Orange County, California

3,165,820 people. The median home is worth $962,600 (typical California town: $596,900) and the median household earns $116,289.

Towns in Orange County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Anaheim	346,824	$831,200	$95,227	36.2
Santa Ana	310,227	$713,000	$93,999	34.7
Irvine	307,670	$1,191,500	$136,719	34.0
Huntington Beach	198,711	$1,100,000	$120,919	44.0
Garden Grove	171,949	$814,100	$92,174	40.2
Fullerton	143,617	$902,600	$104,286	36.9
Orange	139,911	$945,800	$117,113	37.2
Costa Mesa	111,918	$1,115,100	$111,505	36.7
Mission Viejo	93,653	$1,009,600	$136,123	45.5
Westminster	90,911	$858,300	$85,541	43.2
Lake Forest	85,858	$937,000	$135,175	40.2
Newport Beach	85,239	$2,000,001	$156,867	45.9
Buena Park	84,034	$838,800	$110,550	37.3
Tustin	80,276	$950,400	$112,503	37.5
Yorba Linda	68,336	$1,147,100	$157,582	44.9
Laguna Niguel	64,355	$1,190,900	$140,452	47.6
San Clemente	64,293	$1,398,400	$140,062	45.6
La Habra	63,097	$781,600	$100,106	38.3
Fountain Valley	57,047	$1,072,300	$115,237	44.4
Aliso Viejo	52,176	$917,900	$142,439	39.2
Placentia	51,824	$921,000	$115,929	39.1
Cypress	50,151	$913,900	$130,215	41.4
Rancho Santa Margarita	47,949	$971,200	$152,560	40.9
Brea	47,325	$922,300	$131,129	39.7
Stanton	37,962	$579,300	$84,707	39.8
San Juan Capistrano	35,196	$993,800	$129,457	46.2
Dana Point	33,107	$1,320,300	$141,520	47.4
Laguna Hills	31,374	$1,012,300	$128,851	41.7
Ladera Ranch	26,170	$1,151,000	$184,458	35.1
North Tustin	25,718	$1,347,800	$177,351	47.7
Seal Beach	25,242	$486,800	$85,964	61.5
Laguna Beach	23,032	$2,000,001	$143,843	53.9
Laguna Woods	17,644	$394,600	$59,269	74.9
La Palma	15,581	$973,600	$117,989	45.1
Coto de Caza	14,710	$1,535,600	$243,816	45.7
Los Alamitos	11,780	$1,061,900	$97,155	37.2
Rossmoor	10,625	$1,406,900	$211,597	47.5
Rancho Mission Viejo	10,378	$1,110,100	$192,813	37.4
Midway City	8,825	$788,600	$66,635	42.5
Las Flores	5,995	$1,119,100	$211,782	33.2
Villa Park	5,843	$1,871,700	$202,245	53.6

People and housing

	Orange County	Typical California town
Median home value	$962,600	$596,900
Median rent	$2,434	$1,827
Median household income	$116,289	$91,557
Median age	39.4	40.2
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	27.7%
Below the poverty line	9.5%	10.3%

Jobs and pay

1,661,276 jobs in 2024, average pay $81,403 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

Storms since 1996

NOAA recorded 905 storm events in Orange County from 1996 to 2026, with 24 deaths.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Federal disaster declarations

Orange County has been included in 43 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
October 16, 2026	Fire	FM-5679: Norte Fire
May 25, 2026	Chemical	EM-3646: Chemical Release
March 10, 2023	Flood	EM-3592: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
January 9, 2023	Flood	EM-3591: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides
May 12, 2022	Fire	FM-5439: Coastal Fire
December 3, 2020	Fire	FM-5383: Bond Fire

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).