Balboa Village is the historic core of the peninsula, where the Pavilion has anchored the harbor since the early days of the city and the ferry still shuttles to Balboa Island the slow way. It is equal parts neighborhood and landmark, and living here means having both the pier and the bay within a short walk.
The housing is a dense, walkable mix: original beach cottages, bay-close condos, and rebuilt homes threaded between the village's shops and docks. Lots are compact and character runs high, and because the village sits between two waterfronts, orientation matters: some homes look to the bay, others put the ocean at the end of the street.
Village condos and cottages give a downsizing homeowner 55 or older a genuinely smaller footprint without leaving the waterfront life behind. Buy at or below the price of the home you sold and Proposition 19 carries the old property tax base across in full. The mechanics, with worked numbers, are on the Prop 19 downsizing page.
The Fun Zone's Ferris wheel still turns, the ferry line is the village's clock, and the frozen banana stands hold their corners as they have for generations. Summer is loud and bright, winter is quiet and local. Few addresses anywhere trade so directly on charm, and the village has never had to manufacture any of it.
This page is general educational information, not legal, tax, or financial advice. Property tax outcomes vary by parcel; confirm specifics with the Orange County Assessor, your CPA, or a qualified attorney. For the wider picture, start at the Newport Beach neighborhood hub.
180 people live in Balboa Village, where the median age is 34 and the average individual income is $122,209. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Balboa Village has 129 households, with an average household size of 2. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Here’s what the people living in Balboa Village do for work — and how long it takes them to get there. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. 180 people call Balboa Village home. The population density is 31,859 and the largest age group is Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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There's plenty to do around Balboa Village, including shopping, dining, nightlife, parks, and more. Data provided by Walk Score and Yelp.
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