About Aliso Viejo

Aliso Viejo is a medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 41,551 people and just one neighborhood, Aliso Viejo is the 188th largest community in California.

Aliso Viejo is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.81% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Aliso Viejo is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Aliso Viejo who work in management occupations (18.70%), sales jobs (16.88%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.60%).

Also of interest is that Aliso Viejo has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Aliso Viejo is also a town of artists. Aliso Viejo has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Aliso Viejo's character.

Aliso Viejo, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the town.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Aliso Viejo are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

"If you live in Aliso Viejo, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Aliso Viejo residents do (97.3%). Aliso Viejo is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Aliso Viejo Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Aliso Viejo, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Aliso Viejo is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 47.75% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Aliso Viejo in 2000 was $34,765, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $139,060 for a family of four. However, Aliso Viejo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Aliso Viejo is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Aliso Viejo home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Aliso Viejo is White, followed by Asian. Aliso Viejo also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.33% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Aliso Viejo include German, Italian, English, Irish, Iranian, and Polish.

In addition, Aliso Viejo has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.13%).

The most common language spoken in Aliso Viejo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Persian.