Ladera Ranch is a master-planned community and census-designated place located in south Orange County, California, just outside the city limits of San Juan Capistrano, Rancho Santa Margarita and Mission Viejo. History Ladera Ranch is a planned community, bordered by the cities of Mission Viejo and San Juan Capistrano to the west and the city of Rancho Santa Margarita to the north. Located along Antonio Parkway and Crown Valley Parkway, construction of the community began in 1999 on portions of the O'Neill, Avery, & Moiso families' Rancho Mission Viejo cattle ranch, which was the largest remaining working ranch in Orange County. Geography Ladera Ranch is located in the foothills of the Orange County Saddleback. Design and development 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. The villages are: Oak Knoll Village Bridgepark Flintridge Village Township Wycliffe Village Echo Ridge Village Avendale Villages Terramor Village Covenant Hills 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, shopping districts called Mercantile East and Mercantile West Shopping Centers, and miles of hiking/biking trails that connect to Doheny Beach. Demographics 2022 According to the most recent ACS, the racial composition of Ladera Ranch was: White: 75.12% Asian: 14.15% Two or more races: 8.05% Black or African American: 1.04% Other race: 0.78% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0.44% Native American: 0.40% 2010 The 2010 United States Census reported that Ladera Ranch had a population of 22,980. The population density was . The racial makeup of Ladera Ranch was 17,899 (77.9%) White (69.4% Non-Hispanic White), 335 (1.5%) African American, 54 (0.2%) Native American, 2,774 (12.1%) Asian, 27 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 624 (2.7%) from other races, and 1,267 (5.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,952 persons (12.8%). The Census reported that 22,980 people (100%