Population & Demographics
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Rancho Santa Margarita is home to 46,990 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 24,073 resident workers commute each day.
46,990 residents
Median age 40.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Rancho Santa Margarita population & demographics
Who lives in Rancho Santa Margarita — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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 Rancho Santa Margarita
How Rancho Santa Margarita 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).
Race across Rancho Santa Margarita
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 Rancho Santa Margarita.
These figures are for Rancho Santa Margarita 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 Rancho Santa Margarita 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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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Rancho Santa Margarita
24,073 commutes, one dot at a time
Rancho Santa Margarita
Where 24,073 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Rancho Santa Margarita, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Rancho Santa Margarita.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Rancho Santa Margarita’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%.
Internet options for Rancho Santa Margarita
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).