Tustin vs Yorba Linda

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

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

Tustin has the higher population (79,035 vs 67,407 in Yorba Linda). Yorba Linda has the higher median household income ($152,060 vs $108,435 in Tustin). Yorba Linda has the higher median home value ($1,091,700 vs $890,600 in Tustin).

Population, income & housing

	Tustin	Yorba Linda
Population	79,035	67,407
Median age	36.8 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$108,435	$152,060
Median home value	$890,600	$1,091,700
Median gross rent	$2,340	$2,779
Housing units	27,746	24,063
Homeownership rate	50.9%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.0%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tustin	Yorba Linda
Population	79,863 → 79,035 (-1.0%)	67,725 → 67,407 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$84,697 → $108,435 (+28.0%)	$129,995 → $152,060 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$647,500 → $890,600 (+37.5%)	$858,300 → $1,091,700 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,856 → $2,340 (+26.1%)	$2,079 → $2,779 (+33.7%)

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

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)

	Tustin	Yorba Linda
Under 5	6.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.2%	8.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.6%
75 and over	5.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tustin	Yorba Linda
White (non-Hispanic)	27.8%	51.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	24.9%	25.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	40.1%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tustin	Yorba Linda
No high school diploma	11.1%	3.8%
High school graduate	17.7%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tustin	Yorba Linda
Drove alone	68.7%	72.1%
Carpooled	11.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.1%	19.7%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tustin	Yorba Linda
1-unit, detached	35.1%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	15.7%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	2.2%
20 or more units	22.2%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Tustin	Yorba Linda
Poverty rate	10.4%	5.6%
Average household size	2.92	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1980	1984