Fountain Valley

Population & Demographics

Fountain Valley, CA

Fountain Valley is home to 56,258 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 27,754 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
56,258
people
Population

56,258 residents

Median age 44.4 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Fountain Valley population & demographics

Who lives in Fountain Valley — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
56,258
Median age
44.4yrs
Median household income
$115,237
Median home value
$1,072,300
Median gross rent
$2,631/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
46.4%
Poverty rate
8.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Fountain Valley

How Fountain Valley breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White37.6%
Asian36.7%
Hispanic or Latino17.2%
Two or more races4.9%
Black1.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1.1%
Some other race0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Fountain Valley

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Fountain Valley.

Fountain Valley at a glance
Employed Residents
27,754
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
8.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
16.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Irvine
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Fountain Valley proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Fountain Valley commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

54 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Fountain Valley

27,754 commutes, one dot at a time

Fountain Valley

Where 27,754 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Fountain Valley, by worker count.

1Irvine10.2 mi2,688
2Fountain Valley0.0 mi2,415
3Santa Ana4.6 mi2,144
4Huntington Beach3.1 mi1,782
5Los Angeles35.4 mi1,587
6Costa Mesa4.0 mi1,373
7Anaheim9.2 mi1,284
8Newport Beach7.4 mi1,125

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Fountain Valley.

1Huntington Beach3.1 mi2,748
2Santa Ana4.6 mi2,474
3Fountain Valley0.0 mi2,415
4Garden Grove4.7 mi2,098
5Anaheim9.2 mi1,676
6Irvine10.2 mi1,451
7Westminster3.7 mi1,405
8Los Angeles35.4 mi931

Top industries

The sectors that employ Fountain Valley’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance23.4%
RTRetail Trade10.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services8.7%
MFManufacturing8.0%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises6.7%
EDEducational Services6.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.5%
WSWholesale Trade4.8%
Connectivity

Internet options for Fountain Valley

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps92%
5 Gbps92%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Fountain Valley

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