City in California, United States

Mission Viejo

$1.2MMedian Home
349Sunny Days/yr
73°FAvg High Temp
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View on MapPopulation97kElevation397 ft
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Mild year-round, with most rain falls in winter. True heat and cold are both fairly limited. Rain is less frequent but tends to come in heavier bursts. Humidity stays fairly steady through the year.

Mission Viejo is a commuter city in the Saddleback Valley in Orange County, California, United States. Mission Viejo is considered one of the largest master-planned communities ever built under a single project in the United States and is rivaled only by Highlands Ranch, Colorado in size. Its population as of 2020 was 93,653.Wikipedia

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Where It Is

Location Context
Mission Viejo, California
Latitude33.60°
Longitude-117.67°
Population97k
Altitude397 ft

State Context

CaliforniaU.S. state

California is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, and Nevada and Arizona to the east; it also shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With over 39 million residents across an area of 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the largest U.S. state by population and third-largest by area.Wikipedia

Income tax: 1.00% - 14.40%Avg sales tax: 8.85%Property tax: 0.69%Official school data available

About the Region

California

California contains multitudes in a way that makes any single characterization misleading. The Bay Area and Los Angeles operate as global city-states, with housing markets, income levels, and cultural gravity that put them in direct competition with London and Tokyo rather than with other American metros. Both have lost net domestic migrants to lower-cost states for most of the last decade — primarily to Texas, Arizona, and Nevada — though both also continue to be net draws for international migration and maintain labor markets of extraordinary depth and diversity.

But California's geography is vast. The Central Valley offers costs of living that rival the Midwest with driving distance to the Sierra Nevada; the North Coast is one of the most beautiful and least-crowded stretches of American coastline; and the smaller cities of the inland valleys represent genuinely different lifestyle profiles. For remote workers who can absorb the state income tax and housing cost, the combination of climate diversity, outdoor access, and cultural institution density remains difficult to replicate anywhere in the world.

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Nature Access

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City Profile

Median Age46 yrs
College Educated51%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home18%of workforce
Poverty Rate5%
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Cost of Living

Housing
$1.2M
Median home price
Household Income
$137k
Median annual
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Livability

Safety Score
84
Walk Score
45
School Rating
8.2/10
Internet
Fiber
1%
Cable
100%
address availability
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Climate

Sunshine
349
sunny days per year
96% of the year
Avg High Temp
73°F
annual average
Humidity Pattern
Steady humidity
71% warm season / 65% cool season
Comfort Score
98/100
Excellent
Temp Swing
20°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
19"
inches per year
Snowfall
0"
inches per year
Air Quality
50
Good AQI
How To Read Comfort

Comfort combines temperature band fit, humidity fit, seasonal swing, and penalties for long stretches of extreme heat or cold. Higher scores mean the yearly pattern stays closer to an easier day-to-day climate band.

Monthly Temperature
Daylight Span (Sunrise to Sunset)
Precipitation Distribution
19" of rain per year
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Humidity Through The Year
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humid summers
Summer 73% · Winter 62% · Nov-May 52-74%
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Current Conditions

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