Dana Point vs Stanton

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

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

Stanton has the higher population (38,639 vs 32,883 in Dana Point). Dana Point has the higher median household income ($127,246 vs $81,455 in Stanton). Dana Point has the higher median home value ($1,200,900 vs $541,000 in Stanton).

Population, income & housing

	Dana Point	Stanton
Population	32,883	38,639
Median age	48.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$127,246	$81,455
Median home value	$1,200,900	$541,000
Median gross rent	$2,883	$1,905
Housing units	16,802	12,992
Homeownership rate	62.7%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.1%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dana Point	Stanton
Population	33,769 → 32,883 (-2.6%)	38,377 → 38,639 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$99,409 → $127,246 (+28.0%)	$57,598 → $81,455 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$878,300 → $1,200,900 (+36.7%)	$386,400 → $541,000 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,061 → $2,883 (+39.9%)	$1,573 → $1,905 (+21.1%)

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

Stanton

Population

38,37738,639

Median household income

$57,598$81,455

Median home value

$386,400$541,000

Median gross rent

$1,573$1,905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dana Point	Stanton
Under 5	4.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	15.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	13.6%	8.3%
75 and over	9.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dana Point	Stanton
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	15.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	3.2%	27.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	52.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dana Point	Stanton
No high school diploma	4.1%	27.6%
High school graduate	12.7%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.9%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dana Point	Stanton
Drove alone	59.7%	73.5%
Carpooled	5.3%	12.0%
Public transit	0.2%	2.2%
Walked	1.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.5%
Worked from home	29.8%	7.7%
Other means	2.9%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dana Point	Stanton
1-unit, detached	52.0%	27.4%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	12.0%
20 or more units	6.5%	21.2%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Dana Point	Stanton
Poverty rate	7.6%	11.9%
Average household size	2.34	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1980	1974