West Whittier-Los Nietos, California

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Back to West Whittier-Los Nietos, CA housing info, San Mateo 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... Current weather forecast for West Whittier-Los Nietos, CA San Mateo County Population in July 2007: 24,888. Males: 12,203   (49.0%) Females: 12,685   (51.0%) Median resident age:   30.5 years California median age:   33.3 years Zip codes: 90606. Estimated median household income in 2008: $55,216 (it was $45,921 in 2000) West Whittier-Los Nietos:   $55,216 California:   $61,021 Estimated per capita income in 2008: $17,774 Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $300,515 (it was $164,800 in 2000) West Whittier-Los Nietos:   $300,515 California:   $467,000 Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $308,330; Detached houses: $323,310; Townhouses or other attached units: $404,042; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $379,091; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $126,827; Mobile homes: $36,496 West Whittier-Los Nietos, 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 West Whittier-Los Nietos: Hispanic (83.1%) Other race (38.5%) White Non-Hispanic (13.9%) Two or more races (4.8%) American Indian (1.9%) Filipino (0.7%) Black (0.6%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) Dec. 2009 cost of living index in West Whittier-Los Nietos: 144.7 (very high, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about West Whittier-Los Nietos, California on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users: Los Angeles suburbs....  (51 replies) Ancestries: German (2.9%), English (2.6%), Italian (1.7%), United States (1.6%), Irish (1.5%). Current Local Time: PST time zone Elevation: 300 feet Land area: 2.51 square miles. Population density: 9901 people per square mile   (high).

Average climate in West Whittier-Los Nietos, California

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West Whittier-Los Nietos-area historical tornado activity is significantly above California state average. It is 75% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/9/1982, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 6.7 miles away from the West Whittier-Los Nietos place center caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 11/7/1966, a category 2 tornado 7.8 miles away from the place center injured 10 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

West Whittier-Los Nietos-area historical earthquake activity is above California state average. It is 2943% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/21/1952 at 11:52:14, a magnitude 7.7 (7.7 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 88.5 miles away from West Whittier-Los Nietos center, causing $50,000,000 total damage
On 6/28/1992 at 11:57:34, a magnitude 7.6 (6.2 MB, 7.6 MS, 7.3 MW, Depth: 0.7 mi) earthquake occurred 89.2 miles away from the city center, causing 3 deaths (1 shaking deaths, 2 other deaths) and 400 injuries, causing $100,000,000 total damage and $40,000,000 insured losses
On 1/17/1994 at 12:30:55, a magnitude 6.8 (6.4 MB, 6.8 MS, 6.7 MW, Depth: 11.4 mi, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 31.5 miles away from the city center, causing 60 deaths (60 shaking deaths) and 7000 injuries
On 4/21/1918 at 22:32:30, a magnitude 6.8 (6.8 UK) earthquake occurred 37.9 miles away from West Whittier-Los Nietos center
On 6/28/1992 at 15:05:30, a magnitude 6.9 (6.3 MB, 6.7 MS, 6.5 MW, 6.9 ME, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 74.9 miles away from the city center
On 2/9/1971 at 14:00:41, a magnitude 6.5 (6.5 UK) earthquake occurred 34.6 miles away from West Whittier-Los Nietos center, causing 65 deaths (65 shaking deaths), causing $535,000,000 total damage
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), energy magnitude (ME), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

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Parks in West Whittier-Los Nietos include: Pio Pico State Historical Monument (1), Sorensen Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This place:	3.7 people
California:	2.9 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	83.3%
Whole state:	68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	5.4%
Whole state:	5.9%

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

• Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
• Gay men: 0.2% of all households

This place:	8.9%
Whole state:	14.2%

This place:	4.4%
Whole state:	6.3%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in West Whittier-Los Nietos, CA

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Here		41.9%
USA		50.2%

7.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($75,468 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.22%
California average:	5.75%

0.19% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,259 average AGI)

San Mateo County:	0.19%
California average:	0.21%

from San Francisco County, CA	1.99% ($65,876 average AGI)
from Santa Clara County, CA	1.19% ($105,470)
from Alameda County, CA	0.71% ($60,283)

8.12% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($83,253 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.12%
California average:	6.27%

0.12% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,125 average AGI)

San Mateo County:	0.12%
California average:	0.11%

to Santa Clara County, CA	1.46% ($108,860 average AGI)
to San Francisco County, CA	1.45% ($68,160)
to Alameda County, CA	1.05% ($61,599)

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