Irvine, CA is located in South Orange, it is the Northern most city in South Orange.  Irvine is a planned city, developed mainly by the Irvine Company over the the past 4 decades.  The city was originally incorporated in 1971, but saw most of its development in 1990's and early 2000's, with new development still ongoing today.  As of the 2010 Census, Irvine's population was 212,375.  Due to Irvine's great climate, excellent schools, proximity to goods jobs and recreation, Irvine has been named as the top 5 cities in the United States, by Businessweek in 2011 and CNNMoney.com in 2008. 

Irvine is a planned city, it is divided into "Villages."  Each Village is designed to be self contained offering similarly designed homes, as well as shopping districts, schools, and extensive park and recreation areas.   Having been designed over a series of years and even decades, each village has its own unique feel, yet they all flow together perfectly.  Find your perfect Irvine Community (Village) with the homes searches located to the right.

Access to employment is one of the reasons for the high demand for Irvine Real Estate.  Irvine has multiple employment hubs, including a growing high tech sector.  Irvine is home to such large companies as Allergran, Broadcom, In-N-Out Burger and Taco Bell.  Many national and international companies have North American headquarters or large offices in Irvine, including Mazda Motor Corporation, Toshiba Corporation and Kia Motors.  The Largest employers  in Irvine include the University of Irvine, Verizon Wireless and Edwards Lifesciences. Along with these business hubs, Irvine also offers great access to the other large business hubs of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa with the 5 and 405 freeways which both dissect Irvine. 

All work and no play makes Jack and everyone else dull.  That is certainly not a problem in Irvine.  Irvine was designed with the outdoors in mind, due to the great weather which Irvine has year round.  The city offers extensive parks for walking or just enjoying the open space, it also has many sports field where the residents of Irvine enjoying playing softball, soccer and other sports.  Irvine Parks and recreation also offers many after school programs for kids.  Irvine also offers great dining and shopping options, with Irvine Spectrum being one of the largest Regional malls located within the Irvine borders.  Irvine Spectrum is home to large stores such as Nordstrom as well as offering many dining options such as P.F. Changs and Javiers, a local favorite.  Irvine Spectrum also offers an IMAX theatre and the Improv Comedy Club.  With its great location, Irvine is close to the other large entertainment centers in Orange County, Costa Mesa's South Coast Plaza and Newport's Fashion Island.

Education has a large influence on the continued success as high demand city to live in.  University of Irvine is one of the region's largest employer, as well as bringing in students from all over the nation and the world to Irvine.  Yet an even larger aspect of the education picture is Irvine's school district, which is consistently rated among the best in state and the nation.  Irvine is served primarily by the Irvine Unified School District, which has four High Schools in Irvine.  These schools are University High School, Irvine High School, Northwood High School and Woodbridge High school.  While all four schools are excellent University High School is definitely the star, in 2011 it was named the #8 high school in the nation and #2 public school in the nation by Newsweek. 

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