San Clemente Demographics

Population: 49,936
     Males: 25,264 (50.6%), Females: 24,672 (49.4%)

Elevation: 160 feet

County: Orange

Land area: 17.6 square miles

Zip codes: 92672, 92673

Median resident age: 38.0 years
Median household income: $63,507
Median house value: $650,000

Races in San Clemente:

• White Non-Hispanic (78.4%)
• Hispanic (15.9%)
• Other race (5.1%)
• Two or more races (2.8%)
• American Indian (1.3%)
• Black (0.8%)
• Filipino (0.6%)
• Japanese (0.5%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: German (18.2%), English (14.7%), Irish (13.6%), Italian (7.0%), United States (5.1%), French (4.1%).

For population 25 years and over in San Clemente

• High school or higher: 90.7%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 36.1%
• Graduate or professional degree: 11.4%
• Unemployed: 3.8%
• Mean travel time to work: 27.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in San Clemente city

• Never married: 22.3%
• Now married: 59.0%
• Separated: 1.6%
• Widowed: 5.3%
• Divorced: 11.8%

13.5% Foreign born (7.7% Latin America, 2.2% Asia, 2.2% Europe).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

• 1996: 140 buildings, average cost: $247,300
• 1997: 125 buildings, average cost: $279,800
• 1998: 195 buildings, average cost: $261,500
• 1999: 451 buildings, average cost: $271,600
• 2000: 970 buildings, average cost: $275,900
• 2001: 719 buildings, average cost: $275,300
• 2002: 567 buildings, average cost: $285,100
• 2003: 665 buildings, average cost: $268,900

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (15.7%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (14.1%), Retail trade (11.8%), Manufacturing (10.1%).