Overview
About Moulton La Paz
Moulton La Paz spreads 119 detached homes over 77.6 acres, more ground per home than any other community on the city's HOA layer except Nellie Gail Ranch, on streets the city names as Mandeville, Santa Rosa, Alta Loma, Sundance, Los Alamitos, Las Alturas and Monte Royale. Lots run to a median of 0.20 acres across the 176 parcels the city records inside the boundary.
The median living area on that record is 2,453 square feet with four bedrooms the median count, and 82 of the 176 parcels carry a private pool, the highest share of any community in Laguna Hills apart from Nellie Gail Ranch. The boundary straddles two Orange County Fire Authority evacuation zones, 65 acres in LGH18 and 12.6 in LGH13, and Moulton La Paz lies inside Saddleback Valley Unified School District, whose campuses inside the Laguna Hills city limit are Valencia, Lomarena and San Joaquin elementaries and Laguna Hills High.
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How Moulton La Paz was built
The Moulton Ranch was subdivided in the early 1960s. Moulton La Paz was built between 1980 and 1989 with a middle year of 1985, while the surrounding hills were still county land. Eighty six percent of residents voted for cityhood on 5 March 1991, and Laguna Hills became a city on 20 December 1991. The city files the community in its Aliso Hills area.
The street names run to Spanish and to elevation: Alta Loma is the high hill, Las Alturas the heights, Los Alamitos the little cottonwoods, with Santa Rosa, Monte Royale, Sundance and Mandeville filling out the rest. The houses are large for their date at about 2,453 square feet and four bedrooms, on lots of roughly a fifth of an acre, and the city has 82 of the 176 properties down as having a private pool, which is close to one in two.
By the Numbers
Moulton La Paz by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Moulton La Paz lifestyle
The city publishes eight named trails and gives each its own mileage. Aliso Creek Trail runs 2.0 miles inside the city limit as a county maintained national recreation trail, open to walkers, cyclists and riders on horseback. Alicia Trail is a paved 1.33 miles from Moulton Parkway and Alicia Parkway northeast to the Laguna Hills Community Center.
Oso Parkway carries a trail on each side. The Oso Bikeway Trail is 1.64 paved miles along the north side from Moulton to Cabot Road, and the Oso Multi-Use Trail is 1.79 dirt miles along the south side open to every user. The Nellie Gail Trail adds 0.90 dirt miles from Ramona Street to La Paz Road, and the Veeh Trail follows 0.26 riparian miles beside Veeh Ranch Park.
Fossil Reef Park is built on a limestone reef the city dates to roughly 17 million years ago, when much of Orange County lay under a shallow tropical bay. The reef runs six miles long and 300 feet deep and holds scallop shells the city describes as the size of dinner plates.
Schools
Schools serving Moulton La Paz
Moulton La Paz lies inside Saddleback Valley Unified School District. The campuses below are the district schools inside the Laguna Hills city limit, with the enrollment the federal count records for each.
9-12 · 1,317 students
K-6 · 525 students
K-6 · 487 students
K-6 · 221 students
FAQs
Common questions about Moulton La Paz
How big is Moulton La Paz?
Moulton La Paz covers 77.6 acres on the boundary the City of Laguna Hills publishes, and the city's own count gives it 119 detached homes across 176 recorded parcels, the loosest density in the city apart from Nellie Gail Ranch.
How big are the homes and lots?
The median lot on the city's parcel record measures 0.20 acres and the median living area on that record is 2,453 square feet, with four bedrooms the median count. Eighty-two of the 176 parcels carry a private pool.
Which school district serves Moulton La Paz?
Moulton La Paz lies inside Saddleback Valley Unified School District. The district publishes no attendance boundary map, so assignment for a specific address is confirmed through the district's own locator. Its campuses inside the Laguna Hills city limit are Valencia Elementary with 525 students, Lomarena Elementary with 487, San Joaquin Elementary with 221 and Laguna Hills High with 1,317, on the 2024-25 federal count.
When was Moulton La Paz built?
Orange County recorded eight tract maps over this ground between 1981 and 1984, all surveyed by Robert W. Blunt. The parcels carrying a build year on the city's record went up between 1980 and 1989, with a median of 1985.
Where does the Moulton name come from?
Lewis Moulton arrived from Boston in 1874 and leased Rancho Niguel to run sheep, bought it in 1895, and with his partner Jean Pierre Daguerre built the holding to 22,000 acres. The ranch was farmed and grazed until subdivision began in the early 1960s.