Carlsbad, CA (California) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 95,439 (Urban population: 93,382, Rural population: 2,057 (all nonfarm))

Carlsbad, California Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 33,717 (31,486 occupied: 21,201 owner occupied, 10,285 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	33%
State:	43%

Housing density: 901 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: $1,308 (lower quartile is $1,046, upper quartile is $1,700)

Housing units in Carlsbad with a mortgage: 14,717 (2,068 second mortgage, 1,639 home equity loan, 28 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,301

Carlsbad,CA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $690,600 (it was $308,800 in 2000)

Carlsbad:	$690,600
California:	$532,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $492,700 - $920,200

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $836,098
Here: $836,098
State: $619,135

Townhouses or other attached units: $512,626
Here: $512,626
State: $541,123

In 2-unit structures: $647,165
Here: $647,165
State: $702,713

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $521,372
Here: $521,372
State: $512,546

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $454,545
Here: $454,545
State: $482,470

Mobile homes: $130,179
Here: $130,179
State: $59,450

Median year house/condo built: 1988

Median year apartment built: 1985

Household type by relationship

Households: 77,214

In family households: 63,768 (16,108 male householders, 4,959 female householders)
17,024 spouses, 21,239 children (19,735 natural, 492 adopted, 1,012 stepchildren), 671 grandchildren, 628 brothers or sisters, 565 parents, 908 other relatives, 1,666 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 13,446 (4,754 male householders (3,168 living alone)), 5,589 female householders (4,562 living alone)), 3,103 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 784 (535 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 9,617 2-persons, 4,812 3-persons, 4,236 4-persons, 1,650 5-persons, 437 6-persons, 315 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,730 1-person, 2,283 2-persons, 259 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.

14,023 married couples with children.
3,215 single-parent households (798 men, 2,417 women).

83.0% of residents of Carlsbad speak English at home.
9.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
4.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 1% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 9,930 (12.7%)
(45.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.4
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	3.5

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Carlsbad, California:
	1 room: 19 2 rooms: 313 3 rooms: 640 4 rooms: 1,837 5 rooms: 3,567 6 rooms: 4,884 7 rooms: 3,984 8 rooms: 3,313 9 or more rooms: 2,644

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carlsbad, California:
	1 room: 547 2 rooms: 1,245 3 rooms: 1,821 4 rooms: 2,896 5 rooms: 1,783 6 rooms: 1,129 7 rooms: 520 8 rooms: 243 9 or more rooms: 101

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 2,335
1995 to 1998: 3,614
1990 to 1994: 2,315
1980 to 1989: 10,580
1970 to 1979: 9,586
1960 to 1969: 2,823
1950 to 1959: 1,540
1940 to 1949: 373
1939 or earlier: 551

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Carlsbad:
	no bedroom: 60 1 bedroom: 651 2 bedrooms: 4,684 3 bedrooms: 7,576 4 bedrooms: 6,580 5 or more bedrooms: 1,650

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carlsbad:
	no bedroom: 710 1 bedroom: 2,458 2 bedrooms: 4,624 3 bedrooms: 1,822 4 bedrooms: 608 5 or more bedrooms: 63

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Carlsbad in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 357 1 vehicle: 5,918 2 vehicles: 10,870 3 vehicles: 3,121 4 vehicles: 697 5 or more vehicles: 238

Cars and other vehicles available in Carlsbad in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 915 1 vehicle: 4,524 2 vehicles: 3,809 3 vehicles: 794 4 vehicles: 179 5 or more vehicles: 64

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

Less than $10,000: 8
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 15
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 24
$50,000 to $59,999: 9
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 15
$90,000 to $99,999: 25
$100,000 to $124,999: 121
$125,000 to $149,999: 347
$150,000 to $174,999: 691
$175,000 to $199,999: 950
$200,000 to $249,999: 2039
$250,000 to $299,999: 3251
$300,000 to $399,999: 5025
$400,000 to $499,999: 2596
$500,000 to $749,999: 2123
$750,000 to $999,999: 514
$1,000,000 or more: 265

Carlsbad rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Carlsbad:

Less than $100: 20 people
$100 to $149: 14
$150 to $199: 33
$200 to $249: 47
$250 to $299: 40
$300 to $349: 24
$350 to $399: 0
$400 to $449: 37
$450 to $499: 56
$500 to $549: 18
$550 to $599: 151
$600 to $649: 154
$650 to $699: 90
$700 to $749: 192
$750 to $799: 252
$800 to $899: 523
$900 to $999: 1,001
$1,000 to $1,249: 2,995
$1,250 to $1,499: 2,202
$1,500 to $1,999: 2,987
$2,000 or more: 1,579
No cash rent: 389

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,551 1990 to 1994: 1,814 1985 to 1989: 1,491 1980 to 1984: 904 1975 to 1979: 817 1970 to 1974: 715 1970 to 1974: 709 1965 to 1969: 1,929

Carlsbad, CA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 92.2%
Number of people working at home: 3,222 (8.3% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 630
5 to 9 minutes: 3154
10 to 14 minutes: 5702
15 to 19 minutes: 5693
20 to 24 minutes: 3946
25 to 29 minutes: 1767
30 to 34 minutes: 4284
35 to 39 minutes: 1171
40 to 44 minutes: 2125
45 to 59 minutes: 3465
60 to 89 minutes: 2076
90 or more minutes: 1409

Carlsbad mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 30,166 (78%)
Carpooled: 3,230 (8%)
Bus or trolley bus: 285 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 15 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
Railroad: 495 (1%)
Ferryboat: 13 (0%)
Taxi: 8 (0%)
Motorcycle: 111 (0%)
Bicycle: 113 (0%)
Walked: 561 (1%)
Other means: 418 (1%)
Worked at home: 3,222 (8%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1287
$10,000 to $14,999: 1064
$15,000 to $19,999: 1226
$20,000 to $24,999: 1262
$25,000 to $29,999: 1400
$30,000 to $34,999: 1383
$35,000 to $39,999: 1364
$40,000 to $44,999: 1603
$45,000 to $49,999: 1208
$50,000 to $59,999: 2490
$60,000 to $74,999: 3563
$75,000 to $99,999: 4628
$100,000 to $124,999: 3248
$125,000 to $149,999: 1940
$150,000 to $199,999: 1706
$200,000 or more: 2038

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 14407

German: 8914

Irish: 7231

English: 7100

Italian: 5008

United States or American: 3820

Scottish: 1645

Polish: 1562

French (except Basque): 1505

Swedish: 1488

Norwegian: 1420

Scotch-Irish: 1129

Russian: 1089

European: 918

Dutch: 751

British: 635

Hungarian: 558

French Canadian: 520

Danish: 519

Greek: 509

Canadian: 389

Portuguese: 341

Iranian: 333

Welsh: 302

Arab:: 293

Czech: 260

Armenian: 257

Austrian: 256

Swiss: 247

Scandinavian: 216

Romanian: 199

Ukrainian: 166

Yugoslavian: 147

Serbian: 140

Slovak: 135

Czechoslovakian: 131

Belgian: 126

Finnish: 124

Lithuanian: 118

Lebanese: 112

Turkish: 104

Northern European: 96

Australian: 90

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 89

Eastern European: 83

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 72

Arab/Arabic: 58

Croatian: 54

Jamaican: 48

Subsaharan African:: 46

Latvian: 42

Brazilian: 42

Basque: 40

African: 39

Israeli: 39

Icelander: 36

Afghan: 33

Egyptian: 31

Syrian: 25

Slovene: 21

Jordanian: 21

Bulgarian: 20

Palestinian: 17

Moroccan: 17

Celtic: 14

Luxemburger: 14

New Zealander: 13

Other Arab: 12

Maltese: 10

Acadian/Cajun: 8

Haitian: 8

West Indian: 8

Other West Indian: 8

Pennsylvania German: 7

South African: 7

Albanian: 7

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

Mexico (32%)
United Kingdom (8%)
Canada (8%)
Philippines (4%)
Germany (4%)
Iran (3%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)

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

This state: 33758
Northeast: 9117
Midwest: 12601
South: 6435
West: 5014

43% of Carlsbad residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in California.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 201
Nursery to 4th grade: 122
5th and 6th grade: 241
7th and 8th grade: 174
9th grade: 158
10th grade: 133
11th grade: 210
12th grade, no diploma: 498
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,052
Less than 1 year of college: 1,367
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,514
Associate degree: 1,774
Bachelor's degree: 8,345
Master's degree: 3,045
Professional school degree: 1,335
Doctorate degree: 859

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 220
Nursery to 4th grade: 93
5th and 6th grade: 256
7th and 8th grade: 239
9th grade: 226
10th grade: 246
11th grade: 225
12th grade, no diploma: 547
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,698
Less than 1 year of college: 2,094
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,851
Associate degree: 2,560
Bachelor's degree: 7,671
Master's degree: 2,613
Professional school degree: 716
Doctorate degree: 372

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.8%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.5%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 3.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 8.7%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.8%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 4.2%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 2.9%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 12.2%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 9.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 1.8%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 4.8%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 6.1%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $80,009
Black householders: $71,230
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $43,500
Asian householders: $86,193
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $39,557
Some other race householders: $82,250
Two or more races householders: $80,735
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $47,329

Carlsbad household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Carlsbad household income for Asian householders

Carlsbad household income for Some other race householders

Carlsbad household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Carlsbad marital status for males

Carlsbad marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $742,484
Black or African American householders: $661,750
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $493,796
Asian householders: $876,892
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $615,009
Some other race householders: $609,195
Two or more races householders: $691,047
Hispanic or Latino householders: $630,217

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 17,777
One, attached: 5,711
Two: 473
3 or 4: 1,593
5 to 9: 1,951
10 to 19: 1,932
20 to 49: 1,652
50 or more: 1,341
Mobile homes: 1,281
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

Median worth of mobile homes: $417,900

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Carlsbad:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (86%) Electricity (12%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (55%) Electricity (41%) No fuel used (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 876

Here:	10.5%
California:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 270

Here:	6.8%
California:	7.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 609

Here:	15.3%
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)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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