Laguna Woods vs Los Alamitos

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

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

Laguna Woods has the higher population (17,342 vs 11,784 in Los Alamitos). Los Alamitos has the higher median household income ($98,539 vs $60,235 in Laguna Woods). Los Alamitos has the higher median home value ($1,003,900 vs $364,900 in Laguna Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Laguna Woods	Los Alamitos
Population	17,342	11,784
Median age	75.0 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,235	$98,539
Median home value	$364,900	$1,003,900
Median gross rent	$2,232	$2,273
Housing units	13,494	4,447
Homeownership rate	71.4%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laguna Woods	Los Alamitos
Population	16,053 → 17,342 (+8.0%)	11,534 → 11,784 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$44,020 → $60,235 (+36.8%)	$88,729 → $98,539 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$288,400 → $364,900 (+26.5%)	$761,200 → $1,003,900 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,755 → $2,232 (+27.2%)	$1,823 → $2,273 (+24.7%)

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

Los Alamitos

Population

11,53411,784

Median household income

$88,729$98,539

Median home value

$761,200$1,003,900

Median gross rent

$1,823$2,273

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laguna Woods	Los Alamitos
Under 5	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	0.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	0.5%	16.1%
35 to 44	1.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	2.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	33.0%	7.9%
75 and over	50.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laguna Woods	Los Alamitos
White (non-Hispanic)	68.1%	43.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	23.7%	15.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laguna Woods	Los Alamitos
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	16.3%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laguna Woods	Los Alamitos
Drove alone	73.1%	74.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	3.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.7%
Worked from home	14.6%	13.8%
Other means	2.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laguna Woods	Los Alamitos
1-unit, detached	7.6%	44.6%
1-unit, attached	23.8%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	33.9%	14.8%
20 or more units	16.6%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Laguna Woods	Los Alamitos
Poverty rate	11.3%	9.3%
Average household size	1.46	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1969	1970