| What happens when you own California land and the | | | | 02.95% 86760 02.47% 02.68% |
| population around it rises? It means new jobs are | | | | 63 10 Kings County 131935 134543 01.98% 138708 |
| coming into the area. What else? Buy and Sell Land | | | | 03.10% 142561 02.78% 02.62% |
| California When does California land increase in value? | | | | 64 11 Tulare County 374023 381280 01.94% 391084 |
| What happens when you own California land and the | | | | 02.57% 401502 02.66% 02.39% |
| population around it rises? It means new jobs are | | | | 65 12 El Dorado County 161397 165767 02.71% |
| coming into the area. What else? Money is going into | | | | 169199 02.07% 172889 02.18% 02.32% |
| the local economy. New infrastructures are grabbing | | | | 66 13 Stanislaus County 465287 480233 03.21% |
| their blue suede shoes and jumping onto the real | | | | 491014 02.24% 498355 01.50% 02.32% |
| estate dance floor including business centers, | | | | 67 14 Sacramento County 1266480 1301716 02.78% |
| manufacturing industries and energy plants. | | | | 1330730 02.23% 1352445 01.63% 02.21% |
| Surrounding California homes, schools, parks, hospitals, | | | | 68 15 Fresno County 814688 832057 02.13% 850650 |
| and shopping malls are blossoming! As the local | | | | 02.23% 866772 01.90% 02.09% |
| economy expands recreational centers emerge such | | | | 69 16 Lake County 60611 62274 02.74% 63397 |
| as golf courses and theatres. Artists then depict the | | | | 01.80% 64446 01.65% 02.07% |
| convergence of old local customs and new city styles | | | | 70 17 Shasta County 167269 171923 02.78% 175654 |
| and guess what? You make money! Not only is being | | | | 02.17% 177816 01.23% 02.06% |
| in the middle of this California land development | | | | 71 18 Colusa County 19138 19370 01.21% 19755 |
| exciting, but most importantly, you stand a good | | | | 01.99% 20339 02.96% 02.05% |
| chance of making money on your land for sale in | | | | 72 19 Imperial County 143715 145702 01.38% 148924 |
| California above what you paid. | | | | 02.21% 152448 02.37% 01.99% |
| Simple supply and demand economics shows that the | | | | 73 20 Tehama County 56816 57652 01.47% 58892 |
| opposite holds true when people begin to leave an | | | | 02.15% 60075 02.01% 01.88% |
| area. For example, when the devastative Hurricane | | | | The noticable trend is that the counties closest to |
| Katrina swept through New Orleans, Louisiana, it | | | | the real estate in Los Angeles County CA and the |
| caused the real estate market there to crash | | | | San Francisco Bay area experienced the most |
| because everyone had to flee. | | | | growth. Placer County and Riverside County real |
| Knowledge of population patterns is very important | | | | estate are the top two areas with the fastest |
| to buy land California and sell land California. The chart | | | | population increases in recent years, growing at an |
| below shows how the total population of California | | | | average pace of about 5% a year. Both are adjacent |
| has increased at an average rate of over 1% a year | | | | to the major metroplis centers Los Angeles and San |
| between 2001-2004. California State Population | | | | Francisco. Placer County is adjacent to the Bay area |
| Statistics 2001-2004: | | | | and Sacramento County CA. Riverside land CA is a |
| 2001 2002 % Change 2003 % Change 2004 % | | | | stone's throw from Los Angeles County land. The |
| Change Average Growth Rate over 3 Years | | | | top 3-5 spots (Madera County CA, Calaveras County |
| California 34532163 34988261 01.32% 35462712 | | | | CA, and San Joaquin CA) are also in Northern |
| 01.36% 35893799 01.22% 01.30% | | | | California farther out from the expensive San |
| California's growth rate of over 1.3% shows that | | | | Francisco area. They enjoy an average growth rate |
| more people are moving into California than are | | | | of about 3%. The 6-7 spots still around 3% growth a |
| leaving. As a result, the price of land continues to rise | | | | year (San Bernardindo County CA real estate and |
| everywhere. However, even if this ceased to | | | | Kern County real estate) are attached to the |
| continue there will always be certain areas where | | | | The next chart below shows the population growth |
| California land will increase in value. Looking at Land | | | | patterns for the state of California by the top 20 |
| Lots for Sale California by County Population | | | | slowest growing counties: |
| Statistics 2001-2004: | | | | Top 20 Slowest Growing Counties in the state of |
| The following chart below shows the population | | | | California |
| growth patterns for land lots for sale California by | | | | 77 Bottom 20 County Name 2001 2002 % Change |
| the 20 biggest counties in the state: | | | | 2003 % Change 2004 % Change Average Growth |
| Largest 20 Counties in the state of California by | | | | Rateover 3 Years |
| Percent of Los Angeles | | | | 78 1 San Benito County 54994 55686 01.26% 56187 |
| 2 Top 20 County Name 2004 % size of Los Angeles | | | | 00.90% 56243 00.10% 00.75% |
| County | | | | 79 2 Plumas County 20901 21012 00.53% 21198 |
| 3 1 Los Angeles County 9937739 100.00% | | | | 00.89% 21359 00.76% 00.73% |
| 4 2 Orange County 2987591 30.06% | | | | 80 3 Solano County 404555 409503 01.22% 411636 |
| 5 3 San Diego County 2931714 29.50% | | | | 00.52% 412970 00.32% 00.69% |
| 6 4 San Bernardino County 1921131 19.33% | | | | 81 4 Mendocino County 86946 87599 00.75% 88476 |
| 7 5 Riverside County 1871950 18.84% | | | | 01.00% 88551 00.08% 00.61% |
| 8 6 Santa Clara County 1685188 16.96% | | | | 82 5 Siskiyou County 44109 44231 00.28% 44630 |
| 9 7 Alameda County 1455235 14.64% | | | | 00.90% 44891 00.58% 00.59% |
| 10 8 Sacramento County 1352445 13.61% | | | | 83 6 Monterey County 408258 411578 00.81% |
| 11 9 Contra Costa County 1009144 10.15% | | | | 414423 00.69% 414629 00.05% 00.52% |
| 12 10 Fresno County 866772 08.72% | | | | 84 7 San Luis Obispo County 250867 252055 00.47% |
| 13 11 Ventura County 797699 08.03% | | | | 253072 00.40% 254566 00.59% 00.49% |
| 14 12 San Francisco County 744230 07.49% | | | | 85 8 Humboldt County 126695 127424 00.58% |
| 15 13 Kern County 734846 07.39% | | | | 127908 00.38% 128529 00.49% 00.48% |
| 16 14 San Mateo County 699216 07.04% | | | | 86 9 Inyo County 17997 18299 01.68% 18364 |
| 17 15 San Joaquin County 649868 06.54% | | | | 00.36% 18244 -00.65% 00.46% |
| 18 16 Stanislaus County 498355 05.01% | | | | 87 10 Sonoma County 465724 465902 00.04% |
| 19 17 Sonoma County 468450 04.71% | | | | 467304 00.30% 468450 00.25% 00.19% |
| 20 18 Monterey County 414629 04.17% | | | | 88 11 Santa Barbara County 400816 401481 00.17% |
| 21 19 Solano County 412970 04.16% | | | | 402795 00.33% 401851 -00.23% 00.09% |
| 22 20 Santa Barbara County 401851 04.04% | | | | 89 12 Santa Clara County 1690090 1674598 -00.92% |
| Notice how Los Angeles county real estate dwarfs | | | | 1675915 00.08% 1685188 00.55% -00.09% |
| the other counties by the size of its population. | | | | 90 13 Marin County 248399 247191 -00.49% 246635 |
| Orange County real estate holds the second largest | | | | -00.22% 246045 -00.24% -00.32% |
| population size. Southern California real estate as a | | | | 91 14 Mono County 12897 12997 00.78% 12831 |
| whole has 6 for 6 counties on the list of most | | | | -01.28% 12766 -00.51% -00.34% |
| populated counties in California, however 7-10 is | | | | 92 15 Alameda County 1470528 1463948 -00.45% |
| dominated by counties in the Northern California real | | | | 1458749 -00.36% 1455235 -00.24% -00.35% |
| estate hemisphere, so they are right there too. The | | | | 93 16 Sierra County 3528 3499 -00.82% 3546 |
| weather is what continues to be the deciding factor | | | | 01.34% 3490 -01.58% -00.35% |
| for people moving to Southern California. | | | | 94 17 Alpine County 1204 1216 01.00% 1188 -02.30% |
| The next chart below shows the population growth | | | | 1190 00.17% -00.38% |
| trends for the state of California by the top 20 | | | | 95 18 San Mateo County 707417 701271 -00.87% |
| fastest growing counties: | | | | 699094 -00.31% 699216 00.02% -00.39% |
| Top 20 Fastest Growing Counties in the state of | | | | 96 19 Santa Cruz County 255339 253352 -00.78% |
| California | | | | 251725 -00.64% 250633 -00.43% -00.62% |
| 53 Top 20 County Name 2001 2002 % Change 2003 | | | | 97 20 San Francisco County 774479 761983 -01.61% |
| % Change 2004 % Change Average Growth | | | | 751908 -01.32% 744230 -01.02% -01.32% |
| Rateover 3 Years | | | | The most noticable pattern is the exodus from San |
| 54 1 Placer County 264874 279011 05.34% 293630 | | | | Francisco County CA real estate. "Your prices are |
| 05.24% 307004 04.55% 05.04% | | | | killing me Larry!" That's because the average price of |
| 55 2 Riverside County 1620834 1694623 04.55% | | | | a home in San Francisco in 2006 was above |
| 1782822 05.20% 1871950 05.00% 04.92% | | | | $650,000. Out of all the counties in California, San |
| 56 3 Madera County 125880 128815 02.33% 133696 | | | | Francisco had the worst population growth rate at |
| 03.79% 138951 03.93% 03.35% | | | | negative 1%. Yet, I can vouch for those going to the |
| 57 4 Calaveras County 41774 43143 03.28% 44727 | | | | county, because the views are spectacular in San |
| 03.67% 45939 02.71% 03.22% | | | | Francisco and the people are great, they are very |
| 58 5 San Joaquin County 593079 612564 03.29% | | | | smart and stylishly astute. Stylishly.... hmmm Is that a |
| 631876 03.15% 649868 02.85% 03.10% | | | | word? Maybe it will be legit some day! Santa Barbara |
| 59 6 San Bernardino County 1765578 1808893 | | | | in Southern California also experienced a decrease in |
| 02.45% 1862195 02.95% 1921131 03.16% 02.85% | | | | population size probably for the same reason as San |
| 60 7 Kern County 675859 693060 02.55% 713445 | | | | Francisco, wow what a beautiful place Santa Barbara |
| 02.94% 734846 03.00% 02.83% | | | | has become, and by the way it tops the list of the |
| 61 8 Merced County 218189 224934 03.09% 231397 | | | | best luxury homes in California with the highest |
| 02.87% 237005 02.42% 02.80% | | | | average sales price for California homes in the |
| 62 9 Sutter County 80138 82247 02.63% 84670 | | | | Southern California region at $1,190,000. |