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Post by qofcc on Jun 14, 2011 20:10:27 GMT -5
Dark's demographic info and comment about his "small town" (LOL) of 50K people got me thinking about looking up my data. How do you stack up against the demographics in your area? For me... County - population 65K Town - population 3k County: Median house value - $110K (ours is closer to $125K) Homeowners 76% (check) Median household income - $50K (we're around $100k) Bachelor's Degree or higher age 25+ 22% (I have an AS and DH has a 6 credit Real Estate cert that he doesn't use) Mean travel time to work - 25min (I travel 25 min, DH 15) White non-hispanic 92% (check) Persons per household 2.5 (currently 3) Sometimes when I hear about the huge salaries and high level of education and expensive houses of most of the people on this board I feel a bit inferior, but when I compare us to our friends and neighbors, we don't seem to be doing much better and in most cases we're doing much better. The census data makes me feel better tonight
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Post by constanz22 on Jun 14, 2011 20:47:41 GMT -5
County-population 40K Town- 1,116 County: Median house value - $127K (mine is right around that) Homeowners 80% (sort of-I am renting to own my parents home, which they own outright, so, yes, I guess) Median household income - $41,514K (I'm around 50K) Bachelor's Degree or higher age 25+ 10% (I have a BS) Mean travel time to work - 28min (I travel 18 miles/22 min-makes sense as that is the closest "city" where most people from here work) White non-hispanic 97.3% (check) Persons per household 2.5 (just me) qofcc, sounds like we could almost be neighbors!
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Jun 14, 2011 20:57:33 GMT -5
50k is a small town. 3k isn't a town or city, it's a village. How do you stack up against the demographics in your area? Population 47,218 Median Age 30.7 (I'm 29 and the wife is 33) Median HH Income $76,371 (We're at $100k) Per Capita Income $25,567 ($25k per capita... we totally overpay the kids) Average HH Income $88,869 (Still $100k) Total Households 13,451 Average Household Size 3.49 (We're at 4) Owner Occupied Housing 65.2% (I guess we'll call it owner occupied, although I'd be shocked if we had any equity so we're just renting from the bank at this point) Renter Occupied Housing 29.9% Vacant Housing Units 4.9% Employed 84.1% (I'm here) Unemployed 15.9% (The wife and kids are here)
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Post by midjd on Jun 14, 2011 21:43:14 GMT -5
Where are you getting this? The 2010 Census site is completely frustrating. ETA: Okay, FINALLY. I used county, because we live out in BFE but about 10 minutes from a "city/town" of 50K. Population 75,360 Median Age 38.5 (DH and I are 27) Median HH Income $44,184 (I gross about $55K) Per Capita Income $21,536 Average HH Income $52,097 Total Households 27,958 Average Household Size 3.7 (we're 2) Owner Occupied Housing 66.9% (yup) Vacant Housing Units 11.8% Employed 65.0% (yup) Mean travel time to work 19.6 minutes (mine's about 60...) Median home value $126,100 (our is $193,000) I guess we're doing OK for our ages. All our immediate neighbors are in their 50s or older, it's nice and quiet
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2011 21:57:44 GMT -5
Total Pop: 1370 Median age: 37.8 Per capita income: 15,400 Household: 33,200 Family: 37,100 Owner Occupied: 66% Renter Occupied: 33% Median value single family owner occupied houses: median value: 77,800
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Jun 14, 2011 22:54:41 GMT -5
Population: 494,665 Median Household Income: $39,327 Unemployment Rate: 17.0% Median Age: 30 Median Home Price: $213,296
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Post by parker1b2 on Jun 14, 2011 23:17:54 GMT -5
My Town info and Demographics:
Population 89,706 (about an additional 20-30k in summer) Median home value $299,900 (our is $325k approx) Median Age 40 (DW and I are 33) Median HH Income $82,137 (we gross about $130K) Per Capita Income $32,092 Total Households 34,388 Average Household Size 2.66 (we're 2) Bachelor's Degree or higher age 25+ 15.7% (Both have Bachelors)
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Post by buster on Jun 15, 2011 0:15:46 GMT -5
County - population 200k+ Town - population 43k
Median owner occupied house value - $976K (currently renting, but this figure is pretty accurate even with today's values) Homeowners 76% Median household income - $127K (got this one beat by a fair amount; not sure how the median household income can afford the median house though) Bachelor's Degree or higher age 25+ 65% (both of us have a BS, currently going for MBA) Mean travel time to work - 29min (about 5-10 minutes) White non-hispanic 80% Persons per household 2.8
And yes, I live in a very expensive "town".
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Post by constanz22 on Jun 15, 2011 5:51:21 GMT -5
midwestern- I used city-data.com. The stats are from 2009, but, close enough...
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Post by qofcc on Jun 15, 2011 9:26:25 GMT -5
50k is a small town. 3k isn't a town or city, it's a village.
3k is the population of the actual township, there are less in the actual village, we live outside of the village in the town. The town and the village have separate governments but share some personnel. Counties are divided into townships. Our county doesn't have any cities and neither do a couple of the adjacent counties. A couple of the surrounding counties have cities of 10-15K. The city I grew up in was about 10K and we lived in a suburb of it. The nearest real city is population 200k+
I know, I know, 3k in California is more likely the population of a housing subdivision, not an entire town, but things are different in the boonies.
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Post by soon2bmomof3 on Jun 15, 2011 9:39:35 GMT -5
I did a search for XX County Demographics and this is what popped up, with the miscellaneous info deleted.
Population, 2010 585,375 Homeownership rate, 2005-2009 82.2% Per capita money income in past 12 months (2009 dollars) 2005-2009 $30,541 Median household income, 2009 $80,548 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009 7.5%
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Post by sheilaincali on Jun 15, 2011 10:31:46 GMT -5
County Population- 64,013 City population- 36,500 (But we have about 10,000 college students not included and are part of a "twin town" and the other city has a population of $13,394)
Median Household Income: $42,979 Median Home Value: $160,600 (ours is valued at $185,000) Percentage of homeowners: 67% Median Age: 25.3 (DH- 38, me- 35, DS 13) % with a high school diploma: 92% (yes) Bachelor's Degree: 30% (yes) Commute time: 17 minutes (if I drop DS off at school yes, if not closer to 8 minutes for me and 5 for DH) White- Non Hispanic: 92.8% Average persons per household: 2.41 (3 of us)
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Post by doxieluvr on Jun 15, 2011 10:52:11 GMT -5
I could only find data from 2000. Estimated Current Population: 18,678 Population: 14,951 White Population: 14,252 Black Population: 399 Hispanic Population: 128 Asian Population: 150 Hawaiian Population: 1 Indian Population: 25 Other Population: 31 Male Population: 7,234 Female Population: 7,717 Avg House Value: $182,000.00 Avg Household Income: $66,352.00 Avg Persons Per Household: 2.80 Median Age: 37.40 Median Age (Male): 36.70 Median Age (Female):
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Post by thyme4change on Jun 15, 2011 12:23:01 GMT -5
I live in the 6th largest metropolitan area in the US, with 3.7Million in the area (about half within the city limits.)
Median house value - $210 - scratch that - $170, nope, $155, wait, still falling, well - let's say $135 - that number expires in 10 minutes.
Homeowners 60% (and falling) Median household income $48,881 Bachelor's Degree or higher age 25+: 27.5% White non-hispanic - 76% Persons per household 2.96
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Post by greenstone on Jun 15, 2011 13:05:16 GMT -5
I am so jealous of some of you, just based on population alone, I feel claustrophobic at times. I wish my job was portable But the area does have some redeeming qualities - can't have everything. County - population 909K (100% urban, 0% rural) Town - population 244K City: Median house value - $165,800 (lower) Homeowners 71% (yep) Median household income - $41K (higher) Bachelor's Degree or higher age 25+ 23% (MS) Mean travel time to work - 23min (15-20min, depending on lights) White non-hispanic 65.2% (yep) Persons per household 2.2 (1 human, 1 feline)
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Post by bean29 on Jun 15, 2011 14:30:56 GMT -5
County Population: 947735 City Population: 32,341
For County: Median Home value: 162,900 (250,000) Median Age: 33.7 (Yeah, add all ages in HH and /4 =31) Median Household Income: 42,012 (well over 100,000) Per Capita Income: 23,670 Total Households: 375,265 Average Household size: 2.67 (4+dog) Bachelor's Degree or Higher 26.8% (DH and I have BS) Unemployed: 8.8 (DH and I are both employed) Median Travel Time to work: 21.4 (DH ~15, ME ~40mins) %White: 58.8 (1 White and 1 Hispanic and 2 Mutts-DH argues they are hispanic)
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Post by bring in the new year on Jun 16, 2011 17:13:52 GMT -5
County pop 972k Township pop 3k Median house value $487k (probably $450k) Homeowners 70% Yes Median household income $93k (Ha! Hahahahahaha) About 50k Bachelor degree or higher 56.10% Yes Mean travel time 33min More like 15min White non hispanic 49.30% Yes Persons per household 2.72 1 Unemployment rate 4.8%
The township was actually a turn of the century suburb which has now been surrounded by the city outgrowth. It's a nice place to live.
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Post by reader79 on Jun 17, 2011 10:24:51 GMT -5
Population - 73,466 Median House Value - $485,042 / Mean $503,642 - Zestimate on our house is $332K % of Renters Here - 77% - my parents have a mortgage Residents with income below the poverty level - 23.1% Median HHI - $36,543 - My income is $58K, parents is between $140-150K Educational Attainment - highest level is Less Than High School with 34%, 16% have Bachelor's Degrees - Dad and I are in the 12% with 1 or more years of College, Mom has a Masters, brother is graduating HS next week. Ethnicity - Black 38.2% - we're mostly this, mom is half German Persons Per Household - 2.9 - 4 currently Unemployment - nope, maybe the brother counts... Registered Sex Offenders - 37 - ewwwwww
I put my zipcode into city-data for the info, it seems mostly right. I am in a Queens neighborhood in NYC.
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Post by kgb18 on Jun 17, 2011 10:33:22 GMT -5
I don't have our county population handy, but according to my government directory, my town has 6,286 people. The town with the largest population in our area has about 10,500 residents.
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