MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR ORANGE COUNTY CITIES

The upscale North County community of Villa Park tops the list for median household income in Orange County, leading second-place Tustin Foothills by nearly $15,000. In the past seven years the county’s total median income has jumped by 47.5%, from $906,389 in 1980 to an estimated $1.33 million in 1987. The South County coastal city of San Clemente had the biggest increase, from $19,762 in 1980 to $31,109 in 1987. The smallest was Buena Park’s 38.2% increase from $22,328 to $30,856. Villa Park . . . $73,443 Tustin Foothills . . . $58,524 Rossmoor . . . $48,806 Laguna Niguel . . . $47,742 Irvine . . . $47,182 South Laguna . . . $46,036 Yorba Linda . . . $45,487 Mission Viejo . . . $45,249 La Palma . . . $44,247 Fountain Valley . . . $43,217 El Toro . . . $43,054 Newport Beach . . . $42,757 Cypress . . . $39,780 Placentia . . . $38,330 Brea . . . $38,227 San Juan Capistrano . . . $35,283 Huntington Beach . . . $34,824 Capistrano Beach . . . $33,901 Dana Point . . . $33,847 Laguna Beach . . . $32,956 Los Alamitos . . . $32,564 Fullerton . . . $32,537 Westminster . . . $32,477 La Habra . . . $32,139 Orange . . . $31,688 San Clemente . . . $31,109 Buena Park . . . $30,856 Garden Grove . . . $30,685 Laguna Hills . . . $30,260 Anaheim . . . $30,005 Tustin . . . $28,596 Costa Mesa . . . $28,451 Stanton . . . $26,601 Santa Ana . . . $25,734 Seal Beach . . . $23,973 El Toro Station . . . $16,815

*According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, a household includes all the persons who occupy a housing unit.

SOURCE: Donnelley Demographics