Fountain Valley, CA: key statistics
Population: 55,508 (2025). Unemployment rate: 4.7% (August 2026). Median household income: $115,237 (2024).
Fountain Valley, CA in figures
Population and demography
Labor market
| Mean travel time to work | 26 minutes | 2024 | |
| Unemployment rate | 4.7% | August 2026 | |
| Civilian labor force | 27,203 | 2025 | |
| Employed residents | 25,987 | 2025 | |
| Unemployed people | 1,216 | 2025 | |
| Unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 5.7% | 2024 | |
| Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 60.9% | 2024 |
Health
Income and living conditions
| Gini index | 43.4 | 2024 | |
| Median household income | $115,237 | 2024 | |
| Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate) | $48,652 | 2024 | |
| Poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 8% | 2024 |
Housing
| Housing units authorized by building permits | 358 | 2025 | |
| Homeownership rate (US, housing units) | 64.8% | 2024 | |
| Median home value | $1,072,300 | 2024 | |
| Median gross rent (monthly) | $2,631 | 2024 | |
| Single-family housing units authorized by building permits | 88 | 2025 | |
| Housing units | 19,227 | 2024 | |
| Households | 18,778 | 2024 | |
| Housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) | 2.3% | 2024 | |
| Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) | 68.7% | 2024 | |
| Average household size | 3 persons per household | 2024 |
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