Rancho Santa Margarita vs Stanton

A side-by-side comparison of Rancho Santa Margarita and Stanton: population, income, housing, and more.

Rancho Santa Margarita and Stanton are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rancho Santa Margarita has the higher population (47,257 vs 38,639 in Stanton). Rancho Santa Margarita has the higher median household income ($146,827 vs $81,455 in Stanton). Rancho Santa Margarita has the higher median home value ($907,900 vs $541,000 in Stanton).

Population, income & housing

	Rancho Santa Margarita	Stanton
Population	47,257	38,639
Median age	40.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$146,827	$81,455
Median home value	$907,900	$541,000
Median gross rent	$2,481	$1,905
Housing units	17,424	12,992
Homeownership rate	73.4%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.8%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rancho Santa Margarita	Stanton
Population	48,503 → 47,257 (-2.6%)	38,377 → 38,639 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$121,017 → $146,827 (+21.3%)	$57,598 → $81,455 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$662,200 → $907,900 (+37.1%)	$386,400 → $541,000 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,084 → $2,481 (+19.0%)	$1,573 → $1,905 (+21.1%)

Rancho Santa Margarita

Population

48,50347,257

Median household income

$121,017$146,827

Median home value

$662,200$907,900

Median gross rent

$2,084$2,481

Stanton

Population

38,37738,639

Median household income

$57,598$81,455

Median home value

$386,400$541,000

Median gross rent

$1,573$1,905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rancho Santa Margarita	Stanton
Under 5	5.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	16.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	15.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	7.2%	8.3%
75 and over	4.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rancho Santa Margarita	Stanton
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	15.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	12.0%	27.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	52.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rancho Santa Margarita	Stanton
No high school diploma	5.4%	27.6%
High school graduate	13.2%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rancho Santa Margarita	Stanton
Drove alone	66.8%	73.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	12.0%
Public transit	0.2%	2.2%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	22.6%	7.7%
Other means	0.9%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rancho Santa Margarita	Stanton
1-unit, detached	54.5%	27.4%
1-unit, attached	19.7%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	12.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	21.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Rancho Santa Margarita	Stanton
Poverty rate	5.1%	11.9%
Average household size	2.77	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1992	1974