Located in Orange County, California, Tustin is a suburban city with a population of 75,540 (as of 2010). In 2009, Forbes ranked this west-coast city as one of the top 25 cities to live well in America. Tustin has numerous job opportunities with major employees including ABM Industries and Tustin Unified School District.
Statistics Tustin has a home median sales price of $570,000, as of July 13th, 2013. This value increased from last year by 30.1 percent, although the sales price has actually depreciated by 14.3 percent over the last five years. On average, homes in this area list for $688,643. This figure is taken from August 14th, 2013. The average listing price has risen from the previous month by 2 percent. The percentage of homes that are rented is very similar to the percentage of homes that are owned. However, the percent of owned homes is slightly higher at 50.4 percent. On the other hand, 49.6 percent of homes in Tustin are rented. The median the number of years that people stay here is 1.93 years. The annual residential turnover is 34.43 percent.
School Systems The Tustin Unified School District is the public school system in this city. There are 18 elementary schools that make up this system, including Arroyo Elementary School, Barbara Benson Elementary School, Ladera Elementary School, Red Hill Elementary School, Tustin Memorial Academy and Marjorie Veeh Elementary School. There's also one school that offers kindergarten through eighth grade, which is Orchard Hill School. The Tustin public school system has five different middle schools, which include Columbus Tustin Middle School, A.G. Currie Middle School, Pioneer Middle School, C.E. Utt Middle School and Hewes Middle School. Students here may go to one of four high schools: Foothills High School, Hillview High School, Tustin High School or Arnold O. Beckman High School.
Arts and Culture Chemer's Gallery offers visitors and residents of this area a chance to view fine art. The Tustin Area Historical Society supplies guests with art and historical artifacts. Muizz Gallery is filled with contemporary art as well.
Neighborhoods This city is divided into several smaller neighborhoods, but there are only a few key areas in town.