Overview
About Morningside Townhomes
Morningside Townhomes covers 15.1 acres and the city's address layer records 264 addresses inside it, across 267 mapped parcels. Four lanes run within the boundary and all four end the same way: Abbeywood, Allenwood, Bentwood and Birchwood. At 18 addresses to the acre the measured density is the sixth highest of the fifty Aliso Viejo communities on this site. The city zones 14.8 acres Residential Medium Density, where the municipal code allows up to 18 units to the gross acre across townhomes, condominiums and smaller lot single-family homes.
Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park begins 135 feet from the boundary, and among the fifty communities on this site only California Reflections sits closer to it. Woodfield Park is 729 feet off at 22.9 acres, with a baseball field, hiking trails, a concession stand and lighting, and Aliso Viejo Community Park at 13.9 acres is 799 feet. Capistrano Unified's own address locator assigns this ground to Wood Canyon Elementary for TK through grade 5, then Don Juan Avila Middle and Aliso Niguel High.
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How Morningside Townhomes was built
Morningside belongs to the very first wave of Aliso Viejo. Its homes date to 1981, 1982 and 1983, and the first homes in the city went on sale in March 1982 with the first residents moving in that November. The people who moved in here watched the rest of the city get built around them.
The four streets run in alphabetical order and all four end the same way: Abbeywood, Allenwood, Bentwood and Birchwood. There are 264 addresses on 15.1 acres, two level townhomes of two and three bedrooms between 918 and 1,174 square feet, with patios and upstairs decks, near Aliso Viejo Community Park.
By the Numbers
Morningside Townhomes by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Morningside Townhomes lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving Morningside Townhomes
Capistrano Unified serves Morningside Townhomes, and the district's own address locator returns one set of campuses across the boundary: Wood Canyon Elementary for TK through grade 5, then Don Juan Avila Middle and Aliso Niguel High. Aliso Viejo Middle at 0.36 miles is the nearest campus of any kind and is not the assignment. The tiles below carry federal enrollment counts and distances measured from the city's published boundary. Confirm the campus for a specific address with the district before it matters to an offer.
9-12 · 2,563 students
6-8 · 803 students
6-8 · 863 students
K-5 · 456 students
K-5 · 672 students
K-5 · 569 students
FAQs
Common questions about Morningside Townhomes
How big is Morningside Townhomes, and how many homes are there?
Measured against the boundary the City of Aliso Viejo publishes, Morningside Townhomes covers 15.1 acres. The city's address layer records 264 addresses inside it, across 267 mapped parcels, which works out to 18 addresses to the acre, the sixth highest density of the fifty communities here.
When was it built?
The county assessor's parcel record carries a year built on 260 of the 267 parcels inside the boundary. It reads 1982 on 144 of them and 1983 on 104, with a further ten in 1981 and one each in 1980 and 1984. The first homes anywhere in Aliso Viejo were offered for sale in March 1982.
When was it subdivided?
Tract 11412 was recorded on 23 October 1981, Tracts 11410 and 11411 together on 11 December 1981, and Tract 11167 on 2 December 1982. Only four of the fifty communities on this site carry an earlier first recorded map. A recorded map dates the subdivision rather than the buildings on it.
Which schools serve it?
Capistrano Unified's own address locator returns Wood Canyon Elementary for TK through grade 5, then Don Juan Avila Middle and Aliso Niguel High, and it returns the same three at every interior point across the boundary. Aliso Niguel High is 0.92 miles away and enrolled 2,563 students on the 2024-25 federal count. Neither assigned lower campus is among the six nearest to this boundary, and the nearest of any kind is Aliso Viejo Middle at 0.36 miles, which is not the assignment.
How close is the open space?
Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park begins 135 feet from the boundary. OC Parks runs it across roughly 4,500 acres with more than 30 miles of official trails, two year round streams under mature oaks and sycamores, and a wildlife sanctuary designation. Woodfield Park at 22.9 acres is 729 feet off.