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Mission Viejo city, California: commercial real estate data.
Mission Viejo city is a Census city of 92,151 people across 17.66 square miles of land, in Orange County. Median household income is $136,123, 76.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 115 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $53.4 m.
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Mission Viejo
What Mission Viejo is
- Census place typecity
- Land area17.66 sq mi
- Water area0.37 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,218
- 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 Mission Viejo
- Population92,151
- Median age45.5
- Population under 1818,813
- Share under 1820.4 percent
- Population 65 and over20,905
- Share 65 and over22.7 percent
- Households32,946
- Family households24,905
- Share of households that are families75.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Mission Viejo
- Median household income$136,123
- Per capita income$61,910
- Civilian labor force47,101
- Employed44,669
- Unemployed2,432
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over67,946
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher52.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree19.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Mission Viejo
- Housing units34,285
- Occupied units32,946
- Vacant units1,339 plus or minus 356
- Vacancy rate3.9 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Owner occupied25,334
- Renter occupied7,612
- Ownership rate76.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,009,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,839
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.0 percent
- Single family units28,630
- Share single family83.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more5,632
- Share in buildings of two or more16.4 percent
- Mobile homes23 plus or minus 26
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Mission Viejo gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute33,669
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,724
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more12,687
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more37.7 percent
- Drove alone66.9 percent
- Carpooled6.5 percent
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked1.4 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home23.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Mission Viejo (7(a))
- Approvals115
- Gross approval$53,385,000
- Average approval$464,217
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,139,000
- Largest approval$4,270,000
- Jobs supported872
- Jobs per approval7.6
- Loans with a final outcome28
- Paid in full27
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans3.6 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more7.8 percent
- Share to franchises10.4 percent
- Distinct lenders42
- Distinct industries by NAICS77
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 Mission Viejo (504)
- Approvals20
- Gross approval$17,409,000
- Average approval$870,450
- Median approval$742,000
- Largest approval$2,443,000
- Jobs supported164
- Loans with a final outcome4
- 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.
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Flood risk in Mission Viejo
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 7
- NFIP community number060735
- Currently effective map date12/03/09
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Orange County, not Mission Viejo
Orange County context, not Mission 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 Mission 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 Mission 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
Mission Viejo questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mission Viejo, California?
92,151, in 32,946 households. Mission Viejo city covers 17.66 square miles of land, which is 5,218 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mission 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 Mission Viejo?
$136,123. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,009,600. Median gross rent is $2,839 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Mission Viejo businesses?
115 7(a) approvals totalling $53.4 m, across 42 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 20 504 approvals worth $17.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Mission Viejo, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Mission Viejo borrowers get paid back?
Of the 28 loans that have reached a final outcome, 27 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 3.6 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Mission Viejo in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Mission Viejo appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060735, carrying Community Rating System class 7, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. 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 Mission 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 Mission Viejo.
Is zoning published for Mission Viejo?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.