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Total population: 96,374 (Urban population: 94,297, Rural population: 2,077 (all nonfarm))

Carlsbad, California Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 33,717 (31,486 occupied: 21,201 owner occupied, 10,285 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  33%
State:  43%

Housing density: 901 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: $1,308 (lower quartile is $1,046, upper quartile is $1,700)


Housing units in Carlsbad with a mortgage: 14,717 (2,068 second mortgage, 1,639 home equity loan, 28 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,301





Carlsbad,CA index of house prices



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $690,600 (it was $308,800 in 2000)
Carlsbad:  $690,600
California:  $532,300
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $492,700 - $920,200

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $836,098
Here:  $836,098
State:  $619,135

Townhouses or other attached units: $512,626
Here:  $512,626
State:  $541,123

In 2-unit structures: $647,165
Here:  $647,165
State:  $702,713

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $521,372
Here:  $521,372
State:  $512,546

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $454,545
Here:  $454,545
State:  $482,470

Mobile homes: $130,179
Here:  $130,179
State:  $59,450

Median year house/condo built: 1988

Median year apartment built: 1985

Household type by relationship

Households: 77,214
  • In family households: 63,768 (16,108 male householders, 4,959 female householders)
    17,024 spouses, 21,239 children (19,735 natural, 492 adopted, 1,012 stepchildren), 671 grandchildren, 628 brothers or sisters, 565 parents, 908 other relatives, 1,666 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 13,446 (4,754 male householders (3,168 living alone)), 5,589 female householders (4,562 living alone)), 3,103 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 784 (535 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 9,617 2-persons, 4,812 3-persons, 4,236 4-persons, 1,650 5-persons, 437 6-persons, 315 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,730 1-person, 2,283 2-persons, 259 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.

14,023 married couples with children.
3,215 single-parent households (798 men, 2,417 women).

83.0% of residents of Carlsbad speak English at home.
9.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
4.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 1% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 9,930 (12.7%)
(45.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  6.4
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 Carlsbad, California:
  • 1 room: 19
  • 2 rooms: 313
  • 3 rooms: 640
  • 4 rooms: 1,837
  • 5 rooms: 3,567
  • 6 rooms: 4,884
  • 7 rooms: 3,984
  • 8 rooms: 3,313
  • 9 or more rooms: 2,644



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carlsbad, California:
  • 1 room: 547
  • 2 rooms: 1,245
  • 3 rooms: 1,821
  • 4 rooms: 2,896
  • 5 rooms: 1,783
  • 6 rooms: 1,129
  • 7 rooms: 520
  • 8 rooms: 243
  • 9 or more rooms: 101



Year house built:
  • 1999 to March 2000: 2,335
  • 1995 to 1998: 3,614
  • 1990 to 1994: 2,315
  • 1980 to 1989: 10,580
  • 1970 to 1979: 9,586
  • 1960 to 1969: 2,823
  • 1950 to 1959: 1,540
  • 1940 to 1949: 373
  • 1939 or earlier: 551


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Carlsbad:
  • no bedroom: 60
  • 1 bedroom: 651
  • 2 bedrooms: 4,684
  • 3 bedrooms: 7,576
  • 4 bedrooms: 6,580
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 1,650



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carlsbad:
  • no bedroom: 710
  • 1 bedroom: 2,458
  • 2 bedrooms: 4,624
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,822
  • 4 bedrooms: 608
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 63



Owners and renters by unit type in %


Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders


Cars and other vehicles available in Carlsbad in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 357
  • 1 vehicle: 5,918
  • 2 vehicles: 10,870
  • 3 vehicles: 3,121
  • 4 vehicles: 697
  • 5 or more vehicles: 238



Cars and other vehicles available in Carlsbad in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 915
  • 1 vehicle: 4,524
  • 2 vehicles: 3,809
  • 3 vehicles: 794
  • 4 vehicles: 179
  • 5 or more vehicles: 64


Carlsbad rent paid by renters for apartments graph
Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Carlsbad:

  • Less than $100: 20 people
  • $100 to $149: 14
  • $150 to $199: 33
  • $200 to $249: 47
  • $250 to $299: 40
  • $300 to $349: 24
  • $350 to $399: 0
  • $400 to $449: 37
  • $450 to $499: 56
  • $500 to $549: 18
  • $550 to $599: 151
  • $600 to $649: 154
  • $650 to $699: 90
  • $700 to $749: 192
  • $750 to $799: 252
  • $800 to $899: 523
  • $900 to $999: 1,001
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 2,995
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 2,202
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 2,987
  • $2,000 or more: 1,579
  • No cash rent: 389
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 1,551
  • 1990 to 1994: 1,814
  • 1985 to 1989: 1,491
  • 1980 to 1984: 904
  • 1975 to 1979: 817
  • 1970 to 1974: 715
  • 1970 to 1974: 709
  • 1965 to 1969: 1,929

Carlsbad, CA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 92.2%
Number of people working at home: 3,222 (8.3% of all workers)


Carlsbad travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 630
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 3154
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 5702
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 5693
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 3946
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 1767
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 4284
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 1171
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 2125
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 3465
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 2076
  • 90 or more minutes: 1409
 


Carlsbad mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 30,166 (78%)
  • Carpooled: 3,230 (8%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 285 (1%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 15 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
  • Railroad: 495 (1%)
  • Ferryboat: 13 (0%)
  • Taxi: 8 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 111 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 113 (0%)
  • Walked: 561 (1%)
  • Other means: 418 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 3,222 (8%)
 


Carlsbad, CA household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 1287
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 1064
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 1226
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 1262
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 1400
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 1383
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 1364
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 1603
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 1208
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 2490
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 3563
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 4628
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 3248
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 1940
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 1706
  • $200,000 or more: 2038
 


First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 14407
 German: 8914
 Irish: 7231
 English: 7100
 Italian: 5008
 United States or American: 3820
 Scottish: 1645
 Polish: 1562
 French (except Basque): 1505
 Swedish: 1488
 Norwegian: 1420
 Scotch-Irish: 1129
 Russian: 1089
 European: 918
 Dutch: 751
 British: 635
 Hungarian: 558
 French Canadian: 520
 Danish: 519
 Greek: 509
 Canadian: 389
 Portuguese: 341
 Iranian: 333
 Welsh: 302
 Arab:: 293
 Czech: 260
 Armenian: 257
 Austrian: 256
 Swiss: 247
 Scandinavian: 216
 Romanian: 199
 Ukrainian: 166
 Yugoslavian: 147
 Serbian: 140
 Slovak: 135
 Czechoslovakian: 131
 Belgian: 126
 Finnish: 124
 Lithuanian: 118
 Lebanese: 112
 Turkish: 104
 Northern European: 96
 Australian: 90
 Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 89
 Eastern European: 83
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 72
 Arab/Arabic: 58
 Croatian: 54
 Jamaican: 48
 Subsaharan African:: 46
 Latvian: 42
 Brazilian: 42
 Basque: 40
 African: 39
 Israeli: 39
 Icelander: 36
 Afghan: 33
 Egyptian: 31
 Syrian: 25
 Slovene: 21
 Jordanian: 21
 Bulgarian: 20
 Palestinian: 17
 Moroccan: 17
 Celtic: 14
 Luxemburger: 14
 New Zealander: 13
 Other Arab: 12
 Maltese: 10
 Acadian/Cajun: 8
 Haitian: 8
 West Indian: 8
 Other West Indian: 8
 Pennsylvania German: 7
 South African: 7
 Albanian: 7


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



  • Mexico (32%)
  • United Kingdom (8%)
  • Canada (8%)
  • Philippines (4%)
  • Germany (4%)
  • Iran (3%)
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)


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

  • This state: 33758
  • Northeast: 9117
  • Midwest: 12601
  • South: 6435
  • West: 5014

43% of Carlsbad residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in California.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 201
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 122
  • 5th and 6th grade: 241
  • 7th and 8th grade: 174
  • 9th grade: 158
  • 10th grade: 133
  • 11th grade: 210
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 498
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,052
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,367
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,514
  • Associate degree: 1,774
  • Bachelor's degree: 8,345
  • Master's degree: 3,045
  • Professional school degree: 1,335
  • Doctorate degree: 859


Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 220
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 93
  • 5th and 6th grade: 256
  • 7th and 8th grade: 239
  • 9th grade: 226
  • 10th grade: 246
  • 11th grade: 225
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 547
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,698
  • Less than 1 year of college: 2,094
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,851
  • Associate degree: 2,560
  • Bachelor's degree: 7,671
  • Master's degree: 2,613
  • Professional school degree: 716
  • Doctorate degree: 372


Educational Attainment for Females



Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.8%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.5%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 3.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 8.7%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.8%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 4.2%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 2.9%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 12.2%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 9.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 1.8%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 4.8%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 6.1%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $80,009
  • Black householders: $71,230
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $43,500
  • Asian householders: $86,193
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $39,557
  • Some other race householders: $82,250
  • Two or more races householders: $80,735
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $47,329

Carlsbad household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Carlsbad household income for Asian householders

Carlsbad household income for Some other race householders

Carlsbad household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Carlsbad marital status for males

Carlsbad marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $742,484
  • Black or African American householders: $661,750
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $493,796
  • Asian householders: $876,892
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $615,009
  • Some other race householders: $609,195
  • Two or more races householders: $691,047
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $630,217

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 17,777
  • One, attached: 5,711
  • Two: 473
  • 3 or 4: 1,593
  • 5 to 9: 1,951
  • 10 to 19: 1,932
  • 20 to 49: 1,652
  • 50 or more: 1,341
  • Mobile homes: 1,281
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

Median worth of mobile homes: $417,900


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Carlsbad:

  


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (86%)
  • Electricity (12%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
  • Wood (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Utility gas (55%)
  • Electricity (41%)
  • No fuel used (2%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 876
Here:  10.5%
California:  9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 270
Here:  6.8%
California:  7.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 609
Here:  15.3%
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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