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San Juan Capistrano

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San Juan Capistrano is a city in southern Orange County, California, USA, located approximately 23 miles (37 km) southeast of Downtown Santa Ana. The current OMB metropolitan designation for San Juan Capistrano and the Orange County Area is “Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA.” The population was 33,826 at the 2000 census. The city was created around Mission San Juan Capistrano, and many of the homes and strip malls resemble the Spanish architecture that compose the building. It is home to the widest variety of homes in Orange County, with 10 million dollar homes in the gated communities of the hills, homes built prior to 1900 in its central district - some being adobes from the 18th century - and working ranches in its foothills. San Juan Capistrano is probably best known for the annual migration of the cliff swallows that reputedly migrate each year from Argentina to the Mission San Juan Capistrano.

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San Juan Capistrano is the site of a Catholic mission for which it is named, Mission San Juan Capistrano. When the Mission was founded in 1776, the region was populated by the Acjachemen band of Native Americans, called Juaneños by the Spanish. The mission was named after the Franciscan saint Giovanni da Capistrano (1386-1456).

The city is the site of California’s oldest residential neighborhood, Los Rios. It is also the home of the oldest in use building in California, the Serra Chapel in the Mission. The area was the site of both the first vineyard and first winery in California.

The 85-foot (26 m) high main rotunda and 104-foot (32 m) bell tower make Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano the tallest building in town. Designed “in the spirit and likeness” of the “Great Stone Church,” which is in ruins in the Mission. Pope John Paul II conferred the rank of Minor Basilica to this facility on February 14, 2000. In the 1830s Richard Henry Dana, Jr., author of the classic Two Years Before the Mast visited the area as a sailor engaged in the hide trade on board the ship Pilgrim. Describing the locale, which then included what is now the neighboring city of Dana Point, he gushed, “San Juan is the only romantic spot in California.” The area was also the locale of the first Zorro novella, The Curse of Capistrano, published in 1919 (later renamed The Mark of Zorro after the success of the film of the same name). San Juan Capistrano is also known for its cliff swallows. The protected birds are reputed to return from migration on St. Joseph’s Day (March 19) each year, a day celebrated by the city’s annual Swallows’ Day Parade and other festive events and old west 1890s style Melodrama at the Camino Real Playhouse starring San Juan’s Villain at Large Professor Mack played by Gary McCarver of The New Home for American Melodrama. The swallows are reputed to leave on October 23, the former feast day of St. John of Capistrano. The 1940 hit song “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano”, written by Leon René, is a love song centering on these annual events.

Read more: www.sanjuancapistrano.org

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San Juan CapistranoNation
Zillow Home Value Index 494200147800
Median Single Family Home Value 658300147900
Median Condo Value 201900146200
Median 2-Bedroom Home Value 243200110400
Median 3-Bedroom Home Value 403300140900
Median 4-Bedroom Home Value 672600231100
Percent Homes Decreasing 0.7080.616
Percent Listing Price Reduction 0.3040.269
Median List Price Per Sq Ft 25592
Median List Price 550000182000
Median Sale Price 368500179300
Homes For Sale
Homes Recently Sold 39271759
Property Tax 33132112
Turnover (Sold Within Last Yr.) 0.0480.034
Median Value Per Sq Ft 266106
1-Yr. Change -0.094-0.046
>Homes For Sale By Owner 340223
>New Construction 044075
>Foreclosures 99562743

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San Juan CapistranoNation
Owners 0.791164660.66268764
Renters 0.208835340.33731236
Median Home Size (Sq. Ft.)
Avg. Year Built 1974
Single-Family Homes 0.7121187002652
Condos 0.1986903183023

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San Juan CapistranoNation
Median Household Income 6239244512.0130806292
Single Males 0.1391867911426590.146462187349365
Single Females 0.1065889977625180.124578258618535
Median Age 3636
Homes With Kids 0.3818976507011470.313623902816284
Average Household Size 3.062.58883240001203
Average Commute Time (Minutes) 26.0284771537192526.375545725891282

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San Juan Capistrano - Who Lives Here

Title: Affluent Immigrants
Name: High-income immigrants living in suburban areas.
Description: Ranging in age from mid-30s to early 60s, these highly educated immigrants earn high salaries. A high proportion are homeowners.
Title: Most Eligible
Name: High-income singles living in the 'burbs.
Description: These pre-middle-age to middle-age singles have college educations and bring in high incomes. Some own their homes.
Title: Multi-lingual Suburbanites
Name: Middle-class, suburban individuals who speak a foreign language.
Description: Age ranges from 30s to 60s. Some own their homes. Education varies from high school to college, with some earning graduate school degrees.
Title: Suburban Elite
Name: Suburban super-rich couples with children.
Description: Middle-aged married couples with a luxurious lifestyle in the suburbs. More than 15% have a family income of $200,000 or more. The majority have a college or graduate school degree, and most own their homes.
Title: Country Clubbers
Name: Wealthy married couples with children.
Description: These affluent families live a very comfortable life in the suburbs. More than 20% have a family income over $125,000. Most have earned a college or graduate school degree, and most own their homes.


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  • Education
    • Characteristic: Bachelor's degrees
  • Employment
    • Characteristic: Self-employed (unincorporated businesses)
    • Characteristic: Work in management-level occupations
    • Characteristic: Work in sales and related occupations
  • Income
    • Characteristic: High rent compared to income
  • People & Culture
    • Characteristic: Born in the Midwest
    • Characteristic: Speak Spanish or Spanish Creole
    • Characteristic: Wealthy retirees
  • Transportation
    • Characteristic: Drive to work alone
    • Characteristic: Work at home
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