San Joaquin County's Real Estate Market:
San Joaquin County is a county located in Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, just east of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of 2006, the population is approximately 620,000. The county seat is Stockton.
Stockton is a city in California and the seat of San Joaquin County (the fifth largest agricultural county in the United States). According to 2007 estimates by the California Department of Finance, Stockton has a population of 289,789 and is the 13th largest city in California.[1] Stockton is also the fifth largest inland city in California, behind Fresno, Sacramento, Bakersfield, and Riverside.
Encompassing Interstate 5, State Route 99 and State Route 4, Stockton is strategically located about 80 miles east of the San Francisco Bay Area and 40 miles south of Sacramento, the capital of California. Stockton is surrounded by the rich and fertile lands of the California Central Valley and is home to the largest inland seaport in California.
Over the past decade, Stockton and the nearby communities of Tracy, Manteca and Lodi have experienced a population boom. This is largely due to thousands of people settling in the area to escape the relatively high cost of living of the San Francisco Bay Area. This influx of new residents, however, resulted in a sharp increase in the cost of living of Stockton, although it is still significantly lower than any Bay Area city of comparable size.
Lodi is best known as a center of wine production (the "Zinfandel Capital of the World"), although its vintages have traditionally been less prestigious than those of Sonoma and Napa counties. However, in recent years, the Lodi Appellation has become increasingly respected for its Zinfandel wine and other eclectic varietals. Nearby Woodbridge is the home of a very well known winery, Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi. Its originator, Robert Mondavi, grew up in Lodi. Mondavi The Robert Mondavi Winery is considered one of the most influential men in the wine industry. Many credit him for introducing California wines as some of the finest on the world's stage.
