Aliso Viejo is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 50,263 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Aliso Viejo is the 176th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Aliso Viejo are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

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

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 21.18% 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.

One thing noticeable about Aliso Viejo, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Aliso Viejo is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Aliso Viejo a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Aliso Viejo. 56.47% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in Aliso Viejo in 2022 was $59,852, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $239,408 for a family of four.

Aliso Viejo is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Aliso Viejo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Aliso Viejo residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Aliso Viejo also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.02% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Aliso Viejo include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Iranian.

In addition, Aliso Viejo has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (24.06%).

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