Mission Canyon vs Mission Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Mission Canyon and Mission Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Mission Canyon and Mission Hills are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mission Hills has the higher population (3,794 vs 2,296 in Mission Canyon). Mission Canyon has the higher median household income ($211,375 vs $106,455 in Mission Hills). Mission Canyon has the higher median home value ($1,890,900 vs $477,800 in Mission Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Mission Canyon	Mission Hills
Population	2,296	3,794
Median age	50.0 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$211,375	$106,455
Median home value	$1,890,900	$477,800
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,783
Housing units	1,004	1,246
Homeownership rate	72.7%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.7%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission Canyon	Mission Hills
Population	2,508 → 2,296 (-8.5%)	3,842 → 3,794 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$135,972 → $211,375 (+55.5%)	$86,296 → $106,455 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$1,165,900 → $1,890,900 (+62.2%)	$376,400 → $477,800 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,181 → $3,501 (+60.5%)	$1,639 → $1,783 (+8.8%)

Mission Canyon

Population

2,5082,296

Median household income

$135,972$211,375

Median home value

$1,165,900$1,890,900

Median gross rent

$2,181$3,501

Mission Hills

Population

3,8423,794

Median household income

$86,296$106,455

Median home value

$376,400$477,800

Median gross rent

$1,639$1,783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mission Canyon	Mission Hills
Under 5	5.8%	0.4%
5 to 17	11.6%	24.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	7.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	22.6%
65 to 74	14.1%	7.7%
75 and over	9.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission Canyon	Mission Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	44.2%
Black or African American	3.3%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	9.6%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	41.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission Canyon	Mission Hills
No high school diploma	4.7%	10.7%
High school graduate	3.6%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	41.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	32.2%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission Canyon	Mission Hills
Drove alone	53.1%	66.3%
Carpooled	3.3%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	9.8%
Walked	3.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.0%	8.6%
Other means	1.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission Canyon	Mission Hills
1-unit, detached	92.1%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mission Canyon	Mission Hills
Poverty rate	2.9%	4.9%
Average household size	2.56	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	14	26
Median year structure built	1956	1970