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