Datazins

Helping to create a more informed community through regular data postings about San Carlos, CA. Maintained by Andy Krackov. www.datazins.com

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See the breakdowns and the explanation for the decrease in traffic injuries/deaths in San Carlos. 

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There’s talk that the real estate market along the Peninsula in the Bay Area may be softening ever so slightly, and while Belmont is showing some early signs of a return to less-crazy, things still seem overheated in San Carlos, where both the city’s average and median just topped the $1.5 million mark for single-family homes. See how home prices in Belmont and San Carlos compare »

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Think there are more pizzerias in San Carlos, CA than Chinese restaurants? And do Japanese restaurants outnumber bakeries? See the full breakdown in the 2nd annual restaurant census for San Carlos, with results presented as a treemap. www.datazins.com

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Want to know what's going on with the red-hot real estate market in Silicon Valley? Consider these 3 facts (and a few graphs) for San Carlos and Belmont.

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Open space is getting a fair bit of attention as the San Carlos City Council considers a land swap with the San Carlos School District. So just how much open space is there in the city? Turns out there's about 135 acres of city-owned parks that are open to the public. See how that compares to nearby communities.  

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A New York Times map published last week uses data from Facebook to determine what baseball teams are popular where, including in San Carlos. Not surprisingly, San Carlos residents heavily favor the Giants, but what's most interesting is to see where exactly in California Giants orange fades to Dodger blue. 

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The City of San Carlos and the San Carlos School District are considering a land swap to address each other's (and the community's) needs. See a summary of what's under consideration, and view the numbers driving this decision.

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Something must be more crazy than usual in our off-the-charts real estate market: The local realtor bloggers I follow have been posting blogs lately on how over-heated the market now is. See  the facts behind what these realtors are seeing...

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On the agenda for the San Carlos City Council's March 10 meeting is a report on police services in the city. The summary from that report includes some interesting stats about crime in our city.

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Earlier this week, Yelp came out with their list of the top 100 restaurants in the nation, based, of course, on Yelp ratings. See which ones in the Bay Area made the cut, as well as a more localized list of the top restaurants in San Carlos.

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When the recession hit the Peninsula a few years ago, some communities were hit harder than others. There was one constant, however: Every San Mateo County city but one saw the unemployment rate at least double. See the data: www.datazins.com

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A map of what we earn in San Carlos and the Bay Area not only provides a neighborhood-level view of income, it also makes clear just how close the wealthy and the poor live to each other here on the Peninsula.

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These 3 graphs show home prices for Belmont and San Carlos, CA in Silicon Valley. For more data visit, www.datazins.com 

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Enrollment surge in the Sequoia Union High School District has led that district to propose boundary adjustments for its 4 main high schools. 

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When it comes to donating to charity, San Carlos ranks last among towns on the Peninsula, based on a national analysis conducted earlier this year by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Belmont isn't too far behind San Carlos. See map and full analysis.

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Which real estate market is hotter, Belmont or San Carlos? See the analysis

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Think more people move to San Mateo County from San Francisco or Santa Clara County? How about Las Vegas vs. Manhattan? See interactive tables and a map for the answers, plus other details from a Forbes magazine analysis that describe inbound and outbound migration patterns for San Mateo County.