Altadena, CA (California) Houses and Residents

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(Urban population: 42,550, Rural population: 0)

Altadena, California Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 15,245 (14,775 occupied: 10,959 owner occupied, 3,816 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	26%
State:	43%

Housing density: 1753 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $488,768.

Median contract rent in 2007: $1,020 (lower quartile is $808, upper quartile is $1,362)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $952

Median gross rent in Altadena, CA in 2007: $1,106

Housing units in Altadena with a mortgage: 8,414 (1,507 second mortgage, 852 home equity loan, 48 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,983

Altadena,CA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $759,044 (it was $259,500 in 2000)

Altadena:	$759,044
California:	$532,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $526,375 - $862,465

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $699,040
Here: $699,040
State: $619,135

Townhouses or other attached units: $688,732
Here: $688,732
State: $541,123

In 2-unit structures: $432,340
Here: $432,340
State: $702,713

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $628,267
Here: $628,267
State: $512,546

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $312,162
Here: $312,162
State: $482,470

Mobile homes: $35,455
Here: $35,455
State: $59,450

Household type by relationship

Households: 41,650

In family households: 36,489 (7,551 male householders, 3,197 female householders)
8,128 spouses, 12,483 children (11,541 natural, 385 adopted, 557 stepchildren), 1,426 grandchildren, 574 brothers or sisters, 585 parents, 1,316 other relatives, 1,229 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,161 (1,819 male householders (1,314 living alone)), 2,229 female householders (1,917 living alone)), 1,113 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 900 (311 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,822 2-persons, 2,597 3-persons, 2,237 4-persons, 1,104 5-persons, 590 6-persons, 398 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,231 1-person, 658 2-persons, 90 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons.

6,940 married couples with children.
2,362 single-parent households (494 men, 1,868 women).

72.5% of residents of Altadena speak English at home.
17.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
7.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 7,966 (18.7%)
(51.1% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	3.5

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Altadena, California:
	1 room: 22 2 rooms: 214 3 rooms: 509 4 rooms: 693 5 rooms: 2,340 6 rooms: 3,077 7 rooms: 2,042 8 rooms: 1,167 9 or more rooms: 895

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Altadena, California:
	1 room: 213 2 rooms: 473 3 rooms: 755 4 rooms: 890 5 rooms: 728 6 rooms: 418 7 rooms: 244 8 rooms: 89 9 or more rooms: 6

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 165
1995 to 1998: 137
1990 to 1994: 122
1980 to 1989: 528
1970 to 1979: 562
1960 to 1969: 1,671
1950 to 1959: 3,351
1940 to 1949: 3,480
1939 or earlier: 5,229

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Altadena:
	no bedroom: 126 1 bedroom: 527 2 bedrooms: 2,791 3 bedrooms: 5,541 4 bedrooms: 1,488 5 or more bedrooms: 486

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Altadena:
	no bedroom: 266 1 bedroom: 1,130 2 bedrooms: 1,547 3 bedrooms: 749 4 bedrooms: 116 5 or more bedrooms: 8

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Altadena in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 364 1 vehicle: 2,857 2 vehicles: 5,012 3 vehicles: 1,946 4 vehicles: 559 5 or more vehicles: 221

Cars and other vehicles available in Altadena in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 565 1 vehicle: 1,751 2 vehicles: 1,062 3 vehicles: 398 4 vehicles: 35 5 or more vehicles: 5

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Altadena, CA:

Less than $10,000: 1
$10,000 to $14,999: 1
$15,000 to $19,999: 1
$20,000 to $24,999: 1
$25,000 to $29,999: 1
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 2
$50,000 to $59,999: 4
$60,000 to $69,999: 4
$70,000 to $79,999: 4
$80,000 to $89,999: 3
$90,000 to $99,999: 0
$100,000 to $124,999: 5
$125,000 to $149,999: 14
$150,000 to $174,999: 0
$175,000 to $199,999: 26
$200,000 to $249,999: 33
$250,000 to $299,999: 167
$300,000 to $399,999: 554
$400,000 to $499,999: 1163
$500,000 to $749,999: 3378
$750,000 to $999,999: 2446
$1,000,000 or more: 3151

Altadena rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Altadena:

Less than $100: 0 people
$100 to $149: 0
$150 to $199: 12
$200 to $249: 8
$250 to $299: 4
$300 to $349: 0
$350 to $399: 32
$400 to $449: 56
$450 to $499: 32
$500 to $549: 47
$550 to $599: 63
$600 to $649: 112
$650 to $699: 94
$700 to $749: 98
$750 to $799: 211
$800 to $899: 445
$900 to $999: 523
$1,000 to $1,249: 877
$1,250 to $1,499: 504
$1,500 to $1,999: 338
$2,000 or more: 196
No cash rent: 146

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 994 1990 to 1994: 989 1985 to 1989: 1,446 1980 to 1984: 1,266 1975 to 1979: 1,127 1970 to 1974: 673 1970 to 1974: 372 1965 to 1969: 1,099

Altadena, CA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 95.9%
Number of people working at home: 1,025 (5.3% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 371
5 to 9 minutes: 1328
10 to 14 minutes: 2630
15 to 19 minutes: 3208
20 to 24 minutes: 2364
25 to 29 minutes: 844
30 to 34 minutes: 2456
35 to 39 minutes: 526
40 to 44 minutes: 786
45 to 59 minutes: 2031
60 to 89 minutes: 1509
90 or more minutes: 405

Altadena mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 14,631 (75%)
Carpooled: 2,708 (14%)
Bus or trolley bus: 501 (3%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 9 (0%)
Railroad: 10 (0%)
Taxi: 11 (0%)
Motorcycle: 19 (0%)
Bicycle: 75 (0%)
Walked: 369 (2%)
Other means: 125 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,025 (5%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 830
$10,000 to $14,999: 691
$15,000 to $19,999: 505
$20,000 to $24,999: 724
$25,000 to $29,999: 818
$30,000 to $34,999: 787
$35,000 to $39,999: 658
$40,000 to $44,999: 563
$45,000 to $49,999: 619
$50,000 to $59,999: 1129
$60,000 to $74,999: 1564
$75,000 to $99,999: 2184
$100,000 to $124,999: 1388
$125,000 to $149,999: 815
$150,000 to $199,999: 675
$200,000 or more: 846

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 20947

English: 2179

German: 2074

Armenian: 2002

Irish: 1926

Italian: 1176

United States or American: 1174

Subsaharan African:: 844

African: 678

European: 409

Swedish: 395

Arab:: 380

Norwegian: 379

Scotch-Irish: 362

Scottish: 352

French (except Basque): 340

Dutch: 299

British: 284

Polish: 282

Russian: 245

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 218

Danish: 206

Lebanese: 175

Canadian: 150

Jamaican: 146

Welsh: 131

Hungarian: 118

Northern European: 117

Nigerian: 101

Swiss: 82

French Canadian: 77

Greek: 74

Syrian: 71

Romanian: 65

Austrian: 57

Brazilian: 56

Other Arab: 51

Eastern European: 47

Portuguese: 44

Arab/Arabic: 42

Iranian: 39

Czech: 31

Scandinavian: 27

Australian: 27

Lithuanian: 26

Egyptian: 26

Latvian: 20

Czechoslovakian: 19

Turkish: 18

West Indian: 17

British West Indian: 17

Serbian: 16

Yugoslavian: 16

South African: 15

Finnish: 14

Liberian: 14

Other Subsaharan African: 14

Belizean: 14

Kenyan: 12

Belgian: 12

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 12

Ukrainian: 11

Israeli: 10

Cape Verdean: 10

Macedonian: 9

Palestinian: 9

Croatian: 8

Dutch West Indian: 8

German Russian: 6

Basque: 6

Jordanian: 6

Guyanese: 4

Haitian: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (29%)
Lebanon (10%)
El Salvador (6%)
Armenia (5%)
Philippines (3%)
Guatemala (3%)
Canada (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 21719
Northeast: 2467
Midwest: 3908
South: 4750
West: 1393

60% of Altadena residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 84% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in California.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 252
Nursery to 4th grade: 104
5th and 6th grade: 286
7th and 8th grade: 190
9th grade: 198
10th grade: 182
11th grade: 278
12th grade, no diploma: 496
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,888
Less than 1 year of college: 618
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,149
Associate degree: 904
Bachelor's degree: 2,927
Master's degree: 1,325
Professional school degree: 631
Doctorate degree: 607

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 272
Nursery to 4th grade: 113
5th and 6th grade: 414
7th and 8th grade: 279
9th grade: 304
10th grade: 224
11th grade: 244
12th grade, no diploma: 530
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,481
Less than 1 year of college: 971
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,560
Associate degree: 1,481
Bachelor's degree: 3,271
Master's degree: 1,714
Professional school degree: 360
Doctorate degree: 236

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.4%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.7%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 13.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 5.9%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 32.4%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 5.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 4.8%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 9.7%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 8.3%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 4.8%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 4.9%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $95,879
Black householders: $67,464
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $32,547
Asian householders: $77,776
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $109,419
Some other race householders: $55,650
Two or more races householders: $57,806
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $53,508

Altadena household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Altadena household income for Black householders

Altadena household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Altadena household income for Asian householders

Altadena household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders

Altadena household income for Some other race householders

Altadena household income for Two or more races householders

Altadena household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Altadena marital status for males

Altadena marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $868,147
Black or African American householders: $652,573
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $548,442
Asian householders: $724,528
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $658,130
Some other race householders: $530,599
Two or more races householders: $696,155
Hispanic or Latino householders: $558,094

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 13,064
One, attached: 679
Two: 411
3 or 4: 380
5 to 9: 170
10 to 19: 230
20 to 49: 235
50 or more: 65
Mobile homes: 11

Median worth of mobile homes: $72,472

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Altadena:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (93%) Electricity (5%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (86%) Electricity (11%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,667

Here:	31.3%
California:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 549

Here:	21.1%
California:	7.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 336

Here:	16.4%
California:	15.4%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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