Community Corner
MAP: See How Fair Oaks & Carmichael Home Ownership Rates Compare to Nearby Cities
The map below shows the percentage of a city's population that owns a home.
Click on the cities for home ownership details. Red cities have the lowest rates of home ownership. Greener cities have the highest. Yellow & orange fall between.
Proponents of home ownership argue that it ties people more closely to a community and makes people more invested in taking care of a neighborhood.
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There are many factors that determine how much of a community is made up of homeowners vs. renters - age of the community, income, whether a town is mostly single-family housing or multi-family housing.
The map above shows the percentage of the town's population that owns a home, based on figures from the 2010 census. A full window view of the map is available here. Click each city for details.
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Fair Oaks has a homeownership rate of 60 percent. Carmichael is at 56.7 percent.
Surrounding cities are a bit higher. Rocklin is 69.7 percent and Roseville has 67.7 percent. Citrus Heights, however, is at 57.2 percent.
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