Placentia vs San Clemente

A side-by-side comparison of Placentia and San Clemente: population, income, housing, and more.

Placentia and San Clemente are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

San Clemente has the higher population (63,510 vs 52,384 in Placentia). San Clemente has the higher median household income ($134,735 vs $110,575 in Placentia). San Clemente has the higher median home value ($1,220,500 vs $871,000 in Placentia).

Population, income & housing

	Placentia	San Clemente
Population	52,384	63,510
Median age	38.0 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$110,575	$134,735
Median home value	$871,000	$1,220,500
Median gross rent	$2,267	$2,398
Housing units	17,545	26,650
Homeownership rate	63.3%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Placentia	San Clemente
Population	51,818 → 52,384 (+1.1%)	64,878 → 63,510 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$95,757 → $110,575 (+15.5%)	$110,434 → $134,735 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$630,500 → $871,000 (+38.1%)	$906,100 → $1,220,500 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,792 → $2,267 (+26.5%)	$1,880 → $2,398 (+27.6%)

Placentia

Population

51,81852,384

Median household income

$95,757$110,575

Median home value

$630,500$871,000

Median gross rent

$1,792$2,267

San Clemente

Population

64,87863,510

Median household income

$110,434$134,735

Median home value

$906,100$1,220,500

Median gross rent

$1,880$2,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Placentia	San Clemente
Under 5	5.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	12.1%
75 and over	6.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Placentia	San Clemente
White (non-Hispanic)	38.9%	71.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	18.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	35.9%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Placentia	San Clemente
No high school diploma	9.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	19.0%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Placentia	San Clemente
Drove alone	71.7%	71.6%
Carpooled	8.9%	4.5%
Public transit	1.6%	0.3%
Walked	1.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.9%	20.9%
Other means	2.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Placentia	San Clemente
1-unit, detached	59.6%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	7.8%
20 or more units	11.4%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Placentia	San Clemente
Poverty rate	8.5%	5.7%
Average household size	3.05	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1976	1982