Ladera Ranch vs Laguna Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Ladera Ranch and Laguna Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ladera Ranch has the higher population (23,609 vs 22,777 in Laguna Beach). Ladera Ranch has the higher median household income ($184,257 vs $140,508 in Laguna Beach). Laguna Beach has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,046,600 in Ladera Ranch).

Population, income & housing

	Ladera Ranch	Laguna Beach
Population	23,609	22,777
Median age	35.3 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$184,257	$140,508
Median home value	$1,046,600	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,331	$2,802
Housing units	7,744	13,558
Homeownership rate	74.1%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.6%	67.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ladera Ranch	Laguna Beach
Population	27,277 → 23,609 (-13.4%)	23,036 → 22,777 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$161,348 → $184,257 (+14.2%)	$129,983 → $140,508 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$820,100 → $1,046,600 (+27.6%)	$1,771,600 → $2,000,001 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,341 → $3,331 (+42.3%)	$2,299 → $2,802 (+21.9%)

Ladera Ranch

Population

27,27723,609

Median household income

$161,348$184,257

Median home value

$820,100$1,046,600

Median gross rent

$2,341$3,331

Laguna Beach

Population

23,03622,777

Median household income

$129,983$140,508

Median home value

$1,771,600$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,299$2,802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ladera Ranch	Laguna Beach
Under 5	7.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	28.5%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	7.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	18.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	17.9%
65 to 74	5.8%	17.2%
75 and over	1.6%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ladera Ranch	Laguna Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	80.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	14.2%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	8.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ladera Ranch	Laguna Beach
No high school diploma	1.6%	2.6%
High school graduate	8.1%	8.0%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	28.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ladera Ranch	Laguna Beach
Drove alone	68.0%	56.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	4.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.8%
Walked	1.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	25.2%	33.0%
Other means	1.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ladera Ranch	Laguna Beach
1-unit, detached	58.5%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	24.6%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	7.7%
20 or more units	7.1%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Ladera Ranch	Laguna Beach
Poverty rate	4.1%	5.8%
Average household size	3.18	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	2005	1964