Laguna Hills vs San Juan Capistrano

A side-by-side comparison of Laguna Hills and San Juan Capistrano: population, income, housing, and more.

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

San Juan Capistrano has the higher population (34,998 vs 30,921 in Laguna Hills). San Juan Capistrano has the higher median household income ($127,893 vs $122,778 in Laguna Hills). Laguna Hills has the higher median home value ($944,000 vs $929,700 in San Juan Capistrano).

Population, income & housing

	Laguna Hills	San Juan Capistrano
Population	30,921	34,998
Median age	43.1 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$122,778	$127,893
Median home value	$944,000	$929,700
Median gross rent	$2,622	$2,500
Housing units	12,261	12,801
Homeownership rate	71.4%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laguna Hills	San Juan Capistrano
Population	31,617 → 30,921 (-2.2%)	35,922 → 34,998 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$100,985 → $122,778 (+21.6%)	$91,600 → $127,893 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$707,700 → $944,000 (+33.4%)	$720,200 → $929,700 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,111 → $2,622 (+24.2%)	$2,002 → $2,500 (+24.9%)

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

San Juan Capistrano

Population

35,92234,998

Median household income

$91,600$127,893

Median home value

$720,200$929,700

Median gross rent

$2,002$2,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laguna Hills	San Juan Capistrano
Under 5	4.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.7%
75 and over	8.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laguna Hills	San Juan Capistrano
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	53.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	15.7%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	36.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laguna Hills	San Juan Capistrano
No high school diploma	6.2%	11.5%
High school graduate	13.3%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	34.6%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laguna Hills	San Juan Capistrano
Drove alone	68.7%	68.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.8%
Walked	1.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	19.9%	15.8%
Other means	1.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laguna Hills	San Juan Capistrano
1-unit, detached	55.5%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	2.5%
20 or more units	10.3%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Laguna Hills	San Juan Capistrano
Poverty rate	7.8%	7.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1980	1979