Laguna Beach vs Lower Grand Lagoon

A side-by-side comparison of Laguna Beach and Lower Grand Lagoon: population, income, housing, and more.

Laguna Beach and Lower Grand Lagoon are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laguna Beach has the higher population (4,367 vs 4,305 in Lower Grand Lagoon). Lower Grand Lagoon has the higher median household income ($77,639 vs $75,194 in Laguna Beach). Laguna Beach has the higher median home value ($391,100 vs $347,300 in Lower Grand Lagoon).

Population, income & housing

	Laguna Beach	Lower Grand Lagoon
Population	4,367	4,305
Median age	56.8 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,194	$77,639
Median home value	$391,100	$347,300
Median gross rent	$1,196	$1,235
Housing units	5,408	7,107
Homeownership rate	72.0%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laguna Beach	Lower Grand Lagoon
Population	4,504 → 4,367 (-3.0%)	4,584 → 4,305 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$58,368 → $75,194 (+28.8%)	$51,028 → $77,639 (+52.1%)
Median home value	$237,000 → $391,100 (+65.0%)	$232,600 → $347,300 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,196 (+20.1%)	$1,063 → $1,235 (+16.2%)

Laguna Beach

Population

4,5044,367

Median household income

$58,368$75,194

Median home value

$237,000$391,100

Median gross rent

$996$1,196

Lower Grand Lagoon

Population

4,5844,305

Median household income

$51,028$77,639

Median home value

$232,600$347,300

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,235

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laguna Beach	Lower Grand Lagoon
Under 5	1.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	6.3%	4.0%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.0%
25 to 34	6.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	18.6%
55 to 64	19.9%	19.7%
65 to 74	21.5%	18.2%
75 and over	10.9%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laguna Beach	Lower Grand Lagoon
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laguna Beach	Lower Grand Lagoon
No high school diploma	4.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	25.1%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laguna Beach	Lower Grand Lagoon
Drove alone	73.1%	71.0%
Carpooled	3.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	18.4%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laguna Beach	Lower Grand Lagoon
1-unit, detached	60.4%	25.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	7.9%
20 or more units	10.3%	45.6%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Laguna Beach	Lower Grand Lagoon
Poverty rate	4.4%	13.3%
Average household size	1.84	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1987	1987