City safety & data profile

Laguna HillsCA

Laguna Hills, CA is a 32K-resident city in Orange County with a median household income of $128,851.

Orange County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Laguna Hills, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Laguna Hills has a population larger than 65% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $1,012,300, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

32K
Population (place)
Top 35%
By size
$128,851
Median income (place)
$1,012,300
Median home (place)
7.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Laguna Hills

Laguna Hills posts a median household income higher than 86% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Laguna Hills area.

Top 14%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Laguna Hills

Where Laguna Hills income ranks nationally

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

$128,851 Top 14% higher than 86% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Laguna Hills $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 Laguna Hills, CA beyond the headline numbers

Laguna Hills sits inside Orange County, California, at roughly 33.61°N, -117.71°W. Population 31,748, $128,851 median household income. Median home value $1,012,300, median rent $2,728. Poverty rate 7.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Laguna Hills, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 7.8%, poverty in Laguna Hills, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Laguna Hills costs around 7.9 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.

22.2% of Laguna Hills workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 23.6% in Laguna Hills, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Laguna Hills 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)
31,748
Laguna Hills · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$128,851
+44% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$1,012,300
+145% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Orange County): Laguna Hills'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 Laguna Hills, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,728/mo
Poverty Rate
7.8% -37% vs avg
Unemployment 6.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 54.7%
Work From Home 22.2%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 55.3%
African American 0.9%
Asian 16%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
33.1%
High Blood Pressure
29.6%
Obesity
23.6%
Physical Inactivity
20.3%
Binge Drinking
15.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.8%
Diabetes
10.4%
Current Asthma
9.4%
Current Smoking
8.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 69.8%
Annual Checkup 75.2%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
6.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.6%
Stroke
2.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
MEMORIALCARE SADDLEBACK MEDICAL CENTER
LAGUNA HILLS · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Laguna Hills?

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

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Sheet CA-LAGUNA-HILLS · Laguna Hills

Laguna Hills: 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 Laguna Hills; 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 Laguna Hills, CA? ▼
Laguna Hills, CA has a population of 31,748 people, located in Orange County, California.
What is the median household income in Laguna Hills? ▼
The median household income in Laguna Hills, CA is $128,851 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.8%.
What is the median home value in Laguna Hills? ▼
The median home value in Laguna Hills, CA is $1,012,300. Median rent is $2,728/month.
What are the top health concerns in Laguna Hills? ▼
The top health indicators in Laguna Hills include Short Sleep Duration (33.1%), High Blood Pressure (29.6%), Obesity (23.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Laguna Hills? ▼
Laguna Hills has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Laguna Hills? ▼
The median age in Laguna Hills, CA is 41.7 years. 54.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (7.8% here).

Round Rock, TX 7.8% Nashua, NH 7.8% Wellington, FL 7.8% Millcreek, UT 7.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($128,851 here).

Saratoga Springs, UT $128,802 Draper, UT $128,910 Edina, MN $128,767 Dedham, MA $128,955

Compare Laguna Hills with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Laguna Hills'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 Laguna Hills area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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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.