Midway City vs Rancho Mission Viejo

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

Midway City 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.

Rancho Mission Viejo has the higher population (11,355 vs 8,094 in Midway City). Rancho Mission Viejo has the higher median household income ($181,111 vs $64,735 in Midway City). Rancho Mission Viejo has the higher median home value ($1,039,300 vs $723,700 in Midway City).

Population, income & housing

	Midway City	Rancho Mission Viejo
Population	8,094	11,355
Median age	40.9 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,735	$181,111
Median home value	$723,700	$1,039,300
Median gross rent	$1,439	$3,342
Housing units	2,816	4,651
Homeownership rate	27.3%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	64.5%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midway City	Rancho Mission Viejo
Population	8,343 → 8,094 (-3.0%)	7,816 → 11,355 (+45.3%)
Median household income	$40,059 → $64,735 (+61.6%)	$151,094 → $181,111 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$573,400 → $723,700 (+26.2%)	$786,500 → $1,039,300 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,360 → $1,439 (+5.8%)	$2,383 → $3,342 (+40.2%)

Midway City

Population

8,3438,094

Median household income

$40,059$64,735

Median home value

$573,400$723,700

Median gross rent

$1,360$1,439

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)

	Midway City	Rancho Mission Viejo
Under 5	4.1%	10.9%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.9%
75 and over	8.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midway City	Rancho Mission Viejo
White (non-Hispanic)	15.9%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	44.2%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midway City	Rancho Mission Viejo
No high school diploma	32.8%	1.7%
High school graduate	24.5%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midway City	Rancho Mission Viejo
Drove alone	74.6%	56.6%
Carpooled	14.9%	8.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	32.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midway City	Rancho Mission Viejo
1-unit, detached	37.0%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	16.9%	20.6%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	16.7%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Midway City	Rancho Mission Viejo
Poverty rate	17.6%	2.7%
Average household size	3.14	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1971	2015