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Los Alamitos, CA - 90720 Neighborhood Details

Demographics Zip 90720 County National
Neighborhood type City Neighborhood
Population 23,456 3,105,556 281,522,000
Pop. density - The number of residents per square mile of area. 3,804.5 5,700.5 79.6
Percent male 48.2% 50.4% 49.1%
Percent female 51.9% 49.6% 50.9%
Median age 41.0 34.6 37.6
People per household 2.7 2.9 2.6
Percent married 59.1% 51.7% 58.3%
Percent single 40.9% 48.3% 41.6%
Median household income - The median income of all households in the geographic area. The median is the middle value when all are arranged from highest to lowest. $74,185 $73,917 $41,994
Avg. income per capita - The average income of every resident of a geographic area $36,607 $35,856 $21,587
Crime zip 90720 County National
Violent crime risk index 3.0 3.4 3.0
Property crime risk index 5.0 4.3 3.2
Housing zip 90720 County National
Median home value $869,200 $530,000 $185,400
Percent owning home 64.3% 58.0% 63.4%
Percent renting home 34.2% 35.7% 21.7%
Percent homes vacant 1.6% 6.3% 14.8%
Percent commuting by bus 0.9% 1.9% 2.0%
Percent commuting by carpool 8.4% 12.8% 14.6%
Percent commuting by auto 84.2% 78.1% 71.6%
Percent working at home 3.2% 3.0% 5.6%
Education zip 90720 County National
High school graduates 91.0% 86.6% 80.4%
College degree - 2 year 9.0% 13.7% 8.2%
College degree - 4 year 24.3% 31.1% 14.9%
Graduate degree 14.6% 14.1% 7.0%
Expenditures per student $5,149 $4,757 $5,896
Students per teacher 21.5 21.8 16.0
Students per librarian 931 54,184 934
Students per guidance counselor 1,274 1,972 560
Economy zip 90720 County National
Unemployment rate 3.8% 2.9% 5.4%
Recent Job Growth 3.2% 1.8% 1.8%
Future Job Growth 8.1% 12.6% 10.5%
Sales tax 7.750% 7.8% 5.6%
Income tax 6.0% 6.0% 5.0%
Cost of living index 210 168 100
Health zip 90720 County National
Air quality - The Air Quality index, based on annual reports from the EPA. 1 to 100, where higher values are better. The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. 2.0 2.0 47.9
Watershed quality - A measure of the quality of an area's water supply as rated by the EPA. 1 to 100, where higher values are better. The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. 65.0 65.0 54.2
Physicians per capita 261.6 263.2 168.5
Health cost index - The Cost of Health Care Index is calculated using the standard daily rate for a hospital room, and the costs of a doctor's office visit and a dental checkup. Patterned after the Cost of Living index, the national average is 100. 119.1 119.5 100.0
Superfund site index 10.0 10.0 70.7
UV index - The risk of overexposure to Ultraviolet radiation, where 10 represents the greatest danger. 5.9 5.9 4.3
Climate zip 90720 County National
Altitude 2 2 48
Rainfall (inches annually) 17.1 13.1 38.8
Snowfall (inches annually) 0.0 0.0 24.4
January avg. low temp. 38.9 45.4 21.6
July avg. high temp. 82.2 81.2 86.4
Days of precipitation annually 32 32 112
Days mostly sunny annually 278 278 205
Comfort index - Higher values indicate a more comfortable climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people. 52.0 54.5 44.2


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