Mission Viejo vs Tustin

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

Mission Viejo and Tustin 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 79,035 in Tustin). Mission Viejo has the higher median household income ($136,071 vs $108,435 in Tustin). Mission Viejo has the higher median home value ($946,300 vs $890,600 in Tustin).

Population, income & housing

	Mission Viejo	Tustin
Population	92,415	79,035
Median age	46.1 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$136,071	$108,435
Median home value	$946,300	$890,600
Median gross rent	$2,713	$2,340
Housing units	34,360	27,746
Homeownership rate	77.5%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	46.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission Viejo	Tustin
Population	95,516 → 92,415 (-3.2%)	79,863 → 79,035 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$118,477 → $136,071 (+14.9%)	$84,697 → $108,435 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$693,000 → $946,300 (+36.6%)	$647,500 → $890,600 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,267 → $2,713 (+19.7%)	$1,856 → $2,340 (+26.1%)

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

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)

	Mission Viejo	Tustin
Under 5	5.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.3%	7.9%
75 and over	9.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission Viejo	Tustin
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	27.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	14.0%	24.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	40.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission Viejo	Tustin
No high school diploma	6.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	16.0%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission Viejo	Tustin
Drove alone	69.8%	68.7%
Carpooled	6.4%	11.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.9%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	20.0%	16.1%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission Viejo	Tustin
1-unit, detached	71.7%	35.1%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	12.9%
20 or more units	6.5%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Mission Viejo	Tustin
Poverty rate	5.0%	10.4%
Average household size	2.75	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1980	1980