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Vallejo, CA vs El Cerrito, CA

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- El Cerrito is 0% more densely populated than Vallejo.
- People are 18.0% more likely to be married in El Cerrito.
- The Median Age is 2.2 years older in El Cerrito.
 Vallejo, CAEl Cerrito, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock25,898329,725,481
 Female Population51.2%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population48.8%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock4238.4
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 Population - 2010116,118  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock23,171285,036,114
 Population - 1990109,199  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock9.6%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now10.6%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock7,081.893.4
 Land Area30.7  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Vallejo, CAEl Cerrito, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.2%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock4.7%6.1%
 Age 10 to 146.3%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock2.3%3.9%
 Age 18 to 203.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock3.9%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3414.0%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock17.7%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.4%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.2%6.7%
 Age 60 to 647.4%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock11.8%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.2%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock2.6%1.9%
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 Race
 Vallejo, CAEl Cerrito, CAUnited States
 White23.5%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock4.2%12.2%
 Asian22.6%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.3%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.7%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.7%0.4%
 Two or More Races5.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock12.5%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Vallejo, CAEl Cerrito, CAUnited States
 Married Population46.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock53.8%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock44.9%50.2%
 Never Married36.6%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock8.5%10.8%
 Widowed5.5%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.442.60
 Households43,883  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock6,66280,755,759
     Married couple, w/children27.9%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock47.5%42.9%
 Non Family Households14,322  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock7.7%15.8%
     Single householder, no children13.5%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Vallejo    32 Reviews

Over 6 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 8 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 8 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 El Cerrito    1 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

El Cerrito is inexpensive to live in and close to where interesting things are happening. On the whole there isn't much to do here, with the obvious exception being the  More

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