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Ladera Ranch CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
Ladera Ranch CDP is a Census CDP of 23,793 people across 4.95 square miles of land, in Orange County. Median household income is $184,458, 74.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 43 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.9 m.
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Ladera Ranch
What Ladera Ranch is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area4.95 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,811
- 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.
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How many people live in Ladera Ranch
- Population23,793
- Median age35.1
- Population under 188,381
- Share under 1835.2 percent
- Population 65 and over1,678
- Share 65 and over7.1 percent
- Households7,339
- Family households6,122
- Share of households that are families83.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Ladera Ranch
- Median household income$184,458
- Per capita income$74,294
- Civilian labor force12,149
- Employed11,631
- Unemployed518 plus or minus 177
- Unemployment rate4.3 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over13,709
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher68.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree27.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Ladera Ranch
- Housing units7,716
- Occupied units7,339
- Vacant units377 plus or minus 203
- Vacancy rate4.9 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Owner occupied5,440
- Renter occupied1,899
- Ownership rate74.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,151,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$3,350
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.8 percent
- Single family units6,279
- Share single family81.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,437 plus or minus 332
- Share in buildings of two or more18.6 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built2005
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Ladera Ranch gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute8,239
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,628 plus or minus 420
- Share commuting under 15 minutes19.8 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,023
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.7 percent
- Drove alone66.8 percent
- Carpooled2.7 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home27.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Ladera Ranch (7(a))
- Approvals43
- Gross approval$9,853,200
- Average approval$229,144
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$500,000
- Largest approval$1,055,000
- Jobs supported404
- Jobs per approval9.4
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Paid in full7
- Charged off2
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises18.6 percent
- Distinct lenders24
- Distinct industries by NAICS30
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 9 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Ladera Ranch (504)
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$3,724,000
- Average approval$744,800
- Median approval$591,000
- Largest approval$1,101,000
- Jobs supported23
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Orange County, not Ladera Ranch
Orange County context, not Ladera Ranch 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 Ladera Ranch 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 Ladera Ranch. 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.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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
Ladera Ranch questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ladera Ranch, California?
23,793, in 7,339 households. Ladera Ranch CDP covers 4.95 square miles of land, which is 4,811 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ladera Ranch 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 Ladera Ranch?
$184,458. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,151,000. Median gross rent is $3,350 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ladera Ranch businesses?
43 7(a) approvals totalling $9.9 m, across 24 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $3.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ladera Ranch, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ladera Ranch borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ladera Ranch. only 9 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Ladera Ranch 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 Ladera Ranch.
Is zoning published for Ladera Ranch?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.