Population : 6,659 (2008)
Median Income: $ 115,992 (2008)
Elevation : 1,260 feet
City's Area: 1.26 Square Miles

Average temperature:
Highest: 71-63 *F
Lowest: 56-46 *F

Airport Distances:
John Wayne Airport: 19.2 Mi.
LAX Airport : 58.7 Mi.
Ontario Airport : 46.4 Mi.

Rancho Santa Margarita is located in the heart of South Orange County, between the Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park and the Cleveland National Forest, between Foothill Ranch and Rancho Santa Margarita.

Rancho Santa Margarita was Incorporated into the city of Lake Forest in 2000, with the population of this community topping 6,700 in 2007.

This is a family community with a variety of stores, theaters and restaurants conveniently located nearby at the Foothill Ranch shopping center. It's situation next to the Saddleback Mountains coupled with it's close drive to it's neighboring Silverado Canyon and Trabuco Canyon make this community an inviting place to be if you want to be close to nature, but not too far away from all the conveniences of our modern world.