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East Lansing, MI vs Mission Viejo, CA

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- Mission Viejo is 0% more densely populated than East Lansing.
- People are 196.4% more likely to be married in Mission Viejo.
- The Median Age is 24.3 years older in Mission Viejo.
 East Lansing, MIMission Viejo, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock93,932329,725,481
 Female Population50.5%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.5%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock45.738.4
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 Population - 201048,597  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock93,102285,036,114
 Population - 199050,677  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock1.2%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now-6.0%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock5,306.693.4
 Land Area13.4  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.4264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 East Lansing, MIMission Viejo, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 42.2%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.3%6.1%
 Age 10 to 141.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.4%3.9%
 Age 18 to 2036.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock3.7%5.2%
 Age 25 to 349.3%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock12.0%12.9%
 Age 45 to 545.1%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock8.6%6.7%
 Age 60 to 642.0%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock12.6%9.6%
 Age 75 to 842.4%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock3.0%1.9%
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 Race
 East Lansing, MIMission Viejo, CAUnited States
 White74.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock1.1%12.2%
 Asian9.3%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.3%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.8%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock18.9%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 East Lansing, MIMission Viejo, CAUnited States
 Married Population20.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock60.4%48.0%
 Married but Separated0.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock38.6%50.2%
 Never Married74.1%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock8.7%10.8%
 Widowed2.0%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.832.60
 Households14,405  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock25,38780,755,759
     Married couple, w/children31.5%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock52.9%42.9%
 Non Family Households9,358  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock6.4%15.8%
     Single householder, no children7.8%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 17 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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Reviews for Mission Viejo    22 Reviews

Beautiful, but for the wealthy. If you make less than 150K, you won't be able to afford to live here. Even for Southern California, MV is off-the-chart expensive. A  More

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Over 12 years ago

Mission Viejo does not charge a business license tax for businesses located in the community and home-based businesses are allowed under current zoning laws as long as  More

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Please give me your advisese i need to know how is the best place to live near los angeles, safe, earthquakes, snakes, best schools, no racism, etc...,i donĀ“t know  More

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