UPWARD BOUND: Inflation is one reason families...

UPWARD BOUND: Inflation is one reason families here are making more money, above, but a bigger factor is the cost of housing, says county government analyst Bill Gayk. . . . “Just trying to qualify for housing in Orange County virtually requires two incomes,” he says, and without them, you live somewhere else. . . . “Put two professional salaries together and you get $100,000 or more,” he says.

Household Income Percentage of Orange County households with income of more than $100,000 1980: 1% ‘90: 9% ‘95: 16% Source: Census Bureau, National Planning Data Corp.