About 78 percent live in single-family houses, compared with 63 percent statewide. Despite the GOP registration advantage, the five tracts are not Republican strongholds. The two major parties have received almost exactly the same number of votes in statewide races since 1990. Walnut Creek and Concord. Bordered by Treat Boulevard and Cowell, Ygnacio Valley and Oak Grove roads.
Residents are twice as likely to be college educated as statewide.
This is the most ethnically diverse of the five centrist tracts. Whites make up 83 percent of the population, Asian and Asian Pacific Islanders 15 percent, African-Americans 1 percent. 68 percent of the population age 15 or older is married, compared to 53 percent statewide. Bounded by the Union Pacific Railroad line, Holmes Street, Marina Avenue, Wente Street and Livermore Avenue. Bordered by Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Boulevard, Northgate Road and Shell Ridge Open Space.