With 64,139 people, Laguna Niguel is a city in California. Home values have roughly tripled since 2000, reaching $1,190,900. 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, against 36% nationally. At a median age of 47.6, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Renters pay $2,903 a month at the median. That puts it in the top 2% of US cities for household income.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $140,452, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 47.6
US median: 38.9
More educated
60% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 81%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Laguna Niguel
What changed most since 1990
Median age33.5 → 47.6(+14.1 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Homes owned by their occupants74.7% → 67.4%(−7.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Laguna Niguel's population equals 2.0% of Orange County's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.2% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 3.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)13%(288)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)24%(531)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era40.5%(895)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8.1%(178)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.5%(12)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,209 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Laguna Niguel, decade by decade
Laguna Niguel population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
44,400
$147,607
$751,702
44.6%
37.6
2000
61,891
$147,068
$658,893
47.8%
47.8
2010
62,979
$139,567
$1,076,483
53.3%
55.7
2020
64,355
$144,970
$1,046,717
54.6%
64.6
2024
64,139
$140,452
$1,190,900
59.8%
67.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
