Mission Viejo vs Orange

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

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

Orange has the higher population (138,723 vs 92,415 in Mission Viejo). Mission Viejo has the higher median household income ($136,071 vs $116,945 in Orange). Mission Viejo has the higher median home value ($946,300 vs $900,700 in Orange).

Population, income & housing

	Mission Viejo	Orange
Population	92,415	138,723
Median age	46.1 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$136,071	$116,945
Median home value	$946,300	$900,700
Median gross rent	$2,713	$2,252
Housing units	34,360	46,547
Homeownership rate	77.5%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission Viejo	Orange
Population	95,516 → 92,415 (-3.2%)	139,887 → 138,723 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$118,477 → $136,071 (+14.9%)	$91,793 → $116,945 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$693,000 → $946,300 (+36.6%)	$656,100 → $900,700 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,267 → $2,713 (+19.7%)	$1,806 → $2,252 (+24.7%)

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

Orange

Population

139,887138,723

Median household income

$91,793$116,945

Median home value

$656,100$900,700

Median gross rent

$1,806$2,252

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mission Viejo	Orange
Under 5	5.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.3%
25 to 34	9.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	13.3%	8.8%
75 and over	9.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission Viejo	Orange
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	40.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	14.0%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	40.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission Viejo	Orange
No high school diploma	6.3%	11.9%
High school graduate	16.0%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission Viejo	Orange
Drove alone	69.8%	69.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	9.3%
Public transit	0.5%	1.2%
Walked	1.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.0%	15.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission Viejo	Orange
1-unit, detached	71.7%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	6.9%
20 or more units	6.5%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Mission Viejo	Orange
Poverty rate	5.0%	9.2%
Average household size	2.75	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1980	1972