Laguna Hills vs North Tustin

A side-by-side comparison of Laguna Hills and North Tustin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laguna Hills has the higher population (30,921 vs 26,038 in North Tustin). North Tustin has the higher median household income ($186,250 vs $122,778 in Laguna Hills). North Tustin has the higher median home value ($1,212,400 vs $944,000 in Laguna Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Laguna Hills	North Tustin
Population	30,921	26,038
Median age	43.1 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$122,778	$186,250
Median home value	$944,000	$1,212,400
Median gross rent	$2,622	$2,397
Housing units	12,261	9,269
Homeownership rate	71.4%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	61.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laguna Hills	North Tustin
Population	31,617 → 30,921 (-2.2%)	24,705 → 26,038 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$100,985 → $122,778 (+21.6%)	$156,176 → $186,250 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$707,700 → $944,000 (+33.4%)	$926,100 → $1,212,400 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,111 → $2,622 (+24.2%)	$2,033 → $2,397 (+17.9%)

Laguna Hills

Population

31,61730,921

Median household income

$100,985$122,778

Median home value

$707,700$944,000

Median gross rent

$2,111$2,622

North Tustin

Population

24,70526,038

Median household income

$156,176$186,250

Median home value

$926,100$1,212,400

Median gross rent

$2,033$2,397

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laguna Hills	North Tustin
Under 5	4.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	8.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.0%
75 and over	8.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laguna Hills	North Tustin
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	54.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	15.7%	14.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	23.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laguna Hills	North Tustin
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	13.3%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.6%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laguna Hills	North Tustin
Drove alone	68.7%	73.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	5.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.7%
Walked	1.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.9%	19.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laguna Hills	North Tustin
1-unit, detached	55.5%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.9%
20 or more units	10.3%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Laguna Hills	North Tustin
Poverty rate	7.8%	4.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1980	1965