By The Tim on April 20, 2008
Please vote in this poll using the sidebar.
How old are you?
- <18 (0%, 2 Votes)
- 18-25 (8%, 37 Votes)
- 26-35 (46%, 204 Votes)
- 36-45 (27%, 117 Votes)
- 46-55 (14%, 62 Votes)
- >56 (5%, 19 Votes)
Total Voters: 441
This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 04.26.2008.
Posted in Polls | Tagged Polls, readership
Tim Ellis is the founder of Seattle Bubble. His background in engineering and computer / internet technology, a fondness of data-based analysis of problems, and an addiction to spreadsheets all influence his perspective on the Seattle-area real estate market.
I’m just curious about the demographic makeup of the readership here. Are most of the readers similar to me, or is it a more broad spectrum of people?
For those that haven’t read the “About the Blogger” page, I’m 27.
I’m older than I wanna be: 48. Latina. Married (once, 25 years), biracial, bilingual, college-educated (two bachelor degrees), and an immigrant (from Cuba). Oh, and a right-leaning populist who doesn’t favor the bank bailouts but, nevertheless, favors universal healthcare (a la Germany or Taiwan). And we own our home outright (all paid up, yippee, no mortgage, yahoo! Just too high insurance and taxes and, now, worth less that prices are diving). :-/
That’s about as much demographic info as I’m inclined to give. TMI?
Mirtika
Does being at the far tail end of the 26-35 window make me at the top of that hill? What’s on the other “over” side? :o
:)
On the over side: patience, maturity, wrinkled brows, wonky knee joints, & a persistent desire to nap in the afternoon. :)
37.
Wow, I guess I’m an ‘old’ guy (46-55). The good news? There’ll still be time for most of you to save and buy for a good retirement. I was broke 10 years ago. Retired now.
It can happen. Those of you reading here now and with the financial savvy to actually be reading here are soooooo far ahead of both your peers and even mine. Hang in there.
I’m very close to 26. But it appears no one else is in my category (who has voted) yet.
50 DWF Old enough to know better, young enough to do it anyway!
31 next month, married, 1 beautiful daughter and loving life!
Old enough to see that this bubble is history repeating itself (also known as ‘too old’).
51. When I was the age of you young whippersnappers we walked to school, ten miles, in the rain.
Ira, when I walked 15 miles to and from school it was in 2 feet of snow and uphill – both ways.
So, if bloggers are typically between the ages of 26 – 35, where is the wisdom of experience? Another, better poll would be to ask, how many are actually homeowners?
Let’s see, going at a 3mph pace, it would take 3 hours and 20 minutes each way to school Ira. I’m not buying it!
The reason I come here is to help me figure out where I’m going to plant myself for the next 40+ years to live. My children are grown, through college, and married with children of their own. Both own homes and are living month to month making ends meet. So where do boomers go? I wish there was a community called Boomtown that was AFFORDABLE, offer fun social activities, medical services, etc. Let’s see, after calculations I need an affordable place for 1M that will last 40 years. And the young crowd thinks it’s hard now!
I am 54 and old enough to know better, but still young enough…not to.
**************** 41 ************************ 5′10 205..BALD AS HELL…but yesterday I saw a few hairs starting to pop out of my ears so I think I’m 1/2 way to death…www.deathclock.com
Not long ago, I would have thought the readership was mostly in the 22-30 age range. IE first-time-buyers. I think it’s a compliment to Tim and a sign of how out-of-whack the market is that so many readers are over 35 (and indeed over 45).
The 20-somethings are on facebook.
41 and married with two kids. Msc in engineering. High tech industry for 16y, not msft.
29, Male, Married, Owned a home near Santa Cruz,CA for 4 yrs. Now renting (no kids, just lots of cats).
27, Married.
Bought a house in Tacoma in October 2004.
Listed in January 2007.
Accepted an offer and found seattlebubble.com in March 2007.
Sweated for a good month, and finally sold it in April 2007.
Happily renting for a least a few more years.