1. LOCATION: Buena Park, County of Orange, founded in 1887, incorporated in 1953. Lcated 22 miles southeast of Los Angeles and 442 miles southeast of San Francisco. 10.29 sq. mi.
3. ETHNICITY: (2003 figures) Anglo 38.2% Afric.Amer: 4.5% Hisp. 33.5% Asian: 22.7% Amer. Indian : 1.8%
4. MEDIAN AGE: (2001 figures) 32 65 and older: 7,305 Under 18: 23,021
5. HOUSEHOLDS: (2001 figures) Owner-Occupied: 13,657 Renter Occupied: 10,169 Total: 23,826
7. HOUSING: Median home value: $410,000 Apartment Rent $700 - $1200
8. CLIMATE: Prevailing winds SW-NW; mean hourly speed: 6 mph. Elevation: 75’
Average Temperature: January: 58.1 April: 63 July: 71 October: 71
Average Rainfall: January: 2.72” April: 1.08” July: .02” October: .56”
9. TERRAIN: Flat terrain. Adequate drainage. Sandy subsoil.Piling is not normally required. Water mains range from 4” to 35”. Sewer lines range from 6” to 14”.
10. TRANSPORTATION:
Rail: Burlington Northern & Santa Fe, Amtrak, Southern Pacific & Metrolink. Closest Metrolink station currently in Fullerton, and a Metrolink station should open in Buena Park in 2005.
Truck: Nearly 600 truck lines operate in the North Orange County area including Buena Park.
Air: Los Angeles International Airport (25 miles from Buena Park), John Wayne Orange County Airport (12 miles from Buena Park) and Fullerton Airport – a General Aviation Airport (1 mile from Buena Park).
Bus: Orange County Transportation Authority(OCTA), Southern California Rapid Transit, Gray Line Tours and other shuttle services to neighboring communities and airports.
Water: Seaport terminals – Long Beach & Los Angeles
Highways: Buena Park is intersected by the Riverside (91) and Santa Ana (5) freeways as well as Beach Boulevard, a state highway (39).
11. LABOR MARKET: Characteristics: Unionization – construction industry most highly organized - union members represent over 60% of the total number employed. Over 10% of manufacturing, wholesale and retail employees are unionized. Wage rates, extent of unionization, fringe benefits and related information for specific industries and job classifications may be obtained from the State Employment Development Department at 29 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701.
Labor force is approximately 40,300 people. Unemployment rate: 5.9%
There are approximately 100 manufacturing plants in Buena Park. Leading groups: machine and components, paper products. Largest area manufacturers include:
Payroll processing
14. TAXES: Retail Sales Tax: 7.75% effective 1/1/2002 . Combined total industrial property tax rates 1994-1995 statistics per $100. Assessed value for code area 14,000-14,903:
NATURAL GAS: Supplier: Southern California Gas Company. For rates applicable to Buena Park, call (800) 427-2200
ELECTRICAL: Supplier: Southern California Edison. For rates applicable to Buena Park, call (800) 655-4555
TELEPHONE: Supplier: SBC. For rates applicable to Buena Park, contact: (800) 310-2355
CABLE TELEVISION: Supplier: Adelphia. For rates and types of serves, call (714) 680-4070
WATER: Supplier: City of Buena Park. Call (714) 562-3721.
16. STREET IMPROVEMENT: Dedication Requirements: Legal description, title report and plot plan.
Improvement Requirements: The City requires curb, gutter, sidewalks, paving, storm drains, lighting, street trees, landscaping and underground utilities. These vary depending on development. Call (714) 562-3670.
17. GOVERNMENT TYPE: Buena Park is a General Law City, with Council/Manager type of Government.
18. ASSESSED FULL VALUATION (1992-1993) City: $3,435,288,656 County: $165,348,168,856
19. POLICE SERVICES: end of 2003: 94 Sworn officers 25 Reserve officers 35 Part time personnel 50 Civilian & 79 volunteers
PART ONE CRIME RATE FOR YEAR END 2003 - decrease of 3.2% from 1994.
20. FIRE SERVICES: Fire department services provided by Orange County Fire Authority.
Centralia School District (714) 228-3100
Fullerton Joint Union High School District (714) 870-2800
Anaheim Union High School District (714) 999-3511
6 Special education schools and 5 private schools.
Libraries: 1 – Buena Park Library District (714) 826-4100
Cable Television: Adelphia (714) 338-2000
Theaters: 18 screen Krikorian Theatres opened at Buena Park Downtown in May 2003. (La Palma & Stanton Aves.)
Live Theater: Buena Park Youth Theatre, Buena Park Civic Theatre and Buena Park Community Chorus (714) 562-3888.
Entertainment: Knott’s Berry Farm (714) 220-5200
Movieland Wax Museum (714) 522-1155
Ripley’s Believe it or Not (714) 522-7045
Country Club: Los Coyotes Country Club (714) 994-7788
Convention & Visitors’ Office Buena Park (714) 562-3560
