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Vallejo, CA vs Alameda, CA

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- Alameda is 0% more densely populated than Vallejo.
- People are 13.4% more likely to be married in Alameda.
- The Median Age is 0.8 years older in Alameda.
 Vallejo, CAAlameda, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock78,320329,725,481
 Female Population51.2%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population48.8%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock40.638.4
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 Population - 2010116,118  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock72,259285,036,114
 Population - 1990109,199  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock9.1%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now10.6%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock7,500.593.4
 Land Area30.7  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock12.7264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Vallejo, CAAlameda, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.2%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock6.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 146.3%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.2%3.9%
 Age 18 to 203.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock3.3%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3414.0%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock15.8%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.4%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.3%6.7%
 Age 60 to 647.4%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock10.9%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.2%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock2.3%1.9%
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 Race
 Vallejo, CAAlameda, CAUnited States
 White23.5%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock6.0%12.2%
 Asian22.6%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.3%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.7%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock1.1%0.4%
 Two or More Races5.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock12.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Vallejo, CAAlameda, CAUnited States
 Married Population46.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock51.6%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock47.1%50.2%
 Never Married36.6%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock9.1%10.8%
 Widowed5.5%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.532.60
 Households43,883  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock19,00280,755,759
     Married couple, w/children27.9%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock40.9%42.9%
 Non Family Households14,322  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock11.7%15.8%
     Single householder, no children13.5%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Vallejo    32 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

If you move to Vallejo, you will quickly realize that you're paying a lot of money to live in well-polished squalor. I moved to Vallejo in mid-2008 just as the city  More

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Over 7 years ago

I would love to live in a place where there are not fireworks all year round or gunshots every night. Police are understaffed and overworked and this is coming from a  More

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Over 7 years ago

I've lived in Vallejo for 5 years I moved here from Alameda California where I spent about 3 years and before that was in Seattle for 18 years. People said to  More

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Reviews for Alameda    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Having been born here & 70 now I have watched firsthand, a small, quiet town ruined by excessive building, overcrowding and far too many restaurants for a city this  More

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Enjoy the immense benefit to having a close-knit community with main-street USA feel less than 10 miles from the resources of several urban and education  More

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Alameda, CA is a unique town here in the Bay Area. Perhaps because it is an island, or perhaps because for many decades it was a U.S. Army base, the city has never  More

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