Pacifica, CA (California) Houses and Residents

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Pacifica Apartments for Rent

Total population: 37,739 (All urban)

Pacifica, California Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 14,255 (14,003 occupied: 9,605 owner occupied, 4,398 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	31%
State:	43%

Housing density: 1128 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: $1,486 (lower quartile is $1,138, upper quartile is $1,777)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,527

Median gross rent in Pacifica, CA in 2007: $1,592

Housing units in Pacifica with a mortgage: 7,350 (1,106 second mortgage, 874 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,655

Pacifica,CA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $686,811 (it was $366,500 in 2000)

Pacifica:	$686,811
California:	$532,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $553,883 - $630,297

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $607,314
Here: $607,314
State: $619,135

Townhouses or other attached units: $601,767
Here: $601,767
State: $541,123

In 2-unit structures: $533,707
Here: $533,707
State: $702,713

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $574,895
Here: $574,895
State: $512,546

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $643,253
Here: $643,253
State: $482,470

Mobile homes: $36,798
Here: $36,798
State: $59,450

Household type by relationship

Households: 38,234

In family households: 32,368 (7,427 male householders, 2,240 female householders)
7,825 spouses, 11,070 children (10,306 natural, 320 adopted, 444 stepchildren), 880 grandchildren, 531 brothers or sisters, 456 parents, 886 other relatives, 1,053 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,866 (2,036 male householders (1,308 living alone)), 2,272 female householders (1,673 living alone)), 1,558 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 179 (143 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,441 2-persons, 2,367 3-persons, 2,200 4-persons, 939 5-persons, 426 6-persons, 294 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,981 1-person, 1,116 2-persons, 170 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 26 5-persons.

6,231 married couples with children.
1,602 single-parent households (436 men, 1,166 women).

75.6% of residents of Pacifica speak English at home.
8.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
4.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
11.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 7,169 (18.7%)
(61.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.9
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.7
State:	3.5

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Pacifica, California:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 70 3 rooms: 424 4 rooms: 805 5 rooms: 2,371 6 rooms: 2,892 7 rooms: 1,676 8 rooms: 886 9 or more rooms: 481

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pacifica, California:
	1 room: 213 2 rooms: 765 3 rooms: 994 4 rooms: 1,004 5 rooms: 642 6 rooms: 513 7 rooms: 125 8 rooms: 111 9 or more rooms: 31

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 101
1995 to 1998: 226
1990 to 1994: 410
1980 to 1989: 1,045
1970 to 1979: 2,659
1960 to 1969: 4,454
1950 to 1959: 4,072
1940 to 1949: 925
1939 or earlier: 363

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Pacifica:
	no bedroom: 55 1 bedroom: 336 2 bedrooms: 1,308 3 bedrooms: 5,469 4 bedrooms: 2,019 5 or more bedrooms: 418

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pacifica:
	no bedroom: 242 1 bedroom: 1,742 2 bedrooms: 1,284 3 bedrooms: 910 4 bedrooms: 189 5 or more bedrooms: 31

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Pacifica in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 167 1 vehicle: 2,047 2 vehicles: 4,420 3 vehicles: 1,970 4 vehicles: 607 5 or more vehicles: 394

Cars and other vehicles available in Pacifica in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 344 1 vehicle: 1,824 2 vehicles: 1,684 3 vehicles: 404 4 vehicles: 87 5 or more vehicles: 55

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

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 3
$20,000 to $24,999: 10
$25,000 to $29,999: 8
$30,000 to $34,999: 4
$35,000 to $39,999: 6
$40,000 to $49,999: 13
$50,000 to $59,999: 17
$60,000 to $69,999: 42
$70,000 to $79,999: 35
$80,000 to $89,999: 13
$90,000 to $99,999: 13
$100,000 to $124,999: 16
$125,000 to $149,999: 7
$150,000 to $174,999: 9
$175,000 to $199,999: 21
$200,000 to $249,999: 24
$250,000 to $299,999: 36
$300,000 to $399,999: 241
$400,000 to $499,999: 811
$500,000 to $749,999: 4698
$750,000 to $999,999: 2487
$1,000,000 or more: 930

Pacifica rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Pacifica:

Less than $100: 27 people
$100 to $149: 12
$150 to $199: 17
$200 to $249: 55
$250 to $299: 21
$300 to $349: 31
$350 to $399: 36
$400 to $449: 28
$450 to $499: 21
$500 to $549: 15
$550 to $599: 16
$600 to $649: 34
$650 to $699: 81
$700 to $749: 13
$750 to $799: 34
$800 to $899: 75
$900 to $999: 216
$1,000 to $1,249: 603
$1,250 to $1,499: 788
$1,500 to $1,999: 1,424
$2,000 or more: 610
No cash rent: 153

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 869 1990 to 1994: 1,112 1985 to 1989: 1,106 1980 to 1984: 1,097 1975 to 1979: 692 1970 to 1974: 557 1970 to 1974: 463 1965 to 1969: 1,273

Pacifica, CA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 53.4%
Number of people working at home: 557 (2.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 320
5 to 9 minutes: 1192
10 to 14 minutes: 1485
15 to 19 minutes: 2387
20 to 24 minutes: 3398
25 to 29 minutes: 1767
30 to 34 minutes: 3468
35 to 39 minutes: 660
40 to 44 minutes: 1022
45 to 59 minutes: 2416
60 to 89 minutes: 1665
90 or more minutes: 505

Pacifica mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 15,608 (75%)
Carpooled: 2,536 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 557 (3%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 21 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 984 (5%)
Railroad: 111 (1%)
Taxi: 11 (0%)
Motorcycle: 50 (0%)
Bicycle: 50 (0%)
Walked: 206 (1%)
Other means: 151 (1%)
Worked at home: 557 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 392
$10,000 to $14,999: 334
$15,000 to $19,999: 371
$20,000 to $24,999: 339
$25,000 to $29,999: 464
$30,000 to $34,999: 431
$35,000 to $39,999: 578
$40,000 to $44,999: 778
$45,000 to $49,999: 441
$50,000 to $59,999: 1255
$60,000 to $74,999: 2037
$75,000 to $99,999: 2583
$100,000 to $124,999: 1719
$125,000 to $149,999: 1009
$150,000 to $199,999: 754
$200,000 or more: 490

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 12523

Irish: 3714

Italian: 3280

German: 2992

English: 2235

United States or American: 986

Russian: 670

French (except Basque): 599

Scotch-Irish: 590

Scottish: 581

Norwegian: 568

Swedish: 471

European: 450

Polish: 441

Portuguese: 366

Arab:: 358

Dutch: 330

Greek: 265

Danish: 248

Ukrainian: 187

British: 186

Swiss: 174

French Canadian: 169

Hungarian: 140

Welsh: 116

Austrian: 109

Subsaharan African:: 106

African: 106

Maltese: 90

Lithuanian: 85

Romanian: 83

Basque: 83

Canadian: 74

Egyptian: 71

Lebanese: 70

Czechoslovakian: 68

Arab/Arabic: 65

Jordanian: 55

Northern European: 51

Palestinian: 50

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 47

Belizean: 47

Celtic: 45

Finnish: 45

Czech: 44

Brazilian: 42

Slovak: 40

Belgian: 38

Armenian: 38

Other Arab: 34

Yugoslavian: 30

Eastern European: 29

Croatian: 28

Scandinavian: 25

Iranian: 16

Australian: 16

Moroccan: 13

Serbian: 10

Latvian: 7

Slovene: 6

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

Philippines (29%)
Mexico (8%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
El Salvador (5%)
Hong Kong (4%)
Nicaragua (4%)
Korea (3%)

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

This state: 22274
Northeast: 2300
Midwest: 2360
South: 1878
West: 1669

63% of Pacifica residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in California.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 71
Nursery to 4th grade: 55
5th and 6th grade: 96
7th and 8th grade: 178
9th grade: 72
10th grade: 108
11th grade: 146
12th grade, no diploma: 363
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,812
Less than 1 year of college: 782
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,584
Associate degree: 1,176
Bachelor's degree: 3,097
Master's degree: 685
Professional school degree: 353
Doctorate degree: 252

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 96
Nursery to 4th grade: 32
5th and 6th grade: 186
7th and 8th grade: 125
9th grade: 53
10th grade: 154
11th grade: 111
12th grade, no diploma: 403
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,837
Less than 1 year of college: 1,143
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,720
Associate degree: 1,194
Bachelor's degree: 3,110
Master's degree: 965
Professional school degree: 360
Doctorate degree: 119

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.9%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 7.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 3.3%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 9.1%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 21.4%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 4.3%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.6%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 6.7%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 2.4%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 3.1%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 3.8%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 5.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 3.5%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $86,667
Black householders: $65,790
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $60,877
Asian householders: $98,471
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $96,871
Some other race householders: $86,153
Two or more races householders: $66,552
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $76,097

Pacifica household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Pacifica household income for Black householders

Pacifica household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Pacifica household income for Asian householders

Pacifica household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders

Pacifica household income for Some other race householders

Pacifica household income for Two or more races householders

Pacifica household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Pacifica marital status for males

Pacifica marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $689,059
Black or African American householders: $740,781
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $693,369
Asian householders: $683,250
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $593,486
Some other race householders: $607,354
Two or more races householders: $724,477
Hispanic or Latino householders: $674,629

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 10,276
One, attached: 775
Two: 172
3 or 4: 535
5 to 9: 686
10 to 19: 370
20 to 49: 454
50 or more: 889
Mobile homes: 98

Median worth of mobile homes: $60,519

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Pacifica:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (87%) Electricity (11%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (62%) Electricity (35%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) No fuel used (1%) Wood (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,138

Here:	25.3%
California:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 427

Here:	20.3%
California:	7.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 372

Here:	14.8%
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)

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