San Clemente vs Yorba Linda

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

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

Yorba Linda has the higher population (67,407 vs 63,510 in San Clemente). Yorba Linda has the higher median household income ($152,060 vs $134,735 in San Clemente). San Clemente has the higher median home value ($1,220,500 vs $1,091,700 in Yorba Linda).

Population, income & housing

	San Clemente	Yorba Linda
Population	63,510	67,407
Median age	44.6 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$134,735	$152,060
Median home value	$1,220,500	$1,091,700
Median gross rent	$2,398	$2,779
Housing units	26,650	24,063
Homeownership rate	64.3%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Clemente	Yorba Linda
Population	64,878 → 63,510 (-2.1%)	67,725 → 67,407 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$110,434 → $134,735 (+22.0%)	$129,995 → $152,060 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$906,100 → $1,220,500 (+34.7%)	$858,300 → $1,091,700 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,880 → $2,398 (+27.6%)	$2,079 → $2,779 (+33.7%)

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

Yorba Linda

Population

67,72567,407

Median household income

$129,995$152,060

Median home value

$858,300$1,091,700

Median gross rent

$2,079$2,779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	San Clemente	Yorba Linda
Under 5	4.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.6%
75 and over	8.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Clemente	Yorba Linda
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	51.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	25.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Clemente	Yorba Linda
No high school diploma	6.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	13.2%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Clemente	Yorba Linda
Drove alone	71.6%	72.1%
Carpooled	4.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.9%	19.7%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Clemente	Yorba Linda
1-unit, detached	56.7%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	6.5%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	San Clemente	Yorba Linda
Poverty rate	5.7%	5.6%
Average household size	2.62	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1982	1984