South San Jose Hills, California

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South San Jose Hills is a unincorporated community and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 20,218 at the 2000 census.

1 Description
2 Geography
3 Demographics
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[edit] Description

South San Jose Hills is an unincorporated, mainly residential community located on the southern end of the San Jose Hills, which is part of San Gabriel Valley.

South San Jose Hills is bounded by City of Industry to the south, Valinda to the west, West Covina to the north, and Walnut to the east. The community is easily accessible to the 60 Freeway, located just south of the community. The ZIP code serving the community is 91744. Most addresses do not use South San Jose Hills as the city but rather La Puente, West Covina, or Valinda, depending on the location of the residence or business. Parts of the area are nicknamed Happy Homes, based on the former name of the development and on the street gang that later took that name.

[edit] Geography

South San Jose Hills is located at 34°0′41″N, 117°54′17″W (34.011261, -117.904846)^GR1, or about three miles southeast of West Covina. [1]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 3.8 km² (1.5 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

South San Jose Hills CDP Population by year [2]
2000 20,218 1990 17,814 1980 16,049 1970 12,386

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 20,218 people, 3,984 households, and 3,605 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 5,346.7/km² (13,876.4/mi²). There were 4,059 housing units at an average density of 1,073.4/km² (2,785.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 38.76% White, 1.86% African American, 1.54% Native American, 6.54% Asian, 0.35% Pacific Islander, 46.35% from other races, and 4.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 83.43% of the population.

There were 3,984 households out of which 53.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.4% were married couples living together, 14.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 9.5% were non-families. 6.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 5.07 and the average family size was 4.95.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 34.6% under the age of 18, 12.0% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 16.7% from 45 to 64, and 5.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 100.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $48,655, and the median income for a family was $46,702. Males had a median income of $26,477 versus $22,113 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $11,324. About 13.4% of families and 18.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.7% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over.