Mission Viejo, California
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Mission Viejo is suburban in nature and culture. It is mainly residential, although there are a number of offices and businesses within its city limits. The city is planned and features a very large number of single-family homes, some condominiums, a college, and a regional mall. Education in the city is provided by two school districts (Saddleback Valley and Capistrano Unified School Districts), seven high schools (Mission Viejo, Tesoro, Trabuco Hills, Silverado, Capistrano Valley, Mira Monte, Pathfinder High Schools), a college (Saddleback College), and a number of middle and elementary schools.
Mission Viejo has numerous parks; there are about two per square mile. A private country club also exists.
History
The hilly region which Mission Viejo occupies was primarily used as cattle and sheep grazing land, as it was of little use to farmers. It was one of the last regions of Orange County to be urbanized due to its geologic complexity. Early developers in the 1960s dismissed most of the land as simply "undevelopable". In the early 1970s, urban planner Donald Bren, who would later become the president of the Irvine Company, drafted a master plan which placed roads in the valleys and houses on the hills, and contoured to the geography of the area. The plan worked, and by 1980 much of the city of Mission Viejo was completed. During the late 1970s and the 1980s, houses in Mission Viejo were in such high demand that housing tracts often sold out before construction even began on them. The houses and shopping centers in the city are almost uniformly designed in a Spanish mission style, with "adobe"-like stucco walls and barrel-tile roofs. Many point to Mission Viejo as the first and largest manifestation of Donald Bren's obsession with Spanish architecture, which would again become apparent with his developments in Irvine and Newport Beach.Geography
Mission Viejo is located at (33.612739, -117.656038)[Geographic references#1GR1].According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 49.3 km² (19.0 mi²). 48.3 km² (18.7 mi²) of it is land and 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²) of it (1.94%) is water. A significant portion of the surface water is held in Lake Mission Viejo, an artificial lake stretching approximately one mile from Olympiad Road to Alicia Parkway along Marguerite Parkway.
Demographics
As of the census[Geographic references#2GR2] of 2000, there were 93,102 people, 32,449 households, and 25,212 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,926.4/km² (4,990.1/mi²). There were 32,986 housing units at an average density of 682.5/km² (1,767.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 83.15% White, 1.15% African American, 0.37% Native American, 7.73% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander, 3.82% from other races, and 3.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.10% of the population.There were 32,449 households out of which 39.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.1% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.3% were non-families. 17.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.22.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $78,248, and the median income for a family was $86,902. Males had a median income of $61,849 versus $38,743 for females. The per capita income for the city was $33,302. About 2.3% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.4% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.
External links
- [City of Mission Viejo] · Official website.
- [Lake Mission Viejo Association]
Schools
Public high
- [Capistrano Valley High School]
- [Mira Monte High School (Independent Study)]
- [Mission Viejo High School]
- [Silverado High School (Continuation)]
- [Trabuco Hills High School]
Public intermediate
Public interlevel
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