Mission Viejo vs Newport Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Mission Viejo and Newport Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mission Viejo has the higher population (92,415 vs 84,304 in Newport Beach). Newport Beach has the higher median household income ($158,461 vs $136,071 in Mission Viejo). Newport Beach has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $946,300 in Mission Viejo).

Population, income & housing

	Mission Viejo	Newport Beach
Population	92,415	84,304
Median age	46.1 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$136,071	$158,461
Median home value	$946,300	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,713	$3,146
Housing units	34,360	45,243
Homeownership rate	77.5%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	69.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission Viejo	Newport Beach
Population	95,516 → 92,415 (-3.2%)	85,694 → 84,304 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$118,477 → $136,071 (+14.9%)	$127,223 → $158,461 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$693,000 → $946,300 (+36.6%)	$1,898,900 → $2,000,001 (+5.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,267 → $2,713 (+19.7%)	$2,251 → $3,146 (+39.8%)

Mission Viejo

Population

95,51692,415

Median household income

$118,477$136,071

Median home value

$693,000$946,300

Median gross rent

$2,267$2,713

Newport Beach

Population

85,69484,304

Median household income

$127,223$158,461

Median home value

$1,898,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,251$3,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mission Viejo	Newport Beach
Under 5	5.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	12.5%
75 and over	9.1%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission Viejo	Newport Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	75.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.0%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission Viejo	Newport Beach
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	16.0%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	41.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	28.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission Viejo	Newport Beach
Drove alone	69.8%	64.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	20.0%	27.1%
Other means	1.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission Viejo	Newport Beach
1-unit, detached	71.7%	46.1%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	16.5%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	7.1%
20 or more units	6.5%	18.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Mission Viejo	Newport Beach
Poverty rate	5.0%	7.3%
Average household size	2.75	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1980	1977