"Do you think that buying a home in Orange County is an excellent, good, fair, or poor investment?"

All Adults

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

Homeowners

                 

Excellent/ Good

59%

57%

50%

60%

70%

75%

75%

75%

83%

Fair

26

28

31

30

23

18

19

18

11

Poor

14

14

18

8

6

5

5

5

5

Don't know

1

1

1

2

1

2

1

2

1

Renters

               

Excellent/ Good

53%

47%

41%

45%

56%

61%

56%

57%

70%

Fair

25

30

32

34

29

25

27

25

17

Poor

20

20

25

17

9

12

13

15

11

Don't know

2

3

2

4

6

2

4

3

2

Source for Orange County from 1993 to 2000 is the Orange County Annual Survey at UCI by Mark Baldassare and
Cheryl Katz.