Fountain Valley vs San Clemente

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

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

San Clemente has the higher population (63,510 vs 56,358 in Fountain Valley). San Clemente has the higher median household income ($134,735 vs $111,797 in Fountain Valley). San Clemente has the higher median home value ($1,220,500 vs $1,018,600 in Fountain Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Valley	San Clemente
Population	56,358	63,510
Median age	43.7 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$111,797	$134,735
Median home value	$1,018,600	$1,220,500
Median gross rent	$2,507	$2,398
Housing units	19,250	26,650
Homeownership rate	66.1%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Valley	San Clemente
Population	56,026 → 56,358 (+0.6%)	64,878 → 63,510 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$93,075 → $111,797 (+20.1%)	$110,434 → $134,735 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$734,800 → $1,018,600 (+38.6%)	$906,100 → $1,220,500 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,034 → $2,507 (+23.3%)	$1,880 → $2,398 (+27.6%)

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

San Clemente

Population

64,87863,510

Median household income

$110,434$134,735

Median home value

$906,100$1,220,500

Median gross rent

$1,880$2,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Valley	San Clemente
Under 5	4.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.1%
75 and over	9.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Valley	San Clemente
White (non-Hispanic)	38.3%	71.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	36.5%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Valley	San Clemente
No high school diploma	9.6%	6.0%
High school graduate	18.0%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Valley	San Clemente
Drove alone	74.6%	71.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	4.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.6%	20.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Valley	San Clemente
1-unit, detached	67.5%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	7.8%
20 or more units	8.5%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Valley	San Clemente
Poverty rate	7.3%	5.7%
Average household size	2.96	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1973	1982