Laguna Beach vs Upper Grand Lagoon

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

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

Upper Grand Lagoon has the higher population (17,162 vs 4,367 in Laguna Beach). Laguna Beach has the higher median household income ($75,194 vs $73,438 in Upper Grand Lagoon). Laguna Beach has the higher median home value ($391,100 vs $351,400 in Upper Grand Lagoon).

Population, income & housing

	Laguna Beach	Upper Grand Lagoon
Population	4,367	17,162
Median age	56.8 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,194	$73,438
Median home value	$391,100	$351,400
Median gross rent	$1,196	$1,570
Housing units	5,408	9,214
Homeownership rate	72.0%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laguna Beach	Upper Grand Lagoon
Population	4,504 → 4,367 (-3.0%)	17,550 → 17,162 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$58,368 → $75,194 (+28.8%)	$59,698 → $73,438 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$237,000 → $391,100 (+65.0%)	$229,000 → $351,400 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,196 (+20.1%)	$1,198 → $1,570 (+31.1%)

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

Upper Grand Lagoon

Population

17,55017,162

Median household income

$59,698$73,438

Median home value

$229,000$351,400

Median gross rent

$1,198$1,570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laguna Beach	Upper Grand Lagoon
Under 5	1.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	6.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	6.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	19.9%	17.2%
65 to 74	21.5%	13.8%
75 and over	10.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laguna Beach	Upper Grand Lagoon
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laguna Beach	Upper Grand Lagoon
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.3%
High school graduate	25.1%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laguna Beach	Upper Grand Lagoon
Drove alone	73.1%	78.5%
Carpooled	3.7%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.6%
Worked from home	16.5%	10.4%
Other means	3.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laguna Beach	Upper Grand Lagoon
1-unit, detached	60.4%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	10.5%
20 or more units	10.3%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Laguna Beach	Upper Grand Lagoon
Poverty rate	4.4%	8.3%
Average household size	1.84	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1987	1996