Laguna Hills vs Stanton

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

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

Stanton has the higher population (38,639 vs 30,921 in Laguna Hills). Laguna Hills has the higher median household income ($122,778 vs $81,455 in Stanton). Laguna Hills has the higher median home value ($944,000 vs $541,000 in Stanton).

Population, income & housing

	Laguna Hills	Stanton
Population	30,921	38,639
Median age	43.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$122,778	$81,455
Median home value	$944,000	$541,000
Median gross rent	$2,622	$1,905
Housing units	12,261	12,992
Homeownership rate	71.4%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laguna Hills	Stanton
Population	31,617 → 30,921 (-2.2%)	38,377 → 38,639 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$100,985 → $122,778 (+21.6%)	$57,598 → $81,455 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$707,700 → $944,000 (+33.4%)	$386,400 → $541,000 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,111 → $2,622 (+24.2%)	$1,573 → $1,905 (+21.1%)

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

Stanton

Population

38,37738,639

Median household income

$57,598$81,455

Median home value

$386,400$541,000

Median gross rent

$1,573$1,905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laguna Hills	Stanton
Under 5	4.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	8.3%
75 and over	8.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laguna Hills	Stanton
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	15.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	15.7%	27.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	52.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laguna Hills	Stanton
No high school diploma	6.2%	27.6%
High school graduate	13.3%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.6%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laguna Hills	Stanton
Drove alone	68.7%	73.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	12.0%
Public transit	0.4%	2.2%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	19.9%	7.7%
Other means	1.5%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laguna Hills	Stanton
1-unit, detached	55.5%	27.4%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	12.0%
20 or more units	10.3%	21.2%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Laguna Hills	Stanton
Poverty rate	7.8%	11.9%
Average household size	2.64	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1980	1974