Living in Trabuco Canyon, CA
Trabuco Canyon is a small town of 1,326 people in Orange County, California. It's about 21 miles from Riverside, CA. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 65°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.3M and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,326people
$1.3MTypical home
$2,434/moRent
82° / 65°Summer / winter
0"Snow
319Sunny days
40Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,326
- Part of a metro area
- About 182 people per sq mi
- 21 mi to Riverside, CA
- 21 mi to Riverside, CA
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.3M (≈$8,221/mo)
- Median rent $2,434/mo
- Median household income $229k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 65°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 319 sunny days a year (162 totally clear)
- 46 cloudy days a year
- 18 of 90 winter days are gray
- 40 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 6 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (263 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,299 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 51
- 21% of households have kids
- 26% are 65 or older
- 60% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 16 mi to SNA airport
- 16 mi to SNA (major hub)
- 24 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 89% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 99% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 1,312 ft
- 15 mi to the ocean
- 89 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 41 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 84 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,213 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 179 bars within 25 mi
- 1,550 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 4 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 62 museums within 25 mi
- 16 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 17% of California districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 6 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 12 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Orange County: D+3 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- High drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.