FOCUS : Memories of Times Past
A walk along Placentia’s Santa Fe Avenue district evokes times gone by. Instead of glassy, glitzy malls there are quaint corner taverns, nostalgic family run stores, and old established restaurants--no fern bars here.
The Bradford House is a handsome two-story home build in 1902 by one of Placentia’s founders, Albert Sumner Bradford. A visitor to the historic mansion steps back in time to the era of sprawling orange groves.
While the atmosphere of the past is still dominant, there is a growing movement for development of Placentia’s final two segments of pristine rural land.
Hand-in-hand with the urging for new projects is a joint effort by the city and property owners to spruce up and restore what is theirs.
Government
City Council: John Tynes (mayor), Carol Downey (mayor pro tem), Arthur Newton, Norman Eckenrode, George Ziegler
City Administrator: Robert D’Amato
Fire Chief: county
Chief of Police: Harold A. Fischer
Statistics
Population: (1986 est.) 38,477
Area: 7 square miles
Incorporation: Dec. 2, 1926
Median household income: $38,330
Median home value:$116,555
Racial/ethnic mix: white, 87.7%; Latino, 21.6%; black, 1.6%; other, 10.7% (Total is more than 100% because racial/ethnic breakdowns overlap)
City Services
City Hall (714) 999-8231
410 Chapman Ave.
Police (business) (714) 993-8164
401 E. Chapman Ave.
Fire (business) (714) 744-0400
1503 N. Valencia; 120 S. Bradford
Post Office(714) 993-4244
1400 N. Kraemer Blvd.
In Emergency, Dial 911
Employment status
Employed persons: 17,682
Unemployed:692
Not in labor force:6,054
Per capita income:$9,007
Travel time to work
0-14 minutes: 32.2%
15-29 minutes: 39.2%
30-59 minutes: 21.2%
60+ minutes: 7.5%
Neighborhood mobility Household moved in
Most recent year: 1,074
Last 5 years: 3,048
6-9 years ago: 1,666
10-14 years ago: 1,205
15+ years ago: 936
Population
Median Age: 30.7 years
Education Adults over 25 Years of school completed:
0-11 years: 18.5%
12 years: 30.7%
13-15 years: 25.1%
16+ years: 25.7%
Median years completed: 13.0
Statistics: Donnelley Demographics
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