Mission Viejo, California

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City of Mission Viejo, California
Official seal of City of Mission Viejo, California
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Location of Mission Viejo within Orange County, California.
Location of Mission Viejo within Orange County, California.
Coordinates: 33°36′46″N 117°39′22″W / 33.61278, -117.65611
Country United States
State California
County Orange
Government
 - Mayor Gail Reavis
Area
 - Total 19.0 sq mi (49.3 km²)
 - Land 18.7 sq mi (48.3 km²)
 - Water 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km²)
Elevation 397 ft (121 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total 93,102
 - Density 4,989.4/sq mi (1,926.4/km²)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
 - Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
Zip Code 92691, 92692, 92694, 92690
Area code(s) 949
FIPS code 06-48256
GNIS feature ID 1661045
Website: http://www.cityofmissionviejo.org/

Mission Viejo (anglicized pronunciation IPA: /ˈmɪʃənviːˈeɪhoʊ/) is a city located in southern Orange County, California in the Saddleback Valley. As of the 2006 census, the city had a total population of 97,997.

Mission Viejo is suburban in nature and culture. It is mainly residential, although there are a number of offices and businesses within its city limits. The city is planned and features a very large number of single-family homes, some condominiums, a two-year community or junior college, and a regional mall.

The mall, The Shops at Mission Viejo, is located off Interstate 5 freeway and Crown Valley Parkway and serves the upscale residents of south Orange County. It is the southernmost mall in Orange County and the Los Angeles Metro Area. The mall features major upscale stores including Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue, Abercrombie and Fitch, Apple Store and others. The city's name is a reference to Rancho Mission Viejo, a large Spanish land grant from which the community was founded.

Mission Hospital is the largest hospital in south Orange County and serves as the area's regional trauma center. It also offers one of two CHOC (Children's Hospital of Orange County) locations providing outstanding care for children. Mission Hospital is a critical asset to the region. It is undergoing a multi-year campus expansion, which includes emergency services, conference and medical office space as well as a new in-patient hospital tower. Other medical facilities and offices have clustered around the hospital. It is conveniently located off the I-5 Crown Valley Parkway exit about half a mile from the freeway.

It is mistakenly believed by some local residents that "Mission Viejo" is a Spanish translation of "Old Mission"; however, the correct Spanish translation of "old mission" is "misión vieja."

Recreational activities abound; the city has numerous parks; there are about two per square mile. The city has three golf courses, The Mission Viejo Country Club, Casta del Sol Golf Course, and the recently finished Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club. At the center of the city is a man-made lake, Lake Mission Viejo, a private association for Mission Viejo residents with custom waterfront homes, condominiums, boat rentals,and swim beaches.

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The hilly region which Mission Viejo occupies was primarily used as cattle and sheep grazing land, as it was of little use to farmers. It was one of the last regions of Orange County to be urbanized due to its geologic complexity. Englishman Juan (John) Forster, husband of Mexican Governor Pío Pico's sister Ysidora, acquired the Rancho Trabuco (future Mission Viejo and Rancho Santa Margarita) from Santiago Arguello. Forster provided fresh horses to American military forces led by Commodore Robert F. Stockton and General Kearney on their march from San Diego to retake Los Angeles during the Mexican-American War. The force camped in Lake Forest along their march.

Early developers in the 1960s dismissed most of the land in the area as simply "undevelopable". In the early 1970s, urban planner Donald Bren, who would later become the president of the Irvine Company, drafted a master plan which placed roads in the valleys and houses on the hills, and contoured to the geography of the area. The plan worked, and by 1980 much of the city of Mission Viejo was completed. During the late 1970s and the 1980s, houses in Mission Viejo were in such high demand that housing tracts often sold out before construction even began on them. The houses and shopping centers in the city are almost uniformly designed in a Spanish mission style, with "adobe"-like stucco walls and barrel-tile roofs. Many point to Mission Viejo as the first and largest manifestation of Donald Bren's obsession with Spanish architecture, which would again become apparent with his developments in Irvine and Newport Beach.

In the late 1990s/early 2000s, Mission Viejo became a major suburban city, one of the many communities bringing attention to "South (Orange) County"

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Snow atop Saddleback Mountain over Lake Mission Viejo
Snow atop Saddleback Mountain over Lake Mission Viejo

Mission Viejo is located at 33°36′46″N, 117°39′22″W (33.612739, -117.656038)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 49.3 km² (19.0 mi²). 48.3 km² (18.7 mi²) of it is land and 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²) of it (1.94%) is water. A significant portion of the surface water is held in Lake Mission Viejo, an artificial lake stretching approximately one mile from Olympiad Road to Alicia Parkway along Marguerite Parkway.


As of the census of 2000, there are 93,102 people, 32,449 households, and 25,212 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,926.4/km² (4,990.1/mi²). There are 32,986 housing units at an average density of 682.5/km² (1,767.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 83.15% White, 1.15% African American, 0.37% Native American, 7.73% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander, 3.82% from other races, and 3.59% from two or more races. 12.10% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 32,449 households out of which 39.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.1% are married couples living together, 8.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 22.3% are non-families. 17.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.84 and the average family size is 3.22.

In the city the population is spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $78,248, and the median income for a family is $86,902. Males have a median income of $61,849 versus $38,743 for females. The per capita income for the city is $33,302. 3.8% of the population and 2.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 3.4% are under the age of 18 and 4.8% are 65 or older.

According to a 2007 Morgan Quitno crime statistic survey (compiled from FBI data), Mission Viejo is the safest city in the US. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/18/dangerous.cities.ap/index.html

The Saddleback College ballpark hosted the Mission Viejo Vigilantes minor league baseball team of the Western Baseball League from 1996-2001. Now the ballpark has a semi-pro collegiate team, the Orange County Fire.

There is also a soccer facility, now used by the town's youth soccer program, that was used as a training field by the United States men's national soccer team before and during the 1994 FIFA World Cup, hosted by the United States.

Skateboard parks are included in some of the recreational facilities throughout Orange County as well such as; Bebee Park, Rancho Santa Margarita, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills, San Clemente, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Vans Skatepark at the Block at Orange, Etnies of Lake Forest, and Anaheim West.

Mission Viejo has a major youth athletic facilities, Mission Viejo Youth Athletic Park. The park consists of eight baseball fields and five soccer fields. It is host of Little League District 55 [1] and AYSO Region 84 [2] Amenities:

Mission Viejo's musical contributions have been growing in recent years. Such bands as Cavil At Rest, Sun from Shadow, Sunday Pages and Arya Boghraty's Solo Debut have been spawning from this musically genius city.

Mission Viejo is served by two school districts, the Capistrano Unified and Saddleback Valley Unified School Districts. Capistrano Unified serves the eastern, northeastern, and southern portions of the city with eight schools. As of 2006, all high school students in the Capistrano Unified portion of Mission Viejo attend Capistrano Valley High School. Students from western Mission Viejo (north of Oso Parkway and west of Marguerite until Alicia Parkway) attend Saddleback Valley's Mission Viejo High School. Far northern Mission Viejo attends Saddleback Valley's Trabuco Hills High School, though most of that school has students from Rancho Santa Margarita and Lake Forest. Tesoro High School in Rancho Santa Margarita served the eastern half of the city from 2001- 2006, but now does not serve Mission Viejo as the city has been consolidated to three high schools to unify district students by their city.

Silverado, Mira Mesa, and Pathfinder are continuation and adult schools within the city.

Saddleback College, near the Shops at Mission Viejo and Capistrano Valley High School, is a large junior college in the southern half of the city. In addition, the University of California, Irvine, Chapman University and Soka University of America are nearby in adjacent cities.

Skateboard parks are included in some of the recreational facilities throughout Orange County as well such as; Bebee Park, Rancho Santa Margarita, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills, San Clemente, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Vans Skatepark at the Block at Orange, Etnies of Lake Forest, and Anaheim West.

Elementary Capistrano Unified

Saddleback Valley Unified

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