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Alameda County (North Central)--Castro Valley, San Lorenzo & Ashland PUMA, CA

145,149 Population
58.1 square miles 2,497.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,478 ±$1,227 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in California: $38,576 ±$120
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$91,910 ±$3,160 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $78,672 ±$270
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

9.7% ±1.3% (13,812  ±1,859) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 12.6% 4,853,434 (±0.1% / ±39,919)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

35.1 minutes ±0.5 (2,264,915  ±64,757) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.8 498,276,585 (±0.1 / ±1,174,085)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

47,212 ±853 Number of households
  • California: 13,103,114 ±18,542
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
3 ±0.1 (142,378  ±1,798) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,521,288
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.3% ±0.8% (1,522  ±280) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 463,780 (±0.1% / ±5,839)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

48,859 ±853 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,210,945 ±1,339
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$695,900 ±$9,363 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $538,500 ±$1,127
  • more than double the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

8% ±1% (11,518  ±1,398.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 12.4% 4,842,940 (±0.1% / ±30,091.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

85.4% ±1.8% (89,276  ±2,331.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in California: 83.9% 22,378,605 (±0.2% / ±40,789.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
32.6% ±1.3% (34,042  ±1,404.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in California: 34.7% 9,256,873 (±0.1% / ±25,121.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

44.7% ±2% (61,283  ±2,858.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about the same as the rate in California: 43.9% 16,211,086 (±0.1% / ±49,668.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

30.8% ±1.2% (44,686  ±1,766) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 26.6% 10,463,818 (±0.1% / ±35,653)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

4.6% ±0.5% (5,255  ±565) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 5% 1,525,746 (±0% / ±9,062)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
5,255 Total veterans ±565 4,863 Male ±510 392 Female ±155

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