tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28861749.post7499486696090036051..comments2023-12-25T05:27:28.393-08:00Comments on goddess of pomona: Pomona 2007: Hope Love PeaceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28861749.post-27908980842790353082007-12-19T09:10:00.000-08:002007-12-19T09:10:00.000-08:00Just for referencePomonaMedian income: family $410...Just for reference<BR/><BR/>Pomona<BR/>Median income: family $41000 female $26000<BR/>Poverty: 22%population 17% families<BR/>Housing: 57% own 43% rent<BR/>Couples heading families:70%<BR/>Households w/o father nor mother:10%<BR/><BR/>Upland<BR/>Median income: family $57000 female $30000<BR/>Poverty:12% population, 9% families<BR/>Housing: 59% own 41% rent<BR/>Couples heading families: 67%<BR/>Households w/o father nor mother:8%<BR/><BR/>Ontario<BR/>Med income: family $44000 female $26000<BR/>Poverty:16% population, 12% families <BR/>Housing: 58% own, 42% rent<BR/>Couples heading families: 70%<BR/>Households w/o father nor mother:10%<BR/><BR/>Pasadena:<BR/>Med Income: family $54000 female $36000<BR/>Poverty: 16% population 12% families<BR/>Housing: 54% own 46% rent<BR/>Couples heading families: 68%<BR/>Households w/o father nor mother:9%Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28861749.post-89422106636097916122007-12-19T08:16:00.000-08:002007-12-19T08:16:00.000-08:00I'll take a stab at this.Median family incomeThey ...I'll take a stab at this.<BR/>Median family income<BR/>They say $30000, but actually it's $41,000. The median income for females is $26,000, but I don't know if that applies to families headed by females. By comparison, Claremont's median family income is $78,000 and full-time female income is $38,000.<BR/><BR/>Poverty level<BR/>They are right, 22% of the pop is below the poverty level, 17% of families are below.<BR/><BR/>Housing (rent vs own)<BR/>These numbers are correct, 57% own 43% rent (Claremont is 67% and 33%). Lots of apartments vs condos, I guess. Should we support condo conversions?<BR/><BR/>Racial demographics<BR/>I have approx. 17% anglo, not 9.6%<BR/><BR/>Couples heading families:<BR/>70% of families with children under 18 are lead by married couple, not 54.6% (Claremont is 75%).<BR/><BR/>Households without father nor mother (20%)<BR/>I think they really goofed on this one. I can only approx. that number if I look at adults not living with their mother or father. For my estimates of Pomona, 10% of children live with relatives and for comparison, 7% in Claremont.<BR/><BR/>I won't comment on the crime and education numbers because of their dynamic nature...and I'm tired.<BR/><BR/>I can't comment on their "poorest section" of the city, since they didn't provide a specific location. In their defense, the census data isn't easy to decipher (so you may want to check my numbers). I do want to add that this pastor is commonly quoted in the newspaper, so I hope he isn't slanting the data to support an agenda.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the real lesson we should derive is how our perceptions may lead us to misread/misinterpret data. We all do it. Is Pomona a crime-plagued, poor city, or is it an economically and racially diverse, urban city? I'm going to use David Allen's rose-colored glasses for this one.<BR/><BR/>Btw, I relied on 2000 census data.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com