What is the median rent in Las Flores, CA?

Name: Median rent in Las Flores, CA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Las Flores, CA is $2,938 (±$379) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 564 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Las Flores, the median gross rent went from $2,180 in 2015–2019 to $2,938 in 2020–2024 (+34.8%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $2,938 (±$379)
Rented homes: 564 (±204)
$2,000 or more: 100.0%
Since 2015–2019: +34.8%

How much rent costs in Las Flores

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Las Flores	Orange County	California	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±7.3 points)	2.4%	3.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±7.3 points)	2.6%	7.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	0.0% (±7.3 points)	6.7%	16.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±7.3 points)	16.0%	21.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	10.3% (±10.1 points)	25.6%	19.8%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	45.4% (±21.6 points)	18.7%	12.5%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	44.3% (±22.9 points)	27.9%	19.1%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,500 to $2,999, paid by 45.4% of renting households.

100.0% of rented homes in Las Flores cost $2,000 or more a month.

Las Flores against Orange County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Las Flores	Orange County	California	United States
Median gross rent	$2,938 (±$379)	$2,434 (±$13)	$2,036 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	564 (±204)	459,675 (±4,130)	5,783,331 (±22,650)	42,849,984

In Las Flores, median gross rent is higher than in Orange County ($2,434).

It is also higher than in California ($2,036).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Orange County, Las Flores ranks 9 of 40 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 107 of 1,010.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Las Flores has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$2,180 (±$216)	$2,938 (±$379)	+34.8%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	25.1% (±6.3 points)	30.1% (±8.5 points)	+5.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	6.3% (±9.8 points)	11.9% (±17.6 points)	+5.6 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Las Flores

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Las Flores
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Las Flores	—	$2,938 (±$379)	—
Coto de Caza	2.3 mi	$3,500 or more	—
Mission Viejo	2.6 mi	$2,839 (±$91)	Not measurably different
Ladera Ranch	2.6 mi	$3,350 (±$202)	Not measurably different
Rancho Santa Margarita	3.6 mi	$2,625 (±$120)	Not measurably different
Laguna Hills	4.3 mi	$2,728 (±$98)	Not measurably different
Lake Forest	5.8 mi	$2,672 (±$114)	Not measurably different
Laguna Niguel	5.9 mi	$2,903 (±$83)	Not measurably different
San Juan Capistrano	6.0 mi	$2,438 (±$197)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: San Juan Capistrano, CA ($2,438).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Orange County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1 (tie)	Rossmoor	$3,500 or more
4	Ladera Ranch	$3,350 (±$202)
5	Newport Beach	$3,316 (±$90)
6	Dana Point	$3,106 (±$167)
7	Irvine	$2,997 (±$51)
8	Laguna Beach	$2,986 (±$201)
9	Las Flores	$2,938 (±$379)
10	Laguna Niguel	$2,903 (±$83)
11	Aliso Viejo	$2,854 (±$87)
12	Yorba Linda	$2,846 (±$149)
13	Mission Viejo	$2,839 (±$91)
14	Laguna Hills	$2,728 (±$98)
15	Lake Forest	$2,672 (±$114)

Showing 13 of 40 places in Orange County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Las Flores is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Las Flores

What is the average rent in Las Flores, CA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Las Flores is $2,938 (±$379) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Las Flores?

In Las Flores, the median gross rent went from $2,180 in 2015–2019 to $2,938 in 2020–2024 (+34.8%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Las Flores cost more than $2,000 a month?

100.0% of rented homes in Las Flores have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Las Flores higher than in Orange County?

In Las Flores, median gross rent is higher than in Orange County ($2,434).

It is also higher than in California ($2,036).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Las Flores CDP (Orange County), California (place:40526, in state:06).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.