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Laguna Hills, CA
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Laguna Hills profile


Living in Laguna Hills



Laguna Hills is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 30,568 people and five associated neighborhoods, Laguna Hills is the 251st largest community in California.

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

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

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 18.01% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

If knowledge is power, Laguna Hills is a pretty powerful place. 52.67% of the adults in Laguna Hills 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 Laguna Hills in 2018 was $64,750, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $259,000 for a family of four.

Laguna Hills is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Laguna Hills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Laguna Hills residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Laguna Hills also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.91% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Laguna Hills include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Iranian.

In addition, Laguna Hills has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (26.02%).

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