Mission Viejo, California
Mission Viejo, California | |
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Clockwise from top: Lake Mission Viejo, Olympiad Rd, Mission Viejo Library, Oso Creek, Mission Viejo City Hall | |
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Flag Seal | |
| Motto: "Make Living Your Mission" | |
Location of Mission Viejo within Orange County, California. | |
Mission Viejo Location within the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Mission Viejo Location within the State of California Mission Viejo Location within the contiguous United States | |
| Coordinates: 33°35′49″N 117°39′30″W / 33.59694°N 117.65833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Orange |
| Incorporated | March 31, 1988 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Bob Ruesch |
| • Mayor Pro Tem | Wendy Bucknum |
| • City Council | Brian Goodell Trish Kelley Cynthia Vasquez |
| • City Manager | Elaine Lister |
| Area | |
• City | 18.03 sq mi (46.70 km2) |
| • Land | 17.66 sq mi (45.74 km2) |
| • Water | 0.37 sq mi (0.96 km2) 2.05% |
| Elevation | 410 ft (125 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 93,653 |
| • Rank | 86th in California |
| • Density | 5,303.0/sq mi (2,047.51/km2) |
| • Urban | 646,843 (US: 65th) |
| • Urban density | 3,953/sq mi (1,526.3/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 92691–92692, 92694 |
| Area code | 949 |
| FIPS code | 06-48256 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1661045, 2411123 |
| Website | cityofmissionviejo |
Mission Viejo (/viˈeɪhoʊ/ vee-AY-hoh; corruption of Misión Vieja [miˈsjon ˈbjexa]; Spanish for 'Old Mission') is a commuter city in the Saddleback Valley in Orange County, California, United States. Mission Viejo is considered one of the largest master-planned communities ever built under a single project in the United States and is rivaled only by Highlands Ranch, Colorado in size. Its population as of 2020 was 93,653.
Mission Viejo is suburban in nature and culture, and consists of residential properties, offices and businesses. The city is noted for its tree-lined neighborhoods, receiving recognition from the National Arbor Day Foundation. The city's name is a reference to Rancho Mission Viejo, a large Spanish land grant from which the community was founded.
The United States Census Bureau defines an urban area of Orange County cities not part of Los Angeles's urban area with Mission Viejo as the principal city: the Mission Viejo–Lake Forest–Laguna Niguel, CA urban area had a population of 646,843 as of the 2020 census, ranked 65th in the United States.