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Sacramento County Housing Element 2013–2021
INCOME CHARACTERISTICS
The following Table 5‐8 shows that median household incomes decreased
approximately 7 percent countywide between 2000 and 2010 when inflation is
factored. Family households experienced a greater decrease in income than nonfamily
households (7.6 percent versus 4.6 percent). Per capita income also
decreased by almost 9 percent. This decrease in household and family income is
due to the Sacramento region’s economic downturn and the resulting increase in
the number of unemployed in the County.
TABLE 5-8. 2000 Median Income Versus 2010 Median Income (Entire County)
(Adjusted for Inflation - In 2010 Dollars)
Year
Median
Household
Income
Median Family
Income
Median
Nonfamily
Income
Per Capita
Income
2000 $56,782 $65,725 $39,835 $27,398
2010 $52,709 $60,740 $38,018 $25,011
Percent Change
2000 - 2010 -7.2% -7.6% -4.6% -8.7%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; 2000 Decennial Census, 2010 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates.
The unincorporated County’s highest income communities of Rancho Murieta, Gold
River, and Wilton had approximately twice or more the incomes of the lowest
income communities, such as Florin, Parkway–South Sacramento and North
Highlands. Communities with significantly higher than average percentages of lowincome
households were Florin, Foothill Farms, North Highlands and Parkway –
South Sacramento (see Table 5‐9).
TABLE 5-9. COMPARISON OF MEDIAN INCOMES AND PERCENT
LOW INCOME BY COMMUNITY (2008)
Community Areas
Median Income
Percent Low Income
(Estimate) (1)
Arden-Arcade $48,434 46.8%
Carmichael $57,373 39.8%
Fair Oaks $77,805 29.2%
Florin $38,362 55.4%
Foothill Farms $46,106 48.4%
Gold River $107,277 15.0%
North Highlands $41,265 53.9%
Orangevale $71,325 30.4%
Parkway-South Sacramento $35,846 61.2%
Rancho Murieta $109,141 15.4%
Rio Linda $62,152 39.2%
Rosemont $56,446 38.8%
Vineyard $87,188 23.1%
Wilton $105,660 20.4%
Entire County $56,799 39.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 – 2009 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
(1) Percent of households who earned less than 80 percent of the median family income for
Sacramento County based on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s income
guidelines in 2009.
Population and Household Characteristics 5-8
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