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- Orinda is 0% more densely populated than Vallejo.
- People are 43.5% more likely to be married in Orinda.
- The Median Age is 9.2 years older in Orinda.
 Vallejo, CAOrinda, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock19,497329,725,481
 Female Population51.2%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population48.8%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock4938.4
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 Population - 2010116,118  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock17,599285,036,114
 Population - 1990109,199  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock11.1%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now10.6%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,516.993.4
 Land Area30.7  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Vallejo, CAOrinda, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.2%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.9%6.1%
 Age 10 to 146.3%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock5.6%3.9%
 Age 18 to 203.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock1.9%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3414.0%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock10.6%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.4%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock9.1%6.7%
 Age 60 to 647.4%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock12.2%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.2%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock2.7%1.9%
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 Race
 Vallejo, CAOrinda, CAUnited States
 White23.5%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock0.6%12.2%
 Asian22.6%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.7%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.1%0.4%
 Two or More Races5.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock6.0%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Vallejo, CAOrinda, CAUnited States
 Married Population46.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock66.1%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock33.0%50.2%
 Never Married36.6%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock5.9%10.8%
 Widowed5.5%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.682.60
 Households43,883  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock5,54780,755,759
     Married couple, w/children27.9%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock47.0%42.9%
 Non Family Households14,322  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock3.6%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 Orinda    3 Reviews

Orinda is an extremely safe, quiet, bucolic place to live. The schools are incredible, parent participation is maximal. It's close to everything and yet has a feeling of  More

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Over 17 years ago

Weather in Orinda is  More

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Over 18 years ago

Being ranked the number one public high school system in California says little for this small rural upscale community. With a high percentage of college graduates with  More

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