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Chico, CA vs Happy Valley, OR

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- Happy Valley is 0% more densely populated than Chico.
- People are 57.4% more likely to be married in Happy Valley.
- The Median Age is 8.7 years older in Happy Valley.
 Chico, CAHappy Valley, ORUnited States
 Population  Unlock23,442329,725,481
 Female Population51.0%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.0%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock3938.4
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 Population - 201089,049  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock4,519285,036,114
 Population - 199040,079  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock426.2%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now156.7%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock2,641.193.4
 Land Area33.5  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Chico, CAHappy Valley, ORUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.1%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock9.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 145.1%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock5.4%3.9%
 Age 18 to 208.7%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock3.7%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3415.2%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock15.9%12.9%
 Age 45 to 549.5%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.2%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.1%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock7.7%9.6%
 Age 75 to 843.3%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock2.3%1.9%
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 Race
 Chico, CAHappy Valley, ORUnited States
 White68.5%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock0.9%12.2%
 Asian4.8%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.3%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock1.6%0.4%
 Two or More Races4.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock6.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Chico, CAHappy Valley, ORUnited States
 Married Population37.0%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock58.0%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.8%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock41.7%50.2%
 Never Married48.2%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock8.7%10.8%
 Widowed4.6%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock3.152.60
 Households41,787  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock5,97880,755,759
     Married couple, w/children27.9%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock42.0%42.9%
 Non Family Households19,586  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock12.7%15.8%
     Single householder, no children12.8%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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Reviews for Happy Valley    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Happy Valley, OR is a great place to live. Just east of Portland its on a hill where you could see the beautiful city(Portland) in the valley. All the beautiful lights  More

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Over 14 years ago

Left NYC and moved straight to Portland 5 years ago. I'm in early 40s with kids and wife and they love it here  More

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Over 15 years ago

Damascus is a quiet community just East of Portland. We are close to Gresham, Clackamas, and Boring/Sandy. There is farm land out this way, nice friendly people and the  More

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