Huntington Beach vs Mission Viejo

A side-by-side comparison of Huntington Beach and Mission Viejo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huntington Beach has the higher population (196,010 vs 92,415 in Mission Viejo). Mission Viejo has the higher median household income ($136,071 vs $119,885 in Huntington Beach). Huntington Beach has the higher median home value ($1,047,300 vs $946,300 in Mission Viejo).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington Beach	Mission Viejo
Population	196,010	92,415
Median age	43.4 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$119,885	$136,071
Median home value	$1,047,300	$946,300
Median gross rent	$2,424	$2,713
Housing units	81,812	34,360
Homeownership rate	55.8%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington Beach	Mission Viejo
Population	200,259 → 196,010 (-2.1%)	95,516 → 92,415 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$95,046 → $119,885 (+26.1%)	$118,477 → $136,071 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$771,100 → $1,047,300 (+35.8%)	$693,000 → $946,300 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,903 → $2,424 (+27.4%)	$2,267 → $2,713 (+19.7%)

Huntington Beach

Population

200,259196,010

Median household income

$95,046$119,885

Median home value

$771,100$1,047,300

Median gross rent

$1,903$2,424

Mission Viejo

Population

95,51692,415

Median household income

$118,477$136,071

Median home value

$693,000$946,300

Median gross rent

$2,267$2,713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntington Beach	Mission Viejo
Under 5	4.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.3%
75 and over	8.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington Beach	Mission Viejo
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	59.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	12.5%	14.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington Beach	Mission Viejo
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	16.2%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington Beach	Mission Viejo
Drove alone	70.6%	69.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.4%	20.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington Beach	Mission Viejo
1-unit, detached	46.2%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	13.9%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Huntington Beach	Mission Viejo
Poverty rate	7.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1974	1980