Fountain Valley vs Laguna Niguel

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain Valley and Laguna Niguel: population, income, housing, and more.

Fountain Valley and Laguna Niguel are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laguna Niguel has the higher population (64,023 vs 56,358 in Fountain Valley). Laguna Niguel has the higher median household income ($140,605 vs $111,797 in Fountain Valley). Laguna Niguel has the higher median home value ($1,123,000 vs $1,018,600 in Fountain Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Valley	Laguna Niguel
Population	56,358	64,023
Median age	43.7 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$111,797	$140,605
Median home value	$1,018,600	$1,123,000
Median gross rent	$2,507	$2,819
Housing units	19,250	27,527
Homeownership rate	66.1%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	59.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Valley	Laguna Niguel
Population	56,026 → 56,358 (+0.6%)	65,808 → 64,023 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$93,075 → $111,797 (+20.1%)	$108,537 → $140,605 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$734,800 → $1,018,600 (+38.6%)	$827,100 → $1,123,000 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,034 → $2,507 (+23.3%)	$2,263 → $2,819 (+24.6%)

Fountain Valley

Population

56,02656,358

Median household income

$93,075$111,797

Median home value

$734,800$1,018,600

Median gross rent

$2,034$2,507

Laguna Niguel

Population

65,80864,023

Median household income

$108,537$140,605

Median home value

$827,100$1,123,000

Median gross rent

$2,263$2,819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Valley	Laguna Niguel
Under 5	4.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	17.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	13.3%
75 and over	9.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Valley	Laguna Niguel
White (non-Hispanic)	38.3%	64.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	36.5%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.1%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Valley	Laguna Niguel
No high school diploma	9.6%	3.9%
High school graduate	18.0%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	34.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	24.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Valley	Laguna Niguel
Drove alone	74.6%	65.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	0.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.6%	24.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Valley	Laguna Niguel
1-unit, detached	67.5%	54.7%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	19.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	10.2%
20 or more units	8.5%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Valley	Laguna Niguel
Poverty rate	7.3%	5.9%
Average household size	2.96	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1973	1986