Los Alamitos vs Rancho Mission Viejo

A side-by-side comparison of Los Alamitos and Rancho Mission Viejo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Los Alamitos has the higher population (11,784 vs 11,355 in Rancho Mission Viejo). Rancho Mission Viejo has the higher median household income ($181,111 vs $98,539 in Los Alamitos). Rancho Mission Viejo has the higher median home value ($1,039,300 vs $1,003,900 in Los Alamitos).

Population, income & housing

	Los Alamitos	Rancho Mission Viejo
Population	11,784	11,355
Median age	37.2 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$98,539	$181,111
Median home value	$1,003,900	$1,039,300
Median gross rent	$2,273	$3,342
Housing units	4,447	4,651
Homeownership rate	41.0%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	64.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Alamitos	Rancho Mission Viejo
Population	11,534 → 11,784 (+2.2%)	7,816 → 11,355 (+45.3%)
Median household income	$88,729 → $98,539 (+11.1%)	$151,094 → $181,111 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$761,200 → $1,003,900 (+31.9%)	$786,500 → $1,039,300 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,823 → $2,273 (+24.7%)	$2,383 → $3,342 (+40.2%)

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

Rancho Mission Viejo

Population

7,81611,355

Median household income

$151,094$181,111

Median home value

$786,500$1,039,300

Median gross rent

$2,383$3,342

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Los Alamitos	Rancho Mission Viejo
Under 5	5.8%	10.9%
5 to 17	19.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	16.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.9%
75 and over	6.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Alamitos	Rancho Mission Viejo
White (non-Hispanic)	43.3%	73.7%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	15.5%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Alamitos	Rancho Mission Viejo
No high school diploma	5.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	19.0%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Alamitos	Rancho Mission Viejo
Drove alone	74.5%	56.6%
Carpooled	4.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.7%	1.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	32.8%
Other means	2.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Alamitos	Rancho Mission Viejo
1-unit, detached	44.6%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	20.6%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	7.7%
20 or more units	10.6%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Los Alamitos	Rancho Mission Viejo
Poverty rate	9.3%	2.7%
Average household size	2.72	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1970	2015