Mission Canyon first appeared as a
census designated place in the
2000 U.S. census. The whole population lived in households. The median age was 53.2 years. The age distribution was 14.6% under the age of 18, 5.7% aged 18 to 24, 20.1% aged 25 to 44, 28.2% aged 45 to 64, and 31.3% aged 65 or older. For every 100 females, there were 91.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males. There were 1,041 households, of which 20.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 51.8% were married-couple households, 6.5% were
cohabiting couple households, 23.3% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present, and 18.3% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. About 26.4% of households were one-person households, and 14.9% had one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.44. There were 674
families (64.7% of all households). There were 1,122 housing units at an average density of . Of these, 1,041 (92.8%) were occupied, 76.4% were owner-occupied, and 23.6% were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.1%, and the rental vacancy rate was 7.9%. reported that Mission Canyon had a population of 2,381. The population density was . The racial makeup of Mission Canyon was 2,193 (92.1%)
White, 14 (0.6%)
African American, 17 (0.7%)
Native American, 40 (1.7%)
Asian, 11 (0.5%)
Pacific Islander, 35 (1.5%) from
other races, and 71 (3.0%) from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 198 persons (8.3%). The Census reported that 2,372 people (99.6% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 9 (0.4%) were institutionalized. There were 1,020 households, out of which 230 (22.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 547 (53.6%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together, 59 (5.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 20 (2.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 59 (5.8%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 14 (1.4%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships. 264 households (25.9%) were made up of individuals, and 97 (9.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33. There were 626
families (61.4% of all households); the average family size was 2.70. The population was spread out, with 368 people (15.5%) under the age of 18, 100 people (4.2%) aged 18 to 24, 458 people (19.2%) aged 25 to 44, 973 people (40.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 482 people (20.2%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.0 males. There were 1,075 housing units at an average density of , of which 782 (76.7%) were owner-occupied, and 238 (23.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.4%. 1,828 people (76.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 544 people (22.8%) lived in rental housing units. ==References==