LADERA RANCH
STATS
Median Home Value: $817,200
Median Income: $133,896
Median Age: 33
Population: 22,980
SCHOOLS
District: Capistrano Unified
Elementary: Chaparral, Ladera Ranch, Oso Grande
Jr. High: Arroyo Vista, Ladera Ranch, Las Flores
High School: Tesoro, San Juan Hills
DESCRIPTION
Ladera Ranch is a 4,000 acres master-planned community adjacent to Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, and San Juan Capistrano. Located along Antonio Parkway and Crown Valley Parkway, construction of the community began in 1999 on portions of the O'Neill, Avery, & Moiso families' 23,000 acres Rancho Mission Viejo cattle ranch, which was the largest remaining working ranch in Orange County.
The Ladera Ranch development is divided into nine "villages". Within each village, individual builders develop an area called a neighborhood. There are ten or more neighborhoods per village. Five of the nine villages have clubhouses themed on a particular architecture style that is emphasized within that village. There are also parks, pools, playgrounds and open areas within each village. The Covenant Hills village is a gated community which is closed to the general public, but accessible to all card-carrying residents of Ladera Ranch. There are no other gated villages in the community.
In addition to the various clubhouses, the community has a private water park and skate park, 18 community parks, a dog park, six smaller neighborhood pools, many pocket parks and green belts, a shopping district called Mercantile East Shopping Center, and miles of hiking trails that connect to Doheny Beach.