Chico, CA (California) Houses and Residents

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(Urban population: 59,190, Rural population: 254 (all nonfarm))

Chico, California Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 24,352 (23,374 occupied: 9,269 owner occupied, 14,105 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	60%
State:	43%

Housing density: 878 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: $796 (lower quartile is $622, upper quartile is $1,020)

Housing units in Chico with a mortgage: 6,360 (983 second mortgage, 629 home equity loan, 27 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,940

Chico,CA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $330,600 (it was $138,600 in 2000)

Chico:	$330,600
California:	$532,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $249,700 - $420,900

Median year house/condo built: 1983

Median year apartment built: 1979

Household type by relationship

Households: 56,358

In family households: 36,281 (8,188 male householders, 3,458 female householders)
8,417 spouses, 13,332 children (12,503 natural, 279 adopted, 550 stepchildren), 379 grandchildren, 568 brothers or sisters, 289 parents, 526 other relatives, 1,124 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 20,077 (5,626 male householders (2,861 living alone)), 6,152 female householders (4,020 living alone)), 8,299 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 3,086 (389 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 4,976 2-persons, 2,748 3-persons, 2,333 4-persons, 937 5-persons, 407 6-persons, 245 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,881 1-person, 2,814 2-persons, 1,092 3-persons, 789 4-persons, 124 5-persons, 63 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons.

7,883 married couples with children.
3,842 single-parent households (802 men, 3,040 women).

85.9% of residents of Chico speak English at home.
8.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (28% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (84% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 5,324 (9.0%)
(33.8% 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:	3.9
State:	3.5

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Chico, California:
	1 room: 17 2 rooms: 96 3 rooms: 411 4 rooms: 640 5 rooms: 2,517 6 rooms: 2,779 7 rooms: 1,625 8 rooms: 665 9 or more rooms: 519

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chico, California:
	1 room: 918 2 rooms: 2,214 3 rooms: 2,647 4 rooms: 3,516 5 rooms: 2,666 6 rooms: 1,586 7 rooms: 335 8 rooms: 158 9 or more rooms: 65

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 764
1995 to 1998: 1,810
1990 to 1994: 3,381
1980 to 1989: 5,024
1970 to 1979: 4,927
1960 to 1969: 2,591
1950 to 1959: 2,285
1940 to 1949: 1,207
1939 or earlier: 2,363

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Chico:
	no bedroom: 32 1 bedroom: 295 2 bedrooms: 1,801 3 bedrooms: 5,482 4 bedrooms: 1,533 5 or more bedrooms: 126

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chico:
	no bedroom: 1,145 1 bedroom: 4,061 2 bedrooms: 5,055 3 bedrooms: 2,384 4 bedrooms: 1,322 5 or more bedrooms: 138

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Chico in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 292 1 vehicle: 2,686 2 vehicles: 4,625 3 vehicles: 1,335 4 vehicles: 249 5 or more vehicles: 82

Cars and other vehicles available in Chico in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,836 1 vehicle: 6,110 2 vehicles: 3,887 3 vehicles: 1,449 4 vehicles: 661 5 or more vehicles: 162

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

Less than $10,000: 8
$10,000 to $14,999: 26
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 20
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 29
$40,000 to $49,999: 8
$50,000 to $59,999: 35
$60,000 to $69,999: 104
$70,000 to $79,999: 191
$80,000 to $89,999: 268
$90,000 to $99,999: 348
$100,000 to $124,999: 1680
$125,000 to $149,999: 2159
$150,000 to $174,999: 1351
$175,000 to $199,999: 787
$200,000 to $249,999: 704
$250,000 to $299,999: 250
$300,000 to $399,999: 230
$400,000 to $499,999: 48
$500,000 to $749,999: 34
$750,000 to $999,999: 20
$1,000,000 or more: 0

Chico rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Chico:

Less than $100: 115 people
$100 to $149: 58
$150 to $199: 106
$200 to $249: 156
$250 to $299: 217
$300 to $349: 412
$350 to $399: 414
$400 to $449: 394
$450 to $499: 544
$500 to $549: 753
$550 to $599: 1,082
$600 to $649: 1,116
$650 to $699: 1,171
$700 to $749: 1,270
$750 to $799: 1,330
$800 to $899: 2,188
$900 to $999: 1,899
$1,000 to $1,249: 2,685
$1,250 to $1,499: 1,176
$1,500 to $1,999: 620
$2,000 or more: 369
No cash rent: 253

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,504 1990 to 1994: 909 1985 to 1989: 972 1980 to 1984: 700 1975 to 1979: 317 1970 to 1974: 266 1970 to 1974: 180 1965 to 1969: 476

Chico, CA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 92.1%
Number of people working at home: 1,025 (3.8% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1633
5 to 9 minutes: 6217
10 to 14 minutes: 7953
15 to 19 minutes: 4157
20 to 24 minutes: 1589
25 to 29 minutes: 548
30 to 34 minutes: 1621
35 to 39 minutes: 239
40 to 44 minutes: 244
45 to 59 minutes: 652
60 to 89 minutes: 401
90 or more minutes: 668

Chico mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 18,857 (70%)
Carpooled: 3,405 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 458 (2%)
Ferryboat: 9 (0%)
Taxi: 39 (0%)
Motorcycle: 54 (0%)
Bicycle: 1,390 (5%)
Walked: 1,475 (5%)
Other means: 235 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,025 (4%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 4038
$10,000 to $14,999: 2237
$15,000 to $19,999: 1945
$20,000 to $24,999: 1949
$25,000 to $29,999: 1721
$30,000 to $34,999: 1260
$35,000 to $39,999: 1293
$40,000 to $44,999: 1172
$45,000 to $49,999: 1059
$50,000 to $59,999: 1748
$60,000 to $74,999: 1793
$75,000 to $99,999: 1631
$100,000 to $124,999: 693
$125,000 to $149,999: 326
$150,000 to $199,999: 315
$200,000 or more: 244

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 12844

German: 6659

Irish: 4904

English: 4342

Italian: 3135

United States or American: 2485

Scottish: 1204

Norwegian: 1056

French (except Basque): 1036

Swedish: 1006

European: 967

Scotch-Irish: 830

Portuguese: 670

Dutch: 622

Polish: 575

Danish: 307

Russian: 303

Arab:: 279

Hungarian: 275

Welsh: 267

British: 188

Scandinavian: 163

French Canadian: 159

Swiss: 142

Czech: 141

Northern European: 134

Austrian: 127

Ukrainian: 110

Canadian: 101

Subsaharan African:: 100

Greek: 95

Basque: 83

Czechoslovakian: 81

Syrian: 77

Yugoslavian: 77

African: 76

Croatian: 68

Armenian: 67

Finnish: 67

Lebanese: 63

Arab/Arabic: 60

Belgian: 56

Israeli: 44

Lithuanian: 39

Brazilian: 34

Iranian: 28

Other Arab: 28

Jordanian: 26

Australian: 25

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 24

Serbian: 23

Slavic: 23

Estonian: 22

Palestinian: 18

Romanian: 18

Ghanian: 17

Celtic: 16

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 14

Jamaican: 14

Icelander: 11

Turkish: 10

Maltese: 10

Bulgarian: 10

Acadian/Cajun: 9

Cypriot: 9

Eastern European: 9

Slovene: 8

Egyptian: 7

Pennsylvania German: 7

Sierra Leonean: 7

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

Mexico (40%)
Laos (8%)
Thailand (8%)
Japan (4%)
Canada (4%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
Germany (3%)

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

This state: 39095
Northeast: 2305
Midwest: 4828
South: 2812
West: 4550

31% of Chico residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in California.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 265
Nursery to 4th grade: 58
5th and 6th grade: 188
7th and 8th grade: 289
9th grade: 113
10th grade: 177
11th grade: 343
12th grade, no diploma: 489
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,408
Less than 1 year of college: 988
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,290
Associate degree: 1,165
Bachelor's degree: 3,459
Master's degree: 888
Professional school degree: 347
Doctorate degree: 426

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 196
Nursery to 4th grade: 84
5th and 6th grade: 276
7th and 8th grade: 207
9th grade: 196
10th grade: 242
11th grade: 370
12th grade, no diploma: 449
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,885
Less than 1 year of college: 1,316
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,045
Associate degree: 1,583
Bachelor's degree: 3,715
Master's degree: 1,169
Professional school degree: 294
Doctorate degree: 152

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 8.8%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 7.1%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 29.2%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 16.9%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 8.1%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 31.7%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 16.6%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 12.2%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 14.9%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 14.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 7.8%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 12.9%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 14.1%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $39,892
Black householders: $37,991
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $32,372
Asian householders: $28,913
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $77,484
Some other race householders: $18,870
Two or more races householders: $21,250
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $21,980

Chico household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Chico household income for Black householders

Chico household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Chico household income for Some other race householders

Chico household income for Two or more races householders

Chico household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Chico marital status for males

Chico marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $338,709
Black or African American householders: $296,729
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $279,793
Asian householders: $356,122
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $1,843,106
Some other race householders: $351,113
Two or more races householders: $322,728
Hispanic or Latino householders: $326,067

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 11,859
One, attached: 943
Two: 1,146
3 or 4: 2,891
5 to 9: 2,139
10 to 19: 1,315
20 to 49: 1,250
50 or more: 2,177
Mobile homes: 592
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 40

Median worth of mobile homes: $64,800

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Chico:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (78%) Electricity (16%) Wood (4%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (59%) Electricity (39%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Wood (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 395

Here:	7.3%
California:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 79

Here:	2.9%
California:	7.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 393

Here:	2.6%
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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