California · Census place 57526
Placentia city, CA
Quick answer
Placentia city has 52,384 residents, ranking #178 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $110,575, the median home is worth $871,000 and median gross rent runs $2,267 a month.
- Population
- 52,384Placentia city residents
- Median household income
- $110,575Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $871,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,267Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 38 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 63.3%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Placentia city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Placentia city median would spend about 24.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 7.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.5% of residents and 63.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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- Huntington Park city 53,658
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