Laguna Beach vs Laguna Woods

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

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

Laguna Beach has the higher population (22,777 vs 17,342 in Laguna Woods). Laguna Beach has the higher median household income ($140,508 vs $60,235 in Laguna Woods). Laguna Beach has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $364,900 in Laguna Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Laguna Beach	Laguna Woods
Population	22,777	17,342
Median age	52.3 yrs	75.0 yrs
Median household income	$140,508	$60,235
Median home value	$2,000,001	$364,900
Median gross rent	$2,802	$2,232
Housing units	13,558	13,494
Homeownership rate	64.3%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	51.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laguna Beach	Laguna Woods
Population	23,036 → 22,777 (-1.1%)	16,053 → 17,342 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$129,983 → $140,508 (+8.1%)	$44,020 → $60,235 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$1,771,600 → $2,000,001 (+12.9%)	$288,400 → $364,900 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,299 → $2,802 (+21.9%)	$1,755 → $2,232 (+27.2%)

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

Laguna Woods

Population

16,05317,342

Median household income

$44,020$60,235

Median home value

$288,400$364,900

Median gross rent

$1,755$2,232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laguna Beach	Laguna Woods
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.0%	0.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	0.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	1.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	2.0%
55 to 64	17.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	17.2%	33.0%
75 and over	10.6%	50.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laguna Beach	Laguna Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	68.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	3.7%	23.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laguna Beach	Laguna Woods
No high school diploma	2.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	8.0%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	38.8%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laguna Beach	Laguna Woods
Drove alone	56.7%	73.1%
Carpooled	4.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	33.0%	14.6%
Other means	1.3%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laguna Beach	Laguna Woods
1-unit, detached	66.0%	7.6%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	23.8%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	33.9%
20 or more units	5.6%	16.6%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Laguna Beach	Laguna Woods
Poverty rate	5.8%	11.3%
Average household size	2.09	1.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1964	1969