South Bay Cities, CA (California) Houses and Residents

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(All urban)

Houses: 61,678 (59,576 occupied: 30,565 owner occupied, 29,011 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	49%
State:	43%

Housing density: 3589 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $488,768.

Median contract rent in 2007: $1,498 (lower quartile is $1,196, upper quartile is $2,142)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,849

Median gross rent in South Bay Cities, CA in 2007: $1,593

Housing units in South Bay Cities with a mortgage: 20,832 (2,736 second mortgage, 2,171 home equity loan, 35 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,909

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $1,102,500 (it was $420,000 in 2000)

South Bay Cities:	$1,102,500
California:	$532,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $806,617 - $1,475,738

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $1,213,683
Here: $1,213,683
State: $619,135

Townhouses or other attached units: $994,196
Here: $994,196
State: $541,123

In 2-unit structures: $1,160,688
Here: $1,160,688
State: $702,713

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $1,114,042
Here: $1,114,042
State: $512,546

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $692,061
Here: $692,061
State: $482,470

Mobile homes: $122,848
Here: $122,848
State: $59,450

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $125,882
Here: $125,882
State: $63,652

Household type by relationship

Households: 131,374

In family households: 92,465 (23,779 male householders, 7,602 female householders)
25,156 spouses, 29,481 children (27,401 natural, 826 adopted, 1,254 stepchildren), 1,141 grandchildren, 1,174 brothers or sisters, 850 parents, 1,355 other relatives, 1,927 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 38,909 (15,230 male householders (10,264 living alone)), 12,968 female householders (9,592 living alone)), 10,711 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 338 (165 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 14,498 2-persons, 7,608 3-persons, 6,270 4-persons, 2,017 5-persons, 807 6-persons, 181 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 19,856 1-person, 6,753 2-persons, 1,241 3-persons, 257 4-persons, 78 5-persons, 13 6-persons.

18,934 married couples with children.
4,729 single-parent households (1,243 men, 3,486 women).

83.6% of residents of South Bay Cities speak English at home.
6.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
4.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
4.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 17,308 (13.1%)
(52.4% 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:	3.6
State:	3.5

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in South Bay Cities, California:
	1 room: 134 2 rooms: 609 3 rooms: 1,745 4 rooms: 3,215 5 rooms: 6,885 6 rooms: 7,512 7 rooms: 4,958 8 rooms: 2,918 9 or more rooms: 2,589

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in South Bay Cities, California:
	1 room: 1,979 2 rooms: 4,227 3 rooms: 7,112 4 rooms: 8,253 5 rooms: 4,315 6 rooms: 1,989 7 rooms: 672 8 rooms: 294 9 or more rooms: 170

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 646
1995 to 1998: 1,405
1990 to 1994: 2,940
1980 to 1989: 8,346
1970 to 1979: 12,134
1960 to 1969: 10,824
1950 to 1959: 13,716
1940 to 1949: 6,285
1939 or earlier: 5,382

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in South Bay Cities:
	no bedroom: 211 1 bedroom: 1,522 2 bedrooms: 7,488 3 bedrooms: 14,294 4 bedrooms: 5,703 5 or more bedrooms: 1,347

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in South Bay Cities:
	no bedroom: 2,378 1 bedroom: 9,892 2 bedrooms: 11,960 3 bedrooms: 3,989 4 bedrooms: 741 5 or more bedrooms: 51

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in South Bay Cities in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 824 1 vehicle: 7,976 2 vehicles: 15,560 3 vehicles: 4,786 4 vehicles: 1,121 5 or more vehicles: 298

Cars and other vehicles available in South Bay Cities in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,611 1 vehicle: 13,938 2 vehicles: 10,500 3 vehicles: 2,373 4 vehicles: 471 5 or more vehicles: 118

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in South Bay Cities, CA:

Less than $10,000: 8
$10,000 to $14,999: 4
$15,000 to $19,999: 4
$20,000 to $24,999: 4
$25,000 to $29,999: 6
$30,000 to $34,999: 7
$35,000 to $39,999: 9
$40,000 to $49,999: 41
$50,000 to $59,999: 33
$60,000 to $69,999: 21
$70,000 to $79,999: 9
$80,000 to $89,999: 5
$90,000 to $99,999: 34
$100,000 to $124,999: 69
$125,000 to $149,999: 39
$150,000 to $174,999: 33
$175,000 to $199,999: 49
$200,000 to $249,999: 110
$250,000 to $299,999: 110
$300,000 to $399,999: 393
$400,000 to $499,999: 874
$500,000 to $749,999: 4284
$750,000 to $999,999: 6701
$1,000,000 or more: 17717

South Bay Cities rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in South Bay Cities:

Less than $100: 59 people
$100 to $149: 30
$150 to $199: 34
$200 to $249: 50
$250 to $299: 74
$300 to $349: 61
$350 to $399: 59
$400 to $449: 57
$450 to $499: 97
$500 to $549: 93
$550 to $599: 55
$600 to $649: 117
$650 to $699: 153
$700 to $749: 207
$750 to $799: 314
$800 to $899: 673
$900 to $999: 923
$1,000 to $1,249: 4,807
$1,250 to $1,499: 6,457
$1,500 to $1,999: 6,874
$2,000 or more: 7,346
No cash rent: 470

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 2,950 1990 to 1994: 2,116 1985 to 1989: 2,468 1980 to 1984: 2,500 1975 to 1979: 2,058 1970 to 1974: 1,430 1970 to 1974: 1,012 1965 to 1969: 2,774

Percentage of workers working in this county: 94.4%
Number of people working at home: 3,785 (4.8% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1653
5 to 9 minutes: 6680
10 to 14 minutes: 9758
15 to 19 minutes: 11208
20 to 24 minutes: 9948
25 to 29 minutes: 3653
30 to 34 minutes: 8710
35 to 39 minutes: 2314
40 to 44 minutes: 3815
45 to 59 minutes: 9477
60 to 89 minutes: 6043
90 or more minutes: 1523

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 65,787 (84%)
Carpooled: 5,527 (7%)
Bus or trolley bus: 657 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 36 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 34 (0%)
Ferryboat: 26 (0%)
Taxi: 104 (0%)
Motorcycle: 332 (0%)
Bicycle: 448 (1%)
Walked: 1,342 (2%)
Other means: 489 (1%)
Worked at home: 3,785 (5%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 2185
$10,000 to $14,999: 1541
$15,000 to $19,999: 1614
$20,000 to $24,999: 1870
$25,000 to $29,999: 1621
$30,000 to $34,999: 2216
$35,000 to $39,999: 2337
$40,000 to $44,999: 2698
$45,000 to $49,999: 2151
$50,000 to $59,999: 4720
$60,000 to $74,999: 6541
$75,000 to $99,999: 9082
$100,000 to $124,999: 6812
$125,000 to $149,999: 4119
$150,000 to $199,999: 4500
$200,000 or more: 5572

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 28355

German: 14460

Irish: 12056

English: 10788

Italian: 8172

United States or American: 5501

Russian: 2810

Polish: 2758

French (except Basque): 2476

Scottish: 2451

European: 2295

Norwegian: 2221

Swedish: 1969

Scotch-Irish: 1805

Dutch: 1273

Greek: 967

Iranian: 967

Hungarian: 896

British: 858

Danish: 831

Arab:: 822

French Canadian: 657

Welsh: 614

Armenian: 605

Canadian: 543

Swiss: 509

Ukrainian: 504

Portuguese: 476

Eastern European: 451

Czech: 443

Scandinavian: 412

Austrian: 407

Subsaharan African:: 388

Lithuanian: 325

Czechoslovakian: 291

Brazilian: 284

Yugoslavian: 269

Croatian: 253

Egyptian: 236

Romanian: 233

Finnish: 226

Northern European: 207

Belgian: 183

Slovak: 183

African: 175

Afghan: 166

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 156

Lebanese: 155

Latvian: 134

Arab/Arabic: 122

Australian: 114

Serbian: 109

Turkish: 108

Jamaican: 107

Syrian: 96

Israeli: 96

Ethiopian: 83

Jordanian: 82

Basque: 71

Other Arab: 65

Slavic: 54

South African: 49

Macedonian: 46

Nigerian: 37

Other Subsaharan African: 36

New Zealander: 35

Bulgarian: 34

Maltese: 28

Slovene: 28

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 26

Luxemburger: 24

Estonian: 23

Moroccan: 23

Palestinian: 22

Acadian/Cajun: 21

Iraqi: 21

Haitian: 14

Belizean: 12

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 10

Alsatian: 10

Albanian: 9

Pennsylvania German: 9

German Russian: 9

U.S. Virgin Islander: 9

Ugandan: 8

Icelander: 8

West Indian: 4

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

Mexico (10%)
United Kingdom (8%)
Canada (7%)
Japan (6%)
Philippines (5%)
Iran (4%)
Korea (4%)

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

This state: 64405
Northeast: 14991
Midwest: 17063
South: 9367
West: 6968

50% of South Bay Cities 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, 40% lived in California.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 147
Nursery to 4th grade: 45
5th and 6th grade: 203
7th and 8th grade: 198
9th grade: 182
10th grade: 315
11th grade: 399
12th grade, no diploma: 998
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,918
Less than 1 year of college: 2,451
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 7,127
Associate degree: 3,185
Bachelor's degree: 17,839
Master's degree: 7,478
Professional school degree: 3,216
Doctorate degree: 1,365

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 207
Nursery to 4th grade: 95
5th and 6th grade: 214
7th and 8th grade: 297
9th grade: 333
10th grade: 354
11th grade: 460
12th grade, no diploma: 1,118
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,680
Less than 1 year of college: 3,435
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 7,293
Associate degree: 4,035
Bachelor's degree: 16,471
Master's degree: 5,856
Professional school degree: 1,960
Doctorate degree: 671

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

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

Unemployment rate for Black males: 3.9%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 6.9%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 3.5%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 2.4%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.8%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 2.4%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 10.1%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 5.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 3.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 4.8%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 5.2%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $104,276
Black householders: $82,699
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $123,166
Asian householders: $120,571
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $95,098
Some other race householders: $81,268
Two or more races householders: $77,387
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $75,253

South Bay Cities household income for White non-Hispanic householders

South Bay Cities household income for Black householders

South Bay Cities household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

South Bay Cities household income for Asian householders

South Bay Cities household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders

South Bay Cities household income for Some other race householders

South Bay Cities household income for Two or more races householders

South Bay Cities household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

South Bay Cities marital status for males

South Bay Cities marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $1,191,225
Black or African American householders: $1,003,800
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $924,262
Asian householders: $1,101,975
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $499,275
Some other race householders: $846,562
Two or more races householders: $847,087
Hispanic or Latino householders: $952,612

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 28,746
One, attached: 6,951
Two: 3,506
3 or 4: 6,169
5 to 9: 5,335
10 to 19: 3,565
20 to 49: 3,510
50 or more: 3,390
Mobile homes: 215
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 291

Median worth of mobile homes: $56,128

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in South Bay Cities:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (85%) Electricity (13%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (68%) Electricity (29%) 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): 1,332

Here:	12.1%
California:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 359

Here:	7.2%
California:	7.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,207

Here:	18.9%
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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