An affluent city located in southern Orange County, Mission Viejo is a mainly residential, suburban city with a total population of 97,997. The city is planned and features a very large number of single-family homes, some condominiums, a college and a regional mall. A mile-long, man-made lake, Lake Mission Viejo, sits in the center of the city and is a private association for Mission Viejo residents. It features custom waterfront homes, boat rentals and swim beaches, with architecture on houses and shopping centers almost uniformly designed in a Spanish mission style, with “adobe”-like stucco walls and barrel-tile roofs.
