Population to Peak at 50,000, Study Says

Population in the city is expected to peak at 50,000 in about five years, according to a report to the City Council.

The council, acting in its role as the Cypress Redevelopment Agency, received the annual report Dec. 12 as part of its year-end briefing on the status of renovation efforts in various parts of the city.

In an analysis of population trends, the report concluded that Cypress, which currently has a population of 44,950, will add about 5,000 new residents by the year 2000. After the year 2000, the number of residents in the city will slowly begin to decline.

The report predicted that by the year 2010, Cypress is expected to have a population of just over 48,000.

“Explaining this decline is the trend toward fewer persons per household, combined with a flattening out of new housing growth in Cypress,” the report said.

The population growth predicted in the city until the year 2000 will come from new residential construction in a 144-acre area formerly used as an oil storage tank farm, the report said.

The study noted that Cypress has largely been built out and that new housing, including the construction expected on the old oil-storage site, will be accomplished by “recycling” of properties.

The city is exceeding state-imposed quotas for providing affordable housing for low-income and very low-income families, according to the report.

But it still is slightly short of its quota for moderate-income housing, the study said.