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POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Foothill Ranch, CA, Laguna Hills, CA (La Paz Rd/Cabot Rd), Laguna Niguel, CA (Galivan), Lake Forest, CA (City Center), Lake Forest, CA (El Toro), Mission Viejo, CA (Alicia Pky/Santa Margarita Pky), Mission Viejo, CA (City Center), Mission Viejo, CA (Felipe Rd/Oso Pky), Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, San Juan Capistrano, CA (Rancho Santa Margarita)
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| MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE | $1,074,541 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RENTAL PRICE | very high cost relative to CA, very high cost relative to the nation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6%
| NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL, & CHARACTER |
DETAILS |
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| THE SETTING | Suburban (based on population density) |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Single-family homes, some Rowhouses & attached homes, some Complexes/high rise apartments, a few Small apartment buildings |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Large dwellings (4, 5 or more bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Established but not old (Built 1970 - 1994), some Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later), a few Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier) |
| HOME OWNERSHIP | Mostly Owner occupied |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | mostly Urban Sophisticates, Quiet |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | mostly Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some College students (people currently attending college), some Seniors (people 65 and over) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 10 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Wealthy (among the 15% most wealthy communities in America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Sales & Service workers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Manufacturing & Laborers |
| ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY | mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Hispanic, some Italian ancestry, some East Asian, some Mexican, some Asian Indian |
| LANGUAGES | mostly English speaking, some Spanish speaking |
School Rating Information
CAPISTRANO UNIFIED School District
51,245 Students enrolled in District
| DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
8 |
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| Better than: of CA school districts |
78.8% |
DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO U.S. (10 is best) |
7 |
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| Better than: of US school districts |
67.1% |
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM |
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| 23 |
| STATE AVERAGE 21 |
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)
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| PROFICIENT IN READING & MATH |
PROFICIENT IN READING |
PROFICIENT IN MATH |
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| SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT | GRADES |
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| ALISO NIGUEL HIGH 28000 WOLVERINE WAY, ALISO VIEJO, CA 92656 (949) 831-5590 |
09-12 |
| ALISO VIEJO MIDDLE 111 PARK AVE., ALISO VIEJO, CA 92656 (949) 831-2622 |
06-08 |
| ARROYO VISTA ELEMENTARY 23371 ARROYO VISTA, RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA 92688 (949) 459-0215 |
KG-07 |
| ARROYO VISTA MIDDLE 23371 ARROYO VISTA, RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA 92688 (M) - |
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| BARCELONA HILLS ELEMENTARY 23000 VIA SANTA MARIA, MISSION VIEJO, CA 92691 (949) 581-5240 |
KG-05 |
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| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 67.7 | 31.0 |
| BLACK (%) | 1.3 | 8.0 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 18.3 | 48.5 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 7.0 | 11.7 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 13.8 | 47.6 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $4,668 | $239,204,000 | 53.2 |
| SUPPORT EXPENDITURES | |||
| STUDENT | $313 | $16,049,000 | 3.6 |
| STAFF | $292 | $14,972,000 | 3.3 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $41 | $2,081,000 | 0.5 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $523 | $26,781,000 | 6.0 |
| OPERATION | $603 | $30,878,000 | 6.9 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $251 | $12,839,000 | 2.8 |
| OTHER | $242 | $12,382,000 | 2.8 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $2,263 | $115,982,000 | 25.8 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $1,839 | $94,265,000 | 21.0 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $8,771 | $449,451,000 | 100.0 |
Rancho Santa Margarita EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT  |
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| ADULTS IN Rancho Santa Margarita WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 54.5 |
| CHILDREN IN Rancho Santa Margarita LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 1.3 |
Rancho Santa Margarita Appreciation Rates
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| PERIOD | TOTAL APPRECIATION | AVG. ANNUAL RATE | COMPARED TO CA* |
COMPARED TO AMERICA* |
| Since 1990 |  139.78%
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7.35%
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About Rancho Santa Margarita
Rancho Santa Margarita is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 47,718 people and just one neighborhood, Rancho Santa Margarita is the 166th largest community in California.
Rancho Santa Margarita is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 90.91% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Rancho Santa Margarita is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Rancho Santa Margarita who work in management occupations (18.60%), office and administrative support jobs (16.40%), and sales jobs (14.46%).
Also of interest is that Rancho Santa Margarita has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Rancho Santa Margarita, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.
In addition to being popular with young singles, Rancho Santa Margarita is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.
Because of many things, Rancho Santa Margarita is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Rancho Santa Margarita really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Rancho Santa Margarita perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
In Rancho Santa Margarita, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.82 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
"If you live in Rancho Santa Margarita, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Rancho Santa Margarita residents do (97.5%). Rancho Santa Margarita 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.
Rancho Santa Margarita Information and Demographics
The education level of Rancho Santa Margarita citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 43.76% of adults in Rancho Santa Margarita have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Rancho Santa Margarita in 2000 was $31,531, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,124 for a family of four. However, Rancho Santa Margarita contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Rancho Santa Margarita is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rancho Santa Margarita home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Rancho Santa Margarita is White, followed by Asian. Rancho Santa Margarita also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.16% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Rancho Santa Margarita include German, Irish, English, Italian, French, Polish, Scottish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Rancho Santa Margarita is English. Some people also speak Spanish.
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