Laguna Woods vs Rossmoor

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

Laguna Woods and Rossmoor 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 11,895 in Rossmoor). Rossmoor has the higher median household income ($200,833 vs $60,235 in Laguna Woods). Rossmoor has the higher median home value ($1,234,700 vs $364,900 in Laguna Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Laguna Woods	Rossmoor
Population	17,342	11,895
Median age	75.0 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,235	$200,833
Median home value	$364,900	$1,234,700
Median gross rent	$2,232	$3,501
Housing units	13,494	4,072
Homeownership rate	71.4%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	60.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laguna Woods	Rossmoor
Population	16,053 → 17,342 (+8.0%)	11,128 → 11,895 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$44,020 → $60,235 (+36.8%)	$127,891 → $200,833 (+57.0%)
Median home value	$288,400 → $364,900 (+26.5%)	$948,700 → $1,234,700 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,755 → $2,232 (+27.2%)	$2,678 → $3,501 (+30.7%)

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

Rossmoor

Population

11,12811,895

Median household income

$127,891$200,833

Median home value

$948,700$1,234,700

Median gross rent

$2,678$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laguna Woods	Rossmoor
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	0.4%	22.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	0.5%	4.5%
35 to 44	1.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	2.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	33.0%	11.0%
75 and over	50.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laguna Woods	Rossmoor
White (non-Hispanic)	68.1%	61.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	23.7%	12.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laguna Woods	Rossmoor
No high school diploma	2.8%	2.5%
High school graduate	16.3%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laguna Woods	Rossmoor
Drove alone	73.1%	71.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	23.8%
Other means	2.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laguna Woods	Rossmoor
1-unit, detached	7.6%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	23.8%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	33.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.6%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laguna Woods	Rossmoor
Poverty rate	11.3%	3.8%
Average household size	1.46	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1969	1959