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Total population: 50,517 (Urban population: 50,451, Rural population: 66 (51 farm, 16 nonfarm))

Colton, California Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 15,787 (14,586 occupied: 7,628 owner occupied, 6,958 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	48%
State:	43%

Housing density: 1045 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: $878 (lower quartile is $716, upper quartile is $1,044)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $846

Median gross rent in Colton, CA in 2007: $981

Housing units in Colton with a mortgage: 5,384 (771 second mortgage, 412 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,254

Colton,CA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $309,228 (it was $99,800 in 2000)

Colton:	$309,228
California:	$532,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $255,295 - $398,548

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $346,882
Here: $346,882
State: $619,135

Townhouses or other attached units: $270,637
Here: $270,637
State: $541,123

In 2-unit structures: $615,741
Here: $615,741
State: $702,713

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $204,102
Here: $204,102
State: $512,546

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $148,441
Here: $148,441
State: $482,470

Mobile homes: $30,433
Here: $30,433
State: $59,450

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $17,500
Here: $17,500
State: $63,652

Household type by relationship

Households: 47,746

In family households: 43,233 (7,732 male householders, 3,469 female householders)
7,535 spouses, 18,207 children (17,109 natural, 283 adopted, 815 stepchildren), 1,569 grandchildren, 682 brothers or sisters, 708 parents, 1,812 other relatives, 1,519 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,513 (1,821 male householders (1,369 living alone)), 1,719 female householders (1,481 living alone)), 973 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 265 (128 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,734 2-persons, 2,441 3-persons, 2,494 4-persons, 1,800 5-persons, 919 6-persons, 813 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,850 1-person, 527 2-persons, 102 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 3 6-persons.

9,432 married couples with children.
4,750 single-parent households (1,070 men, 3,680 women).

51.5% of residents of Colton speak English at home.
42.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 11,515 (24.0%)
(34.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.5
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.6
State:	3.5

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Colton, California:
	1 room: 24 2 rooms: 352 3 rooms: 1,036 4 rooms: 698 5 rooms: 1,779 6 rooms: 1,674 7 rooms: 1,188 8 rooms: 566 9 or more rooms: 311

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Colton, California:
	1 room: 567 2 rooms: 1,267 3 rooms: 1,418 4 rooms: 1,896 5 rooms: 1,146 6 rooms: 448 7 rooms: 140 8 rooms: 67 9 or more rooms: 9

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 174
1995 to 1998: 1,005
1990 to 1994: 1,611
1980 to 1989: 4,822
1970 to 1979: 2,241
1960 to 1969: 1,735
1950 to 1959: 1,948
1940 to 1949: 1,083
1939 or earlier: 1,168

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Colton:
	no bedroom: 288 1 bedroom: 846 2 bedrooms: 1,741 3 bedrooms: 3,023 4 bedrooms: 1,453 5 or more bedrooms: 277

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Colton:
	no bedroom: 797 1 bedroom: 2,274 2 bedrooms: 2,838 3 bedrooms: 828 4 bedrooms: 201 5 or more bedrooms: 20

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Colton in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 437 1 vehicle: 2,167 2 vehicles: 3,120 3 vehicles: 1,318 4 vehicles: 440 5 or more vehicles: 146

Cars and other vehicles available in Colton in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,137 1 vehicle: 3,551 2 vehicles: 1,869 3 vehicles: 294 4 vehicles: 61 5 or more vehicles: 46

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

Less than $10,000: 52
$10,000 to $14,999: 26
$15,000 to $19,999: 26
$20,000 to $24,999: 26
$25,000 to $29,999: 26
$30,000 to $34,999: 34
$35,000 to $39,999: 36
$40,000 to $49,999: 54
$50,000 to $59,999: 23
$60,000 to $69,999: 40
$70,000 to $79,999: 41
$80,000 to $89,999: 34
$90,000 to $99,999: 35
$100,000 to $124,999: 101
$125,000 to $149,999: 139
$150,000 to $174,999: 231
$175,000 to $199,999: 349
$200,000 to $249,999: 913
$250,000 to $299,999: 1562
$300,000 to $399,999: 2153
$400,000 to $499,999: 1133
$500,000 to $749,999: 793
$750,000 to $999,999: 153
$1,000,000 or more: 106

Colton rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Colton:

Less than $100: 47 people
$100 to $149: 23
$150 to $199: 28
$200 to $249: 37
$250 to $299: 86
$300 to $349: 66
$350 to $399: 47
$400 to $449: 98
$450 to $499: 115
$500 to $549: 141
$550 to $599: 241
$600 to $649: 292
$650 to $699: 336
$700 to $749: 440
$750 to $799: 573
$800 to $899: 1,319
$900 to $999: 1,346
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,468
$1,250 to $1,499: 310
$1,500 to $1,999: 140
$2,000 or more: 32
No cash rent: 170

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,838 1990 to 1994: 1,594 1985 to 1989: 2,732 1980 to 1984: 1,735 1975 to 1979: 1,510 1970 to 1974: 1,095 1970 to 1974: 258 1965 to 1969: 753

Colton, CA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 72.2%
Number of people working at home: 425 (2.3% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 400
5 to 9 minutes: 2056
10 to 14 minutes: 2808
15 to 19 minutes: 3344
20 to 24 minutes: 2800
25 to 29 minutes: 903
30 to 34 minutes: 1855
35 to 39 minutes: 274
40 to 44 minutes: 301
45 to 59 minutes: 1065
60 to 89 minutes: 1248
90 or more minutes: 875

Colton mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 13,435 (73%)
Carpooled: 3,541 (19%)
Bus or trolley bus: 241 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 33 (0%)
Railroad: 61 (0%)
Motorcycle: 20 (0%)
Bicycle: 59 (0%)
Walked: 396 (2%)
Other means: 143 (1%)
Worked at home: 425 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1607
$10,000 to $14,999: 1124
$15,000 to $19,999: 1167
$20,000 to $24,999: 1150
$25,000 to $29,999: 1104
$30,000 to $34,999: 1029
$35,000 to $39,999: 1078
$40,000 to $44,999: 922
$45,000 to $49,999: 789
$50,000 to $59,999: 1250
$60,000 to $74,999: 1582
$75,000 to $99,999: 1019
$100,000 to $124,999: 474
$125,000 to $149,999: 199
$150,000 to $199,999: 115
$200,000 or more: 132

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 34677

German: 1239

English: 1061

United States or American: 1046

Irish: 854

Italian: 650

Arab:: 487

Subsaharan African:: 379

French (except Basque): 361

African: 280

Egyptian: 266

Scotch-Irish: 251

Polish: 235

Norwegian: 185

Scottish: 181

Swedish: 172

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 137

Dutch: 119

French Canadian: 116

Russian: 100

European: 96

Hungarian: 96

Arab/Arabic: 69

Nigerian: 69

Lebanese: 50

Danish: 48

Brazilian: 47

Other Arab: 38

Romanian: 38

Belizean: 37

Portuguese: 35

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 35

Czech: 31

Ukrainian: 30

Palestinian: 29

Lithuanian: 28

Syrian: 27

Welsh: 27

Jamaican: 26

Australian: 25

West Indian: 25

Swiss: 18

Slovene: 17

Finnish: 16

Greek: 14

British: 12

Ghanian: 12

Albanian: 11

Yugoslavian: 11

Other Subsaharan African: 10

Estonian: 8

Armenian: 8

Serbian: 8

Liberian: 8

Belgian: 8

Austrian: 8

Jordanian: 8

U.S. Virgin Islander: 6

Bahamian: 4

Haitian: 4

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

Mexico (66%)
Indonesia (4%)
Philippines (3%)
Guatemala (3%)
El Salvador (3%)
Vietnam (2%)
Egypt (2%)

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

This state: 29606
Northeast: 908
Midwest: 1747
South: 2568
West: 1232

50% of Colton residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in California.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 370
Nursery to 4th grade: 200
5th and 6th grade: 633
7th and 8th grade: 608
9th grade: 411
10th grade: 467
11th grade: 481
12th grade, no diploma: 816
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,877
Less than 1 year of college: 1,048
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,833
Associate degree: 907
Bachelor's degree: 1,098
Master's degree: 272
Professional school degree: 269
Doctorate degree: 76

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 482
Nursery to 4th grade: 216
5th and 6th grade: 700
7th and 8th grade: 639
9th grade: 448
10th grade: 325
11th grade: 531
12th grade, no diploma: 706
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,550
Less than 1 year of college: 1,030
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,291
Associate degree: 1,026
Bachelor's degree: 1,064
Master's degree: 199
Professional school degree: 134
Doctorate degree: 31

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.8%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 7.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 14.3%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 7.5%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 21.7%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 18.3%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 2.9%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 4.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 8.3%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 12.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 10.3%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 17.8%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 9.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 12.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $50,742
Black householders: $43,363
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $19,360
Asian householders: $71,312
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $46,228
Some other race householders: $47,161
Two or more races householders: $52,239
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $47,544

Colton household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Colton household income for Black householders

Colton household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Colton household income for Asian householders

Colton household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders

Colton household income for Some other race householders

Colton household income for Two or more races householders

Colton household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Colton marital status for males

Colton marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $346,100
Black or African American householders: $374,915
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $437,195
Asian householders: $437,815
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $444,631
Some other race householders: $294,045
Two or more races householders: $352,297
Hispanic or Latino householders: $298,383

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 9,159
One, attached: 606
Two: 259
3 or 4: 804
5 to 9: 1,152
10 to 19: 765
20 to 49: 313
50 or more: 1,908
Mobile homes: 772
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 49

Median worth of mobile homes: $62,878

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Colton:

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

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (59%) Electricity (38%) 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): 292

Here:	3.8%
California:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 250

Here:	7.1%
California:	7.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 634

Here:	22.3%
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)

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