Ladera Ranch, California

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Ladera Ranch is an unincorporated planned community located in Orange County, California.

A photograph looking out on Mercantile Way in Ladera Ranch

The community has several features that differentiate it from most others. For example, many traffic calming measures were put into use. Roundabouts, for example, are commonplace on smaller intersections. Narrow street widths, as well as chokers, are characteristics of Ladera Ranch's small residential streets. Landscaped street medians are common, even on two-lane collector streets such as O'Neill and Sienna Parkways.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Education
4 Demographic estimates
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Ladera Ranch is located at 33°34'14.75" North, 117°38'4.68" West (33.570763, -117.634634)^GR1.

[edit] History

Ladera Ranch is a 4,000 acre (16 km²) master-planned community east of Mission Viejo, California along Antonio Parkway. Construction began in 1999 on portions of the O'Neill, Avery, & Moiso family's 23,000 acre (93 km²) Rancho Mission Viejo cattle ranch, the largest remaining working ranch in Orange County.

[edit] Education

The community is served by the Capistrano Unified School District. A branch of the Orange County Public Library is located in Ladera Ranch.

Within the community are the Chaparral and Oso Grande Elementary Schools and the Ladera Ranch School, which consists of both an Elementary and Middle School campus.

[edit] Demographic estimates

The 92694 ZCTA is statistically equivalent to Ladera Ranch. This is a map of what was completed in 2000.

The United States does not define a census-designated place called Ladera Ranch, but it does define a Zip Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA), 92694. Because Ladera Ranch is contained within this Zip Code Tabulation Area, it is possible to obtain Census data from the United States 2000 Census for the area even though data for "Ladera Ranch" is unavalable. Note however, that the community was significantly less completed in 2000 and that many more people now live in the community.

Population	349
Median age	29.8
Average household size	2.91
Population 25 years and over
With a bachelors degree	48.9%
With a high school degree	96.5%
Median household income	$104,306
Below poverty level
Families	0.0%
Individuals	2.8%