MAP: See How Citrus Heights Home Ownership Rates Compare to Nearby Cities

Click on the cities for home ownership details. Red cities have the lowest rates of home ownership. Greener cities have the highest. Yellow & orange fall between. 

Proponents of home ownership argue that it ties people more closely to a community and makes people more invested in taking care of a neighborhood.  

There are many factors that determine how much of a community is made up of homeowners vs. renters - age of the community, income, whether a town is mostly single-family housing or multi-family housing. 

The map above shows the percentage of the town's population that owns a home, based on figures from the 2010 census.  A full window view of the map is available here. Click each city for details. 

Citrus Heights, as the map shows, has a rate of 57.2 percent of the population living in a home they own. Neighborhing cities have higher rates: Rocklin has 69.7 percent and Granite Bay has 89.8 percent and Roseville has 67.7 percent. 

Carmichael is at 56.7 percent. 

Do you think a high level of home ownership is important in a community?  Share your views with us in the comments section.