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Trabuco Canyon, CA
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Trabuco Canyon profile


Living in Trabuco Canyon



Trabuco Canyon is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 1,020 people and four associated neighborhoods, Trabuco Canyon is the 753rd largest community in California.

Trabuco Canyon home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Trabuco Canyon real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 25.98% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Trabuco Canyon is home to many people who could 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.

Because of many things, Trabuco Canyon 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, Trabuco Canyon really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Trabuco Canyon perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, 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.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Trabuco Canyon has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Trabuco Canyon a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Trabuco Canyon is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Trabuco Canyon, the average commute to work is 33.52 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

If knowledge is power, Trabuco Canyon is a pretty powerful place. 59.14% of the adults in Trabuco Canyon have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Trabuco Canyon in 2018 was $82,519, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $330,076 for a family of four. However, Trabuco Canyon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Trabuco Canyon is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Trabuco Canyon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Trabuco Canyon residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Trabuco Canyon also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.90% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Trabuco Canyon include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Trabuco Canyon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.