Sacramento, CA (California) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 460,242 (Urban population: 458,658, Rural population: 1,584 (all nonfarm))

Sacramento, California Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 163,914 (154,565 occupied: 77,396 owner occupied, 77,169 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	50%
State:	43%

Housing density: 1687 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $10,574.

Median contract rent in 2007: $841 (lower quartile is $666, upper quartile is $1,100)

Median contract rent in 2005: $774 (lower quartile is $609, upper quartile is $975)

Housing units in Sacramento with a mortgage: 53,574 (8,509 second mortgage, 4,620 home equity loan, 208 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17,534

Sacramento,CA index of house prices

Median year house/condo built: 1970

Median year apartment built: 1973

Household type by relationship

Households: 398,027

In family households: 319,530 (59,300 male householders, 32,913 female householders)
62,435 spouses, 123,397 children (115,898 natural, 2,892 adopted, 4,607 stepchildren), 9,837 grandchildren, 6,151 brothers or sisters, 4,909 parents, 9,602 other relatives, 10,986 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 78,497 (28,538 male householders (21,502 living alone)), 34,142 female householders (28,249 living alone)), 15,817 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 9,048 (4,944 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 34,506 2-persons, 20,935 3-persons, 16,690 4-persons, 9,453 5-persons, 5,183 6-persons, 5,446 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 49,751 1-person, 11,074 2-persons, 1,367 3-persons, 351 4-persons, 116 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons.

61,170 married couples with children.
34,157 single-parent households (6,685 men, 27,472 women).

67.4% of residents of Sacramento speak English at home.
14.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
5.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
12.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 82,616 (20.3%)
(41.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.7
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 Sacramento, California:
	1 room: 150 2 rooms: 1,145 3 rooms: 5,745 4 rooms: 6,999 5 rooms: 20,264 6 rooms: 21,632 7 rooms: 12,203 8 rooms: 5,652 9 or more rooms: 3,606

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sacramento, California:
	1 room: 5,954 2 rooms: 11,150 3 rooms: 17,816 4 rooms: 18,695 5 rooms: 13,288 6 rooms: 6,706 7 rooms: 2,373 8 rooms: 886 9 or more rooms: 301

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 1,514
1995 to 1998: 3,539
1990 to 1994: 9,649
1980 to 1989: 30,116
1970 to 1979: 30,220
1960 to 1969: 24,841
1950 to 1959: 25,478
1940 to 1949: 17,319
1939 or earlier: 21,238

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Sacramento:
	no bedroom: 1,008 1 bedroom: 3,512 2 bedrooms: 19,981 3 bedrooms: 37,644 4 bedrooms: 13,603 5 or more bedrooms: 1,648

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sacramento:
	no bedroom: 7,769 1 bedroom: 26,008 2 bedrooms: 27,552 3 bedrooms: 12,902 4 bedrooms: 2,647 5 or more bedrooms: 291

Cars and other vehicles available in Sacramento in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 4,455 1 vehicle: 27,152 2 vehicles: 31,460 3 vehicles: 10,628 4 vehicles: 2,746 5 or more vehicles: 955

Cars and other vehicles available in Sacramento in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 15,492 1 vehicle: 37,821 2 vehicles: 19,043 3 vehicles: 3,637 4 vehicles: 793 5 or more vehicles: 383

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

Less than $10,000: 116
$10,000 to $14,999: 255
$15,000 to $19,999: 88
$20,000 to $24,999: 69
$25,000 to $29,999: 53
$30,000 to $34,999: 115
$35,000 to $39,999: 167
$40,000 to $49,999: 574
$50,000 to $59,999: 1281
$60,000 to $69,999: 2259
$70,000 to $79,999: 4740
$80,000 to $89,999: 6303
$90,000 to $99,999: 6407
$100,000 to $124,999: 11423
$125,000 to $149,999: 11148
$150,000 to $174,999: 8261
$175,000 to $199,999: 5411
$200,000 to $249,999: 5682
$250,000 to $299,999: 2909
$300,000 to $399,999: 2166
$400,000 to $499,999: 921
$500,000 to $749,999: 542
$750,000 to $999,999: 156
$1,000,000 or more: 62

Sacramento rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Sacramento:

Less than $100: 811 people
$100 to $149: 336
$150 to $199: 973
$200 to $249: 2,269
$250 to $299: 471
$300 to $349: 502
$350 to $399: 632
$400 to $449: 1,394
$450 to $499: 1,629
$500 to $549: 2,227
$550 to $599: 2,913
$600 to $649: 4,141
$650 to $699: 4,711
$700 to $749: 5,705
$750 to $799: 6,257
$800 to $899: 11,545
$900 to $999: 7,770
$1,000 to $1,249: 13,079
$1,250 to $1,499: 6,839
$1,500 to $1,999: 3,915
$2,000 or more: 1,211
No cash rent: 1,753

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 16,941 1990 to 1994: 17,305 1985 to 1989: 14,588 1980 to 1984: 12,927 1975 to 1979: 7,380 1970 to 1974: 3,769 1970 to 1974: 2,561 1965 to 1969: 7,145

Sacramento, CA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 87.4%
Number of people working at home: 4,875 (2.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 3093
5 to 9 minutes: 15015
10 to 14 minutes: 26303
15 to 19 minutes: 32981
20 to 24 minutes: 29962
25 to 29 minutes: 10679
30 to 34 minutes: 21459
35 to 39 minutes: 2924
40 to 44 minutes: 3545
45 to 59 minutes: 7093
60 to 89 minutes: 4380
90 or more minutes: 4110

Sacramento mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 118,182 (71%)
Carpooled: 27,126 (16%)
Bus or trolley bus: 6,378 (4%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 582 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 233 (0%)
Railroad: 238 (0%)
Ferryboat: 39 (0%)
Taxi: 211 (0%)
Motorcycle: 413 (0%)
Bicycle: 2,252 (1%)
Walked: 4,602 (3%)
Other means: 1,288 (1%)
Worked at home: 4,875 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 18437
$10,000 to $14,999: 11745
$15,000 to $19,999: 10899
$20,000 to $24,999: 10473
$25,000 to $29,999: 10400
$30,000 to $34,999: 10885
$35,000 to $39,999: 9962
$40,000 to $44,999: 8552
$45,000 to $49,999: 7604
$50,000 to $59,999: 13694
$60,000 to $74,999: 15081
$75,000 to $99,999: 12605
$100,000 to $124,999: 7155
$125,000 to $149,999: 3015
$150,000 to $199,999: 2374
$200,000 or more: 2012

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 214176
German: 22527
Irish: 16630
English: 16457
United States or American: 12801
Italian: 12564
French (except Basque): 4559
Subsaharan African:: 4301
Portuguese: 4011
African: 3504
Scotch-Irish: 3307
Russian: 3301
European: 3298
Scottish: 3278
Norwegian: 3272
Swedish: 2747
Polish: 2061
Ukrainian: 2027
Dutch: 1975
Greek: 1792
Danish: 1207
British: 1147
Arab:: 1142
Welsh: 1037
French Canadian: 911
Swiss: 771
Romanian: 689
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 648
Hungarian: 611
Yugoslavian: 602
Canadian: 583
Northern European: 539
Iranian: 493
Lebanese: 434
Czech: 427
Finnish: 415
Croatian: 413
Scandinavian: 412
Jamaican: 386
Austrian: 365
Armenian: 338
Cape Verdean: 315
Afghan: 269
Lithuanian: 267
Arab/Arabic: 222
Czechoslovakian: 218
Basque: 209
Nigerian: 164
Celtic: 156
Belgian: 149
Ethiopian: 147
Eastern European: 143
Egyptian: 128
Slovak: 122
Turkish: 103
West Indian: 101
Serbian: 100
Jordanian: 98
Syrian: 95
Latvian: 94
South African: 78
Other Arab: 77
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 72
Pennsylvania German: 69
Slavic: 62
Palestinian: 62
Israeli: 60
Brazilian: 54
Australian: 52
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 45
New Zealander: 44
Bulgarian: 42
Ugandan: 36
Maltese: 34
Belizean: 33
Acadian/Cajun: 32
Icelander: 30
Albanian: 26
Ghanian: 24
Luxemburger: 23
Haitian: 21
Dutch West Indian: 20
Iraqi: 18
British West Indian: 15
Slovene: 12
Other Subsaharan African: 11
Kenyan: 9
Moroccan: 8
Carpatho Rusyn: 7
Somalian: 7
Cypriot: 6
Senegalese: 6
German Russian: 6

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

Mexico (30%)
Laos (10%)
Vietnam (8%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
Philippines (7%)
Thailand (4%)
Melanesia (4%)

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

This state: 229913
Northeast: 12382
Midwest: 26316
South: 32011
West: 18950

51% of Sacramento residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% 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: 4,726
Nursery to 4th grade: 1,328
5th and 6th grade: 2,896
7th and 8th grade: 3,341
9th grade: 2,452
10th grade: 3,184
11th grade: 3,480
12th grade, no diploma: 6,327
High school graduate (or equivalency): 25,534
Less than 1 year of college: 8,002
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 19,575
Associate degree: 9,327
Bachelor's degree: 18,973
Master's degree: 6,047
Professional school degree: 3,889
Doctorate degree: 1,359

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 6,131
Nursery to 4th grade: 1,355
5th and 6th grade: 3,413
7th and 8th grade: 3,633
9th grade: 2,689
10th grade: 3,066
11th grade: 3,623
12th grade, no diploma: 6,210
High school graduate (or equivalency): 29,182
Less than 1 year of college: 10,904
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 22,160
Associate degree: 11,341
Bachelor's degree: 20,636
Master's degree: 6,747
Professional school degree: 2,619
Doctorate degree: 772

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.4%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.6%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 15.9%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 10.2%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 15.5%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 9.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 7.3%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 7.9%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 11.5%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 9.1%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 11.9%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 11.1%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 10.7%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 8.7%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $55,864
Black householders: $36,544
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $76,543
Asian householders: $54,290
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $71,061
Some other race householders: $45,771
Two or more races householders: $50,038
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $44,827

Sacramento household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Sacramento household income for Black householders

Sacramento household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Sacramento household income for Asian householders

Sacramento household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders

Sacramento household income for Some other race householders

Sacramento household income for Two or more races householders

Sacramento household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Sacramento marital status for males

Sacramento marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $389,950
Black or African American householders: $283,250
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $308,000
Asian householders: $388,025
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $301,125
Some other race householders: $260,700
Two or more races householders: $308,825
Hispanic or Latino householders: $272,800

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 95,882
One, attached: 11,347
Two: 5,406
3 or 4: 10,453
5 to 9: 11,380
10 to 19: 8,220
20 to 49: 5,557
50 or more: 11,999
Mobile homes: 3,394
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 276

Median worth of mobile homes: $33,700

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Sacramento:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (71%) Electricity (27%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (51%) Electricity (46%) 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): 4,255

Here:	8.0%
California:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,210

Here:	8.8%
California:	7.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,863

Here:	10.1%
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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