City safety & data profile

Fountain ValleyCA

Fountain Valley, CA is a 57K-resident city in Orange County with a median household income of $115,237.

Orange County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Fountain Valley, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Fountain Valley has a population larger than 82% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $1,072,300, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

57K
Population (place)
Top 18%
By size
$115,237
Median income (place)
$1,072,300
Median home (place)
8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Fountain Valley

Fountain Valley posts a median household income higher than 80% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Fountain Valley area.

Top 20%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Fountain Valley

Where Fountain Valley income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$115,237 Top 20% higher than 80% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Fountain Valley $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Fountain Valley, CA beyond the headline numbers

Fountain Valley sits inside Orange County, California, at roughly 33.71°N, -117.95°W. Population 56,987, $115,237 median household income. Median home value $1,072,300, median rent $2,631. Poverty rate 8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Fountain Valley, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 8%, poverty in Fountain Valley, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Fountain Valley costs around 9.3 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

16.6% of Fountain Valley workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 20.6% in Fountain Valley, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

At 44.4 years, Fountain Valley's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Fountain Valley from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
56,987
Fountain Valley · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$115,237
+29% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$1,072,300
+159% vs avg
Median Age (place)
44.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Orange County): Fountain Valley's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
3.2M+4%
Median Income
$116,289+54%
Median Home Value
$962,600+85%
Poverty Rate
9.5%-23%
Unemployment
5.4%-43%

Economics

Economics indicators for Fountain Valley, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,631/mo
Poverty Rate
8% -35% vs avg
Unemployment 5.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 46.4%
Work From Home 16.6%
Public Transit 0.6%

Population

White 40.9%
African American 1.6%
Asian 36.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
34.2%
High Blood Pressure
31%
Physical Inactivity
23.5%
Obesity
20.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.6%
Binge Drinking
13%
Diabetes
12.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
12%
Current Asthma
8.6%
Current Smoking
8.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 67.1%
Annual Checkup 75.8%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
6.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
6%
Stroke
3.2%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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1
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
MEMORIALCARE ORANGE COAST MEDICAL CENTER
FOUNTAIN VALLEY · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆
UCI HEALTH - FOUNTAIN VALLEY
FOUNTAIN VALLEY · Acute Care Hospitals
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Fountain Valley?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Fountain Valley right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-FOUNTAIN-VALLEY · Fountain Valley

Fountain Valley: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Fountain Valley; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Fountain Valley, CA? ▼
Fountain Valley, CA has a population of 56,987 people, located in Orange County, California.
What is the median household income in Fountain Valley? ▼
The median household income in Fountain Valley, CA is $115,237 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 8%.
What is the median home value in Fountain Valley? ▼
The median home value in Fountain Valley, CA is $1,072,300. Median rent is $2,631/month.
What are the top health concerns in Fountain Valley? ▼
The top health indicators in Fountain Valley include Short Sleep Duration (34.2%), High Blood Pressure (31%), Physical Inactivity (23.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Fountain Valley? ▼
Fountain Valley has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Fountain Valley? ▼
The median age in Fountain Valley, CA is 44.4 years. 46.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Fountain Valley, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (8% here).

San Tan Valley, AZ 8% Georgetown, TX 8% Buckeye, AZ 8% Sterling, VA 8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($115,237 here).

Webster Groves, MO $115,227 Holbrook, MA $115,210 Catalina Foothills, AZ $115,304 Blue Ash, OH $115,313

Compare Fountain Valley with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Fountain Valley's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Fountain Valley area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Fountain Valley against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Orange County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.