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Sacramento Apartments for Rent

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


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


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


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



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $354,200 (it was $126,000 in 2000)
Sacramento:  $354,200
California:  $532,300
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $263,200 - $456,300

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $395,788
Here:  $395,788
State:  $619,135

Townhouses or other attached units: $341,550
Here:  $341,550
State:  $541,123

In 2-unit structures: $354,464
Here:  $354,464
State:  $702,713

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $353,693
Here:  $353,693
State:  $512,546

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $262,633
Here:  $262,633
State:  $482,470

Mobile homes: $27,044
Here:  $27,044
State:  $59,450

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $23,709
Here:  $23,709
State:  $63,652

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



Owners and renters by unit type in %



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders



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


Sacramento, CA house values


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: 569 people
  • $100 to $149: 284
  • $150 to $199: 758
  • $200 to $249: 1,086
  • $250 to $299: 1,445
  • $300 to $349: 909
  • $350 to $399: 963
  • $400 to $449: 1,054
  • $450 to $499: 2,337
  • $500 to $549: 3,208
  • $550 to $599: 4,252
  • $600 to $649: 4,793
  • $650 to $699: 4,745
  • $700 to $749: 4,611
  • $750 to $799: 4,754
  • $800 to $899: 9,630
  • $900 to $999: 9,859
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 15,200
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 6,097
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 1,996
  • $2,000 or more: 894
  • No cash rent: 1,423
 



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)


Sacramento travel time to work

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%)
 


Sacramento, CA household income

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: $398,615
  • Black or African American householders: $289,544
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $314,844
  • Asian householders: $396,647
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $307,816
  • Some other race householders: $266,493
  • Two or more races householders: $315,687
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $278,862

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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