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Aliso Viejo city, California: commercial real estate data.
Aliso Viejo city is a Census city of 51,113 people across 6.93 square miles of land, in Orange County. Median household income is $142,439, 56.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 72 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $26.4 m.
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Aliso Viejo
What Aliso Viejo is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.93 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land7,380
- County holding the largest share of its areaOrange County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aliso Viejo
How many people live in Aliso Viejo
- Population51,113
- Median age39.2
- Population under 1811,719
- Share under 1822.9 percent
- Population 65 and over6,024
- Share 65 and over11.8 percent
- Households19,633
- Family households13,004
- Share of households that are families66.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aliso Viejo
Income and work in Aliso Viejo
- Median household income$142,439
- Per capita income$67,538
- Civilian labor force30,084
- Employed28,835
- Unemployed1,249 plus or minus 326
- Unemployment rate4.2 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Adults 25 and over35,732
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher57.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree21.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aliso Viejo
Housing in Aliso Viejo
- Housing units20,507
- Occupied units19,633
- Vacant units874 plus or minus 279
- Vacancy rate4.3 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Owner occupied11,138
- Renter occupied8,495
- Ownership rate56.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$917,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,854
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.0 percent
- Single family units12,494
- Share single family60.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more7,821
- Share in buildings of two or more38.1 percent
- Mobile homes192 plus or minus 201
- Median year structure built1995
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aliso Viejo
How Aliso Viejo gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute20,992
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,944
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more7,129
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.0 percent
- Drove alone63.4 percent
- Carpooled7.8 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home26.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aliso Viejo
SBA 7(a) lending to Aliso Viejo borrowers
- Approvals72
- Gross approval$26,353,500
- Average approval$366,021
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$780,000
- Largest approval$4,180,300
- Jobs supported473
- Jobs per approval6.6
- Loans with a final outcome19
- Paid in full19
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more4.2 percent
- Share to franchises6.9 percent
- Distinct lenders31
- Distinct industries by NAICS47
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Aliso Viejo
SBA 504 lending to Aliso Viejo borrowers
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$20,082,000
- Average approval$1,338,800
- Median approval$907,000
- Largest approval$4,995,000
- Jobs supported331
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs6
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Aliso Viejo
Flood programme status in Aliso Viejo
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060770
- Currently effective map date12/03/09
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Orange County, not Aliso Viejo
Orange County context, not Aliso Viejo figures
These are Orange County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Aliso Viejo measurements.
- Establishments in Orange County106,961
- Employment at those establishments, Orange County1,580,778
- Covered employment, Orange County1,661,276
- Average annual pay, Orange County$81,403
- Average weekly wage, Orange County$1,565
- Housing units permitted, Orange County6,972
- Of those, single family, Orange County2,671
- County product, 2024, Orange County$351,752,654,000
- County product change over the prior year, Orange County5.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Orange County$114,759
Every figure in this section is published for Orange County as a whole and is not a measurement of Aliso Viejo. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Aliso Viejo questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Aliso Viejo, California?
51,113, in 19,633 households. Aliso Viejo city covers 6.93 square miles of land, which is 7,380 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Aliso Viejo in?
Orange County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Aliso Viejo?
$142,439. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $917,900. Median gross rent is $2,854 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Aliso Viejo businesses?
72 7(a) approvals totalling $26.4 m, across 31 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 15 504 approvals worth $20.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Aliso Viejo, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Aliso Viejo borrowers get paid back?
Of the 19 loans that have reached a final outcome, 19 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Aliso Viejo in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Aliso Viejo appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060770, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Aliso Viejo figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Orange County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Aliso Viejo.
Is zoning published for Aliso Viejo?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.