Laguna Niguel is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 61,963 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Laguna Niguel is the 111st largest community in California.

Laguna Niguel is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 91.33% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Laguna Niguel is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Laguna Niguel who work in sales jobs (18.51%), management occupations (18.48%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.41%).

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

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

One thing noticeable about Laguna Niguel, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Laguna Niguel is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Laguna Niguel a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Laguna Niguel is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

In Laguna Niguel, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.37 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Laguna Niguel is a very car-oriented city: 97.3% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. In fact, the general consensus among people in Laguna Niguel is that if you need to get anywhere, you're going to have to drive. The landscape is very car-oriented, and features shopping centers, strip malls, parking lots, and wide streets. Pedestrians are discouraged by the fact that sidewalks are not always present, which makes attempts at walking downright daunting in certain parts of town.

Laguna Niguel Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Laguna Niguel is a pretty powerful place. 47.84% of the adults in Laguna Niguel have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Laguna Niguel in 2000 was $39,167, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $156,668 for a family of four. However, Laguna Niguel contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Laguna Niguel is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Laguna Niguel home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Laguna Niguel is White, followed by Asian. Laguna Niguel also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.57% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Laguna Niguel include German, English, Irish, Italian, Iranian, and French.

In addition, Laguna Niguel has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.54%).

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