Lake Forest vs Tustin

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Forest and Tustin: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Forest and Tustin are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Forest has the higher population (85,846 vs 79,035 in Tustin). Lake Forest has the higher median household income ($131,378 vs $108,435 in Tustin). Tustin has the higher median home value ($890,600 vs $876,300 in Lake Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Forest	Tustin
Population	85,846	79,035
Median age	40.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$131,378	$108,435
Median home value	$876,300	$890,600
Median gross rent	$2,616	$2,340
Housing units	31,739	27,746
Homeownership rate	70.7%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	46.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Forest	Tustin
Population	83,974 → 85,846 (+2.2%)	79,863 → 79,035 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$109,492 → $131,378 (+20.0%)	$84,697 → $108,435 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$647,500 → $876,300 (+35.3%)	$647,500 → $890,600 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,025 → $2,616 (+29.2%)	$1,856 → $2,340 (+26.1%)

Lake Forest

Population

83,97485,846

Median household income

$109,492$131,378

Median home value

$647,500$876,300

Median gross rent

$2,025$2,616

Tustin

Population

79,86379,035

Median household income

$84,697$108,435

Median home value

$647,500$890,600

Median gross rent

$1,856$2,340

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Forest	Tustin
Under 5	6.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.9%
75 and over	5.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Forest	Tustin
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	27.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	20.3%	24.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.6%	40.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Forest	Tustin
No high school diploma	6.1%	11.1%
High school graduate	14.9%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Forest	Tustin
Drove alone	67.3%	68.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.7%	16.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Forest	Tustin
1-unit, detached	53.3%	35.1%
1-unit, attached	18.2%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	12.9%
20 or more units	6.1%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Forest	Tustin
Poverty rate	8.3%	10.4%
Average household size	2.82	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1984	1980