Orange County spans 948 square miles and is home to 34 incorporated cities and dozens of distinct unincorporated communities — from the surf culture of Huntington Beach to the master-planned villages of Irvine, from Laguna's artist colony to Anaheim's entertainment district, from the historic plazas of Old Towne Orange to the canyon hamlets of Trabuco, Modjeska, and Silverado.

This Everything OC guide covers 34 cities and 98 neighborhoods, districts, and communities — coastal beach cities, central urban hubs, North OC heritage towns, South OC master-planned suburbs, and the unincorporated canyon and foothill communities that round out the county's full character.

Orange County's geography — 42 miles of Pacific coastline, the Santa Ana Mountains rising to 5,687 feet at Santiago Peak, rolling inland mesas, the Santa Ana River, and one of the densest networks of master-planned communities in California — gives each city its own distinct physical identity. The climate is uniformly excellent, but cities differ dramatically in walkability, density, architecture, schools, and price. Use this guide to find the OC city — and the specific neighborhood within it — that matches your lifestyle.