Irvine, CA

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Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Irvine ranks

• #1 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 89.4
• #4 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 96.8
• #4 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 88.1
• #42 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 55.1
• #50 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 50.0
• #71 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 13.4
• #72 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 29.6
• #92 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 26.2
• #95 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 1.1

Local facts

Median household income

$129,647

Median rent

$2,893 / mo

Median home value

$1,115,400

Median age

33.9

Unemployment

5.5%

Bachelor's degree or higher

70.6%

Poverty rate

11.7%

Renter-occupied homes

56.2%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

52

Students enrolled

43,789

Students per teacher

25.9 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

20.6%

Charter schools

5.8%

School districts serving the city

5

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Districts: Irvine Unified, Tustin Unified, Excel Academy Charter District, Excel Academy Charter District, Irvine International Academy District

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

19.5%

No leisure-time physical activity

19.1%

Adults with diabetes

9.0%

Adults who smoke

7.1%

Frequent mental distress

14.7%

Sleeping under 7 hours

34.3%

Adults without health insurance

4.8%

Routine checkup in past year

73.6%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

94.0%

Share of city that is parkland

25.3%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

13.3

Median air quality index (county)

53

Unhealthy air days (county)

13

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

95.6%

Households with no internet

1.8%

Average commute

24.3 min

Work from home

25.9%

Commute by transit

0.9%

Commute on foot

3.7%

Commute by bike

1.3%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Orange County as very high overall for natural hazard risk, with 14 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Earthquake: very high
• Riverine flooding: very high
• Wildfire: relatively high
• Landslide: relatively high

ZIP codes

• 92602
• 92603
• 92604
• 92606
• 92612
• 92614
• 92617
• 92618
• 92620
• 92697