Laguna Niguel vs Yorba Linda

A side-by-side comparison of Laguna Niguel and Yorba Linda: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Yorba Linda has the higher population (67,407 vs 64,023 in Laguna Niguel). Yorba Linda has the higher median household income ($152,060 vs $140,605 in Laguna Niguel). Laguna Niguel has the higher median home value ($1,123,000 vs $1,091,700 in Yorba Linda).

Population, income & housing

	Laguna Niguel	Yorba Linda
Population	64,023	67,407
Median age	47.7 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$140,605	$152,060
Median home value	$1,123,000	$1,091,700
Median gross rent	$2,819	$2,779
Housing units	27,527	24,063
Homeownership rate	66.5%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laguna Niguel	Yorba Linda
Population	65,808 → 64,023 (-2.7%)	67,725 → 67,407 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$108,537 → $140,605 (+29.5%)	$129,995 → $152,060 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$827,100 → $1,123,000 (+35.8%)	$858,300 → $1,091,700 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,263 → $2,819 (+24.6%)	$2,079 → $2,779 (+33.7%)

Laguna Niguel

Population

65,80864,023

Median household income

$108,537$140,605

Median home value

$827,100$1,123,000

Median gross rent

$2,263$2,819

Yorba Linda

Population

67,72567,407

Median household income

$129,995$152,060

Median home value

$858,300$1,091,700

Median gross rent

$2,079$2,779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laguna Niguel	Yorba Linda
Under 5	3.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	14.9%
55 to 64	17.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.6%
75 and over	7.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laguna Niguel	Yorba Linda
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	51.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.5%	25.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laguna Niguel	Yorba Linda
No high school diploma	3.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	12.5%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laguna Niguel	Yorba Linda
Drove alone	65.6%	72.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.4%
Walked	1.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	24.1%	19.7%
Other means	1.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laguna Niguel	Yorba Linda
1-unit, detached	54.7%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	19.6%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	10.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Laguna Niguel	Yorba Linda
Poverty rate	5.9%	5.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1986	1984