Laguna Beach's median home price sits at $2,200,000, 424% above the $420,000 national median. On a $380,000 median household income, that puts the price-to-income ratio at 5.8x, or 5.8 years of gross pay for the purchase price alone.
Property taxes in Laguna Beach run 1.1% of assessed value, in line with the 1.1% national average. On the median home, that's $24,200 a year, or $2,017 added to the monthly payment.
California levies a state income tax on top of the $14,283/month this mortgage runs. Model your real after-tax take-home before deciding how much payment you can carry.
Laguna Beach's cost of living index is 211, above the 100 national baseline. That's on top of the housing numbers above, not instead of them.
Laguna Beach's median home price runs 146% higher than nearby Los Angeles: $895,000 there versus $2,200,000 here.