Dana Point vs Seal Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Dana Point and Seal Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dana Point has the higher population (32,883 vs 24,868 in Seal Beach). Dana Point has the higher median household income ($127,246 vs $83,045 in Seal Beach). Dana Point has the higher median home value ($1,200,900 vs $492,200 in Seal Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Dana Point	Seal Beach
Population	32,883	24,868
Median age	48.0 yrs	61.2 yrs
Median household income	$127,246	$83,045
Median home value	$1,200,900	$492,200
Median gross rent	$2,883	$2,419
Housing units	16,802	14,616
Homeownership rate	62.7%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.1%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dana Point	Seal Beach
Population	33,769 → 32,883 (-2.6%)	24,204 → 24,868 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$99,409 → $127,246 (+28.0%)	$68,852 → $83,045 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$878,300 → $1,200,900 (+36.7%)	$371,600 → $492,200 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,061 → $2,883 (+39.9%)	$1,907 → $2,419 (+26.8%)

Dana Point

Population

33,76932,883

Median household income

$99,409$127,246

Median home value

$878,300$1,200,900

Median gross rent

$2,061$2,883

Seal Beach

Population

24,20424,868

Median household income

$68,852$83,045

Median home value

$371,600$492,200

Median gross rent

$1,907$2,419

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dana Point	Seal Beach
Under 5	4.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	12.1%	10.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	8.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.6%	20.9%
75 and over	9.0%	22.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dana Point	Seal Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	68.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	14.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dana Point	Seal Beach
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.6%
High school graduate	12.7%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.9%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dana Point	Seal Beach
Drove alone	59.7%	67.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	3.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.9%
Worked from home	29.8%	23.6%
Other means	2.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dana Point	Seal Beach
1-unit, detached	52.0%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	23.9%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	24.2%
20 or more units	6.5%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Dana Point	Seal Beach
Poverty rate	7.6%	5.5%
Average household size	2.34	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1980	1966