What is the median rent in Rancho Mission Viejo, CA?

Name: Median rent in Rancho Mission Viejo, CA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Rancho Mission Viejo, CA is $3,500 or more a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 953 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $3,500 or more
Rented homes: 953 (±237)
$2,000 or more: 87.3%

How much rent costs in Rancho Mission Viejo

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Rancho Mission Viejo	Orange County	California	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±4.4 points)	2.4%	3.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±4.4 points)	2.6%	7.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	4.0% (±4.9 points)	6.7%	16.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	8.6% (±8.0 points)	16.0%	21.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	4.8% (±4.4 points)	25.6%	19.8%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	20.1% (±10.5 points)	18.7%	12.5%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	62.4% (±13.8 points)	27.9%	19.1%	6.8%

The most common range is $3,000 or more, paid by 62.4% of renting households.

87.3% of rented homes in Rancho Mission Viejo cost $2,000 or more a month.

Rancho Mission Viejo against Orange County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Rancho Mission Viejo	Orange County	California	United States
Median gross rent	$3,500 or more	$2,434 (±$13)	$2,036 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	953 (±237)	459,675 (±4,130)	5,783,331 (±22,650)	42,849,984

Median gross rent in places near Rancho Mission Viejo

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Rancho Mission Viejo
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Rancho Mission Viejo	—	$3,500 or more	—
Ladera Ranch	5.2 mi	$3,350 (±$202)	—
San Clemente	5.4 mi	$2,460 (±$118)	—
San Juan Capistrano	5.4 mi	$2,438 (±$197)	—
Coto de Caza	5.9 mi	$3,500 or more	—
Las Flores	6.0 mi	$2,938 (±$379)	—
Dana Point	8.0 mi	$3,106 (±$167)	—
Laguna Niguel	8.1 mi	$2,903 (±$83)	—
Rancho Santa Margarita	8.5 mi	$2,625 (±$120)	—

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

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)	Coto de Caza	$3,500 or more
1 (tie)	Rancho Mission Viejo	$3,500 or more
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)

Showing 8 of 40 places in Orange County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Rancho Mission Viejo 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 Rancho Mission Viejo

What is the average rent in Rancho Mission Viejo, CA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Rancho Mission Viejo is $3,500 or more a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Rancho Mission Viejo cost more than $2,000 a month?

87.3% of rented homes in Rancho Mission Viejo have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

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 Rancho Mission Viejo CDP, California (place:59503, 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.