Buena Park

Population & Demographics

Buena Park, CA

Buena Park is home to 82,871 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 42,584 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
82,871
people
Population

82,871 residents

Median age 37.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Buena Park population & demographics

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

Population
82,871
Median age
37.3yrs
Median household income
$110,550
Median home value
$838,800
Median gross rent
$2,206/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
33.0%
Poverty rate
8.8%

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 Buena Park

How Buena Park 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).

Hispanic or Latino42.1%
Asian32.1%
White20.0%
Two or more races3.3%
Black1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.5%
Some other race0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Buena Park

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 Buena Park.

Buena Park at a glance
Employed Residents
42,584
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
7.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
10.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Los Angeles
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Buena Park 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 Buena Park 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

47 / 100

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

Buena Park

42,584 commutes, one dot at a time

Buena Park

Where 42,584 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Buena Park, by worker count.

1Los Angeles26.4 mi4,122
2Anaheim6.4 mi3,970
3Buena Park0.0 mi3,121
4Irvine17.5 mi1,874
5Santa Ana10.8 mi1,724
6Fullerton4.7 mi1,561
7Long Beach9.9 mi1,485
8Orange10.6 mi1,313

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Buena Park.

1Anaheim6.4 mi3,430
2Buena Park0.0 mi3,121
3Los Angeles26.4 mi1,925
4Fullerton4.7 mi1,801
5Long Beach9.9 mi1,254
6Garden Grove6.0 mi1,060
7Santa Ana10.8 mi878
8Norwalk5.7 mi838

Top industries

The sectors that employ Buena Park’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%)
ARArts, Entertainment, and Recreation14.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services13.2%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.7%
RTRetail Trade10.7%
WSWholesale Trade8.3%
MFManufacturing8.1%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.7%
EDEducational Services4.8%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.2%
Connectivity

Internet options for Buena Park

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

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Buena Park

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