Living in Villa Park, CA
Villa Park is a big small town of 5,748 people in Orange County, California. It's about 25 miles from Riverside, CA. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 70°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.9M and rent runs about $2k a month.
5,748people
$1.9MTypical home
$2,434/moRent
86° / 70°Summer / winter
0"Snow
319Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,748
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,767 people per sq mi
- 25 mi to Riverside, CA
- 25 mi to Riverside, CA
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.9M (≈$12k/mo)
- Median rent $2,434/mo
- Median household income $202k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 70°F
- Dry summers (dew point 47°F)
- 319 sunny days a year (162 totally clear)
- 46 cloudy days a year
- 18 of 90 winter days are gray
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (108 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (796 per 100k)
People
- Median age 54
- 31% of households have kids
- 30% are 65 or older
- 54% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 10 mi to SNA airport
- 10 mi to SNA (major hub)
- 19 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 94% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1974
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 371 ft
- 16 mi to the ocean
- 103 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 33 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 121 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 5,740 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 345 bars within 25 mi
- 2,773 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 12 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 96 museums within 25 mi
- 20 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 33% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 4 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 3 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.