{"id":12,"date":"2026-09-12T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/rogersocalhomes-com\/2026\/09\/12\/californias-dynamic-population-trends-highlight-new-opportunities\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T15:00:00","slug":"californias-dynamic-population-trends-highlight-new-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rogersocalhomes.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/12\/californias-dynamic-population-trends-highlight-new-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"California&#8217;s Dynamic Population Trends Highlight New Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Recent research shows that California is one of just five states to see a population decline last year, with about 9,465 fewer residents from 2024 to 2025\u2014a small 0.02% dip. While U.S. population growth overall slowed to under 1%, Vermont experienced the largest decline. Here in California, the median age is now 39, with 5.21% of residents under age 5, and 17.5% over 65. As someone who\u2019s helped buyers and sellers navigate the Redlands, Yucaipa, and Inland Empire markets since 2001, I see firsthand how shifting population trends can influence our local communities, housing demand, and opportunities for those considering a move\u2014whether you\u2019re looking to buy, sell, or invest in Southern California real estate.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/california-one-five-states-lose-171342000.html\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent research shows that California is one of just five states to see a population decline last year, with about 9,465 fewer residents from 2024 to 2025\u2014a small 0.02% dip. While U.S. population growth overall slowed to under 1%, Vermont experienced the largest decline. Here in California, the median age is now 39, with 5.21% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rogersocalhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rogersocalhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rogersocalhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rogersocalhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rogersocalhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rogersocalhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rogersocalhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rogersocalhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rogersocalhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rogersocalhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}