Port Costa, California

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Back to Port Costa, CA housing info, Contra Costa County, California, CA smaller cities, CA small cities, All Cities.   We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Contra Costa County Population in July 2007: 246. Males: 134   (54.7%) Females: 112   (45.3%) Median resident age:   45.7 years California median age:   33.3 years Zip codes: 94569. Estimated median household income in 2008: $75,845 (it was $61,429 in 2000) Port Costa:   $75,845 California:   $61,021 Estimated per capita income in 2008: $41,740 Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $576,484 (it was $266,700 in 2000) Port Costa:   $576,484 California:   $467,000 Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $477,357; Detached houses: $480,751 Port Costa, CA residents, houses, and apartments details Put your B&M business profile right here for free. 20,000 businesses already created their profiles! Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses Search for: near:   Races in Port Costa: White Non-Hispanic (87.1%) Hispanic (6.9%) Two or more races (4.7%) American Indian (4.3%) Other race (1.7%) Filipino (0.9%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Port Costa: 156.5 (very high, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Port Costa, California on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users: Best places to live in california if you're a weird artist?  (48 replies) Want to move to Bay Area... Need suggestions  (40 replies) Looking for interesting towns drivable from SF/Berkeley  (7 replies) Ancestries: Czech (25.0%), Portuguese (12.5%), Norwegian (9.9%), Irish (9.5%), English (8.6%), German (7.8%). Current Local Time: PST time zone Elevation: 17 feet Land area: 0.68 square miles. Population density: 363 people per square mile   (very low).

Average climate in Port Costa, California

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Port Costa-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below California state average. It is 1281% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/18/1906 at 13:12:21, a magnitude 7.9 (7.9 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 44.5 miles away from Port Costa center, causing $524,000,000 total damage
On 10/18/1989 at 00:04:15, a magnitude 7.1 (6.5 MB, 7.1 MS, 6.9 MW, 7.0 ML) earthquake occurred 68.6 miles away from the city center, causing 62 deaths (62 shaking deaths) and 3757 injuries, causing $1,305,032,704 total damage
On 4/24/1984 at 21:15:19, a magnitude 6.2 (5.7 MB, 6.1 MS, 6.2 MW, 6.2 ML, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 57.5 miles away from the city center
On 1/24/1980 at 19:00:09, a magnitude 5.9 (5.3 MB, 5.9 MS, 5.8 MW, 5.5 ML, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 34.0 miles away from Port Costa center
On 1/27/1980 at 02:33:36, a magnitude 5.8 (5.0 MB, 5.0 MS, 5.8 ML) earthquake occurred 32.4 miles away from the city center
On 8/6/1979 at 17:05:22, a magnitude 5.9 (5.4 MB, 5.7 MS, 5.7 MW, 5.9 ML) earthquake occurred 74.8 miles away from Port Costa center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

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Notable location: Port Costa Community Center (A). Display/hide its location on the map Church in Port Costa: Saint Patricks Roman Catholic Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map Parks in Port Costa include: Plaza Del Hambre (1), Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline (2). Display/hide their locations on the map Post office: Port Costa Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.1 people
California:	2.9 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	55.6%
Whole state:	68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	7.4%
Whole state:	5.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
• Gay men: 1.9% of all households

This place:	10.7%
Whole state:	14.2%

This place:	10.7%
Whole state:	6.3%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Port Costa, CA

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Here		38.9%
USA		50.2%

6.30% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($66,206 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.30%
California average:	5.75%

0.12% of residents moved from foreign countries ($760 average AGI)

Contra Costa County:	0.12%
California average:	0.21%

from Alameda County, CA	1.95% ($67,733 average AGI)
from San Francisco County, CA	0.57% ($74,794)
from Solano County, CA	0.36% ($51,540)

7.00% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($66,530 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.00%
California average:	6.27%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($654 average AGI)

Contra Costa County:	0.07%
California average:	0.11%

to Alameda County, CA	1.47% ($61,758 average AGI)
to Solano County, CA	0.51% ($54,810)
to San Francisco County, CA	0.42% ($58,453)

• Call Sign: KF6IUQ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00816922
  Grant Date: 02/21/2007, Expiration Date: 02/21/2017, Certifier: Charles J Levdar
  Registrant: Charles J Levdar, Port Costa, CA 94569
• Call Sign: KF6IUR, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01248606
  Grant Date: 02/21/2007, Expiration Date: 02/21/2017, Certifier: Vicky S Oswald
  Registrant: Vicky S Oswald, Port Costa, CA 94569
• Call Sign: KI6EFM, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01160416
  Grant Date: 06/08/2006, Expiration Date: 06/08/2016, Cancelation Date: 07/06/2006, Certifier: Thomas C Cusack
  Registrant: Thomas C Cusack, Port Costa, CA 94569
• Call Sign: WA6CME, Previous Call Sign: KI6EFM, Licensee ID: L01160416
  Grant Date: 07/06/2006, Expiration Date: 07/06/2016, Certifier: Thomas C Cusack
  Registrant: Thomas C Cusack, Port Costa, CA 94569
• Call Sign: KI6FPV, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01196644
  Grant Date: 09/27/2006, Expiration Date: 09/27/2016, Certifier: Ovid L Holmes
  Registrant: Ovid L Holmes, Port Costa, CA 94569
• Call Sign: KI6KPU, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01298402
  Grant Date: 06/26/2007, Expiration Date: 06/26/2017, Certifier: David C Chamberlin
  Registrant: David C Chamberlin, Port Costa, CA 94569

• Fire: 2
• Hazardous Condition: 1

• #31 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)"
• #33 on the list of "Top 100 cities with oldest houses"
• #40 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of likely gay men couples (counted as self-reported male-male unmarried-partner households)"

• #1 (94569) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Czechoslovakian first ancestries"
• #10 (94569) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Basque first ancestries"
• #15 (94569) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Yugoslavian first ancestries"

• #56 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Kerry (Democrat) in the 2004 Presidential Election, pop. 50,000+"