Escondido, CA (California) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 133,528 (Urban population: 131,945, Rural population: 1,583 (191 farm, 1,392 nonfarm))

Escondido, California Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 44,964 (43,796 occupied: 23,337 owner occupied, 20,459 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	47%
State:	43%

Housing density: 1239 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2005: $450,600 (lower quartile is $312,700, upper quartile is $624,100)

Median contract rent in 2005: $941 (lower quartile is $807, upper quartile is $1,169)

Housing units in Escondido with a mortgage: 15,440 (2,256 second mortgage, 1,404 home equity loan, 65 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,356

Median year house/condo built: 1981

Median year apartment built: 1980

Household type by relationship

Households: 131,774

In family households: 115,911 (24,266 male householders, 7,180 female householders)
24,236 spouses, 43,665 children (40,631 natural, 824 adopted, 2,210 stepchildren), 2,391 grandchildren, 2,427 brothers or sisters, 1,414 parents, 4,671 other relatives, 5,661 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 15,863 (5,230 male householders (3,758 living alone)), 7,194 female householders (6,057 living alone)), 3,439 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,754 (683 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 10,714 2-persons, 6,214 3-persons, 6,291 4-persons, 3,792 5-persons, 2,006 6-persons, 2,429 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 9,815 1-person, 2,128 2-persons, 303 3-persons, 114 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons.

26,122 married couples with children.
8,451 single-parent households (2,337 men, 6,114 women).

61.9% of residents of Escondido speak English at home.
32.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 34,005 (25.5%)
(26.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.8
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.6
State:	3.5

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Escondido, California:

1 room: 55
2 rooms: 666
3 rooms: 1,611
4 rooms: 2,350
5 rooms: 5,147
6 rooms: 5,833
7 rooms: 3,889
8 rooms: 2,297
9 or more rooms: 1,489

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Escondido, California:

1 room: 1,576
2 rooms: 4,057
3 rooms: 4,072
4 rooms: 5,719
5 rooms: 3,032
6 rooms: 1,208
7 rooms: 574
8 rooms: 127
9 or more rooms: 94

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 636
1995 to 1998: 2,094
1990 to 1994: 3,386
1980 to 1989: 13,343
1970 to 1979: 13,326
1960 to 1969: 6,517
1950 to 1959: 3,537
1940 to 1949: 1,057
1939 or earlier: 1,068

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Escondido:

no bedroom: 313
1 bedroom: 1,246
2 bedrooms: 5,901
3 bedrooms: 9,594
4 bedrooms: 5,385
5 or more bedrooms: 898

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Escondido:

no bedroom: 2,104
1 bedroom: 7,105
2 bedrooms: 8,237
3 bedrooms: 2,343
4 bedrooms: 593
5 or more bedrooms: 77

Cars and other vehicles available in Escondido in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 877
1 vehicle: 6,243
2 vehicles: 10,695
3 vehicles: 3,627
4 vehicles: 1,127
5 or more vehicles: 768

Cars and other vehicles available in Escondido in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 3,265
1 vehicle: 9,002
2 vehicles: 6,355
3 vehicles: 1,397
4 vehicles: 310
5 or more vehicles: 130

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Escondido, CA:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 31
$20,000 to $24,999: 8
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 7
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 8
$50,000 to $59,999: 15
$60,000 to $69,999: 68
$70,000 to $79,999: 81
$80,000 to $89,999: 200
$90,000 to $99,999: 203
$100,000 to $124,999: 1151
$125,000 to $149,999: 2217
$150,000 to $174,999: 3316
$175,000 to $199,999: 2966
$200,000 to $249,999: 3349
$250,000 to $299,999: 1828
$300,000 to $399,999: 1818
$400,000 to $499,999: 949
$500,000 to $749,999: 469
$750,000 to $999,999: 76
$1,000,000 or more: 36

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in Escondido:

Less than $100: 115
$100 to $149: 86
$150 to $199: 245
$200 to $249: 220
$250 to $299: 155
$300 to $349: 341
$350 to $399: 223
$400 to $449: 463
$450 to $499: 620
$500 to $549: 1281
$550 to $599: 2181
$600 to $649: 1990
$650 to $699: 2388
$700 to $749: 2259
$750 to $799: 1915
$800 to $899: 2499
$900 to $999: 863
$1,000 to $1,249: 1016
$1,250 to $1,499: 450
$1,500 to $1,999: 436
$2,000 or more: 220
No cash rent: 461

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 7,547
1990 to 1994: 6,157
1985 to 1989: 8,153
1980 to 1984: 4,441
1975 to 1979: 2,838
1970 to 1974: 1,500
1970 to 1974: 1,000
1965 to 1969: 2,369

Escondido, CA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 96.8%
Number of people working at home: 1,923 (3.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 873
5 to 9 minutes: 4714
10 to 14 minutes: 8379
15 to 19 minutes: 7688
20 to 24 minutes: 7487
25 to 29 minutes: 3355
30 to 34 minutes: 8913
35 to 39 minutes: 1696
40 to 44 minutes: 2443
45 to 59 minutes: 5096
60 to 89 minutes: 2974
90 or more minutes: 1532

Escondido mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 40,739 (71%)
Carpooled: 10,464 (18%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,569 (3%)
Subway or elevated: 13 (0%)
Railroad: 20 (0%)
Taxi: 21 (0%)
Motorcycle: 202 (0%)
Bicycle: 395 (1%)
Walked: 1,152 (2%)
Other means: 575 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,923 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 2982
$10,000 to $14,999: 2530
$15,000 to $19,999: 3008
$20,000 to $24,999: 3139
$25,000 to $29,999: 3230
$30,000 to $34,999: 2994
$35,000 to $39,999: 2523
$40,000 to $44,999: 2476
$45,000 to $49,999: 2301
$50,000 to $59,999: 4221
$60,000 to $74,999: 4680
$75,000 to $99,999: 4554
$100,000 to $124,999: 2399
$125,000 to $149,999: 1143
$150,000 to $199,999: 996
$200,000 or more: 694

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 58296
German: 11839
English: 7512
Irish: 6936
United States or American: 5193
Italian: 4362
French (except Basque): 1949
Norwegian: 1567
Scotch-Irish: 1563
Polish: 1460
Swedish: 1406
Scottish: 1266
Dutch: 1248
European: 1160
French Canadian: 654
Danish: 598
Arab:: 507
British: 479
Welsh: 471
Russian: 451
Hungarian: 440
Canadian: 414
Subsaharan African:: 372
African: 326
Yugoslavian: 285
Portuguese: 274
Scandinavian: 254
Iranian: 242
Austrian: 240
Lithuanian: 189
Finnish: 186
Czech: 174
Lebanese: 172
Czechoslovakian: 169
Serbian: 161
Swiss: 154
Greek: 145
Ukrainian: 126
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 121
Macedonian: 100
Belgian: 99
Iraqi: 98
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 83
Egyptian: 77
Arab/Arabic: 74
Croatian: 74
Romanian: 71
Slovak: 70
Basque: 61
Palestinian: 59
Northern European: 46
Turkish: 41
Jamaican: 40
Slavic: 38
Armenian: 36
Slovene: 32
New Zealander: 31
Acadian/Cajun: 30
West Indian: 26
Luxemburger: 23
Bulgarian: 21
Haitian: 20
Eastern European: 19
Syrian: 18
Estonian: 17
Afghan: 17
Latvian: 17
Ethiopian: 15
Barbadian: 15
Pennsylvania German: 15
Nigerian: 14
British West Indian: 12
Brazilian: 10
Icelander: 9
Guyanese: 9
South African: 9
Other Arab: 9
Maltese: 9
Australian: 8
Other Subsaharan African: 8
Bahamian: 8
Alsatian: 7
Israeli: 6
Celtic: 5

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

Mexico (74%)
Philippines (4%)
Vietnam (3%)
Canada (2%)
Guatemala (2%)
United Kingdom (1%)
Germany (1%)

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

This state: 59935
Northeast: 7949
Midwest: 14828
South: 8132
West: 6868

42% of Escondido residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in California.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,554
Nursery to 4th grade: 787
5th and 6th grade: 2,214
7th and 8th grade: 1,107
9th grade: 1,195
10th grade: 936
11th grade: 1,119
12th grade, no diploma: 2,022
High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,424
Less than 1 year of college: 2,815
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,330
Associate degree: 2,468
Bachelor's degree: 5,515
Master's degree: 1,756
Professional school degree: 584
Doctorate degree: 397

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,332
Nursery to 4th grade: 781
5th and 6th grade: 2,167
7th and 8th grade: 1,295
9th grade: 1,433
10th grade: 942
11th grade: 1,143
12th grade, no diploma: 1,821
High school graduate (or equivalency): 9,479
Less than 1 year of college: 3,619
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 7,072
Associate degree: 2,611
Bachelor's degree: 5,272
Master's degree: 1,586
Professional school degree: 537
Doctorate degree: 378

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.7%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 10.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 8.9%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 5.2%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 7.2%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 4.7%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 6.6%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 12.6%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 10.9%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 13.4%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.9%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 11.6%

Median household income in 1999 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $46,596
Black householders: $39,607
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $38,319
Asian householders: $51,653
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $42,386
Some other race householders: $35,634
Two or more races householders: $32,434
Median household income in 1999, Hispanic or Latino race: $34,517

Escondido household income for White Non-Hispanic householders

Escondido household income for Black or African American householders

Escondido household income for American Indian or Alaska Native householders

Escondido household income for Asian householders

Escondido household income for some other race householders

Escondido household income for two or more races householders

Escondido household income for Hispanic or Latino householders

Escondido marital status for males

Escondido marital status for females

Median house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $199,900
Black or African American householders: $187,800
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $166,300
Asian householders: $224,200
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $137,500
Some other race householders: $156,000
Two or more races householders: $176,700
Hispanic or Latino householders: $160,900

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 21,501
One, attached: 2,914
Two: 639
3 or 4: 2,448
5 to 9: 2,828
10 to 19: 2,629
20 to 49: 2,538
50 or more: 5,728
Mobile homes: 3,662
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 77

Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Escondido:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (84%)
Electricity (14%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Electricity (59%)
Utility gas (38%)
No fuel used (1%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,722

Here:	9.4%
California:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 363

Here:	4.6%
California:	7.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 664

Here:	11.0%
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 (Noninstitutionalized)

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