,017 → $146,827 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$632,900 → $870,100 (+37.5%)	$662,200 → $907,900 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,890 → $2,454 (+29.8%)	$2,084 → $2,481 (+19.0%)

Cypress

Population

48,89349,531

Median household income

$93,137$124,167

Median home value

$632,900$870,100

Median gross rent

$1,890$2,454

Rancho Santa Margarita

Population

48,50347,257

Median household income

$121,017$146,827

Median home value

$662,200$907,900

Median gross rent

$2,084$2,481

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cypress	Rancho Santa Margarita
Under 5	6.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	14.9%	15.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.2%
75 and over	5.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cypress	Rancho Santa Margarita
White (non-Hispanic)	31.6%	59.6%
Black or African American	3.2%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	37.2%	12.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.5%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cypress	Rancho Santa Margarita
No high school diploma	8.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	14.7%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cypress	Rancho Santa Margarita
Drove alone	70.6%	66.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.5%	22.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cypress	Rancho Santa Margarita
1-unit, detached	60.8%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	19.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	11.3%
20 or more units	10.6%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Cypress	Rancho Santa Margarita
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.1%
Average household size	3.08	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1971	1992