California Zoning

California Land Area Statistics

California United States
Total Square Miles 163,694.74 3,796,742.23
Land Square Miles 155,779.22 3,531,905.43
Percentage of Land 95.16% 93.02%
Water Square Miles 7,915.52 264,836.79
Percentage of Water 4.84% 6.98%

California Housing Statistics

California United States
Total Housing Units 14,512,149 142,148,050
Housing Units per Square Mile 88.65 37.44
Occupied housing units 92.5% 89.7%
Vacant housing units 7.5% 10.3%
Homeowner vacancy rate 0.7 0.9
Rental vacancy rate 4.1 5.2

California Housing Types

California United States
1-unit, detached 57.2% 61.8%
1-unit, attached 7.5% 6.2%
2-units 2.3% 3.3%
3 or 4 units 5.4% 4.3%
5 to 9 units 5.7% 4.5%
10 to 19 units 4.8% 4.2%
20+ units 13.4% 10.0%
Mobile home 3.5% 5.6%
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0.1% 0.1%

California Housing Year Built

California United States
Built 2020 or later 0.6% 0.8%
Built 2010 to 2019 6.6% 9.6%
Built 2000 to 2009 11.2% 13.9%
Built 1990 to 1999 10.1% 12.3%
Built 1980 to 1989 15.0% 13.0%
Built 1970 to 1979 17.0% 14.4%
Built 1960 to 1969 12.4% 10.0%
Built 1950 to 1959 12.6% 9.7%
Built 1940 to 1949 5.6% 4.6%
Built 1939 or earlier 8.9% 11.9%

California Housing Occupancies

California United States
Occupied housing units 13,429,063 127,544,730
Owner-occupied units 7,502,706 83,396,988
Owner-occupied 55.9% 65.4%
Renter-occupied 44.1% 34.6%
Avg. Household Size - Owners 2.96 2.65
Avg. Household Size - Renters 2.73 2.33

California Home Values

California United States
Less than $50,000 2.8% 6.0%
$50,000 to $99,999 1.9% 7.9%
$100,000 to $149,000 1.5% 8.9%
$150,000 to $199,999 1.8% 11.2%
$200,000 to $299,999 6.2% 19.5%
$300,000 to $499,999 20.6% 24.5%
$500,000 to $999,999 42.2% 17.0%
$1,000,000 or more 23.1% 5.0%
Median $648,100 $281,400