Mission Hills vs Toro Canyon

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

Mission Hills and Toro Canyon 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 1,736 in Toro Canyon). Toro Canyon has the higher median household income ($177,879 vs $106,455 in Mission Hills). Toro Canyon has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $477,800 in Mission Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Mission Hills	Toro Canyon
Population	3,794	1,736
Median age	44.9 yrs	65.9 yrs
Median household income	$106,455	$177,879
Median home value	$477,800	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,783	$2,500
Housing units	1,246	1,102
Homeownership rate	77.6%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission Hills	Toro Canyon
Population	3,842 → 3,794 (-1.2%)	1,728 → 1,736 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$86,296 → $106,455 (+23.4%)	$141,136 → $177,879 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$376,400 → $477,800 (+26.9%)	$1,791,700 → $2,000,001 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,639 → $1,783 (+8.8%)	$3,167 → $2,500 (-21.1%)

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

Toro Canyon

Population

1,7281,736

Median household income

$141,136$177,879

Median home value

$1,791,700$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,167$2,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mission Hills	Toro Canyon
Under 5	0.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	24.3%	6.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	4.8%
55 to 64	22.6%	17.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	31.9%
75 and over	8.7%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission Hills	Toro Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	67.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	7.5%
Two or more races	7.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	41.8%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission Hills	Toro Canyon
No high school diploma	10.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	25.2%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	41.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission Hills	Toro Canyon
Drove alone	66.3%	50.6%
Carpooled	11.3%	18.7%
Public transit	9.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	20.4%
Other means	1.1%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission Hills	Toro Canyon
1-unit, detached	98.9%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Mission Hills	Toro Canyon
Poverty rate	4.9%	4.7%
Average household size	3.04	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1970	1979