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Fullerton, California

Introduction to Fullerton, California

Founded in 1887, Fullerton is a city in Southern California in northern Orange County. It is a city of over 131,000 people. Fullerton is approximately thirty minutes southeast of Los Angeles and ten minutes north of Anaheim.

Nearby Los Angeles was ranked in the top thirty "Most Fun U.S. Cities" in a study conducted by Cranium, Inc. in 2004. San Diego, an hour and forty minutes south of Fullerton, was ranked eighteenth in the same study. Orange County, California was named as one of the "Top 25 Cities for Doing Business in America" by Inc. magazine in 2004.

Fullerton has a dry climate, with warm summers that have average daily temperatures in the mid-eighties (degrees Fahrenheit). Winter temperatures average in the high sixties and low seventies (degrees Fahrenheit)..

Fullerton Arts, Culture, and Entertainment

Residents of Fullerton have easy access to all of the entertainment offerings of nearby Anaheim and Los Angeles. Some of the more notable attractions in and near Fullerton include:

  • The Brea Dam Recreational Area
  • Disneyland
  • Knott's Berry Farm
  • The Muckenthaler Cultural Center
  • The Fullerton Arboretum
  • The Fullerton Civic Light Opera
  • The Fullerton Museum Center

Fullerton is home to an independent minor league baseball team, the Fullerton Flyers, who play in the Golden Baseball League. Close proximity to Anaheim and Los Angeles also offers access to the following professional sports teams:

  • The Arena Football League's (AFL) Los Angeles Avengers.
  • Major League Baseball's (MLB) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • Minor League Baseball's (MiLB) Lake Elsinore Storm who play forty-five minutes southeast in Lake Elsinore, California. The Storm are a Class A Advanced affiliate of the San Diego Padres.
  • Major League Soccer's (MLS) Club Deportivo Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy.
  • The National Basketball Association's (NBA) Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers.
  • The National Hockey League's (NHL) Anaheim Might Ducks and Los Angeles Kings.
  • The United Soccer League's (USL) Premier Development League Los Angeles Storm, Orange County Blue Star, and Southern California Seahorses.
  • The WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.

High Points

Fullerton strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in California):

CategoryTrophy
Racial Diversity
(vs. Peers)
Top 10%Fullerton Racial Diversity
Low Violent Crime
(vs. Peers)
Top 12%Fullerton Low Violent Crime
Median Family Income
(vs. Peers)
Top 15%Fullerton Median Family Income
Walking and Biking to Work
(vs. Peers)
Top 17%Fullerton Walking and Biking to Work

Comparative Profile of Fullerton, CA

Comparing Fullerton to similar size places nationwide (Peers) and to other places in California (State):

Ratings range from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).


The People

CharacteristicCompared
to Peers
Compared
to State
Racial Diversity1010
Well-Paid Single Men87
Well-Paid Single Women77
Male Share of the Population76
Senior Citizens66
Age of the Population65
Children Under 5 Years Old45
Female Share of the Population45

Families

CharacteristicCompared
to Peers
Compared
to State
Average Household Size86
Portion of People Married84

Wealth

CharacteristicCompared
to Peers
Compared
to State
Median Family Income96
People Above Poverty86
College Educated Adults87
People in Middle Class or Better86

Commute & Sprawl

CharacteristicCompared
to Peers
Compared
to State
Walking and Biking to Work98
Public Transportation Use68
Working at Home53
Short Commute Times24

Housing

CharacteristicCompared
to Peers
Compared
to State
Studio & One-Bedroom Rentals89
Housing Recently Built54
Affordability of Property Taxes45
People Living Alone36
Seasonal and Vacation Housing23
Affordability of Rents24

Crime

CharacteristicCompared
to Peers
Compared
to State
Low Violent Crime96
Low Property Crime95

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