Mettler, California

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Mettler
Census-designated place
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A watermelon stand in Mettler
Kern County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Mettler Highlighted.svg
Location in Kern County and the state of California
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Mettler
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 35°03′50″N118°58′12″W / 35.06389°N 118.97000°W / 35.06389; -118.97000
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of California.svg  California
County Kern
Government
 •  Senate Jean Fuller (R)
 •  Assembly Rudy Salas (D)
 •  U. S. Congress Kevin McCarthy (R)
Area
[1]
 • Total0.233 sq mi (0.603 km2)
 • Land0.233 sq mi (0.603 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation
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541 ft (165 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total90
 • Density390/sq mi (150/km2)
Time zone UTC-8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
93381
Area code 661
FIPS code 06-47164
GNIS feature ID0245837

Mettler, or Mettler Station, is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Kern County, California. The population was 90 at the 2020 census, down from 136 at the 2010 census. It is the place where actor James Dean received a traffic ticket on the last day of his life.

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History

Founding

According to the publication California's Geographic Names, Mettler was founded in 1941, [3] but an obituary of Clifford Alvin Mettler in The Bakersfield Californian reported that the settlement was founded by him, his father, William H. Mettler, and his brother (unnamed) in the "late 1940s" in the Wheeler Ridge area, which settlement "later became known as Mettler Station." [4]

James Dean

On September 30, 1955, motion picture actor James Dean was driving north on Highway U.S. 99 when he was stopped by California Highway Patrol officer O.V. Hunter and given a ticket for speeding. The officer wrote Mettler Station as the location of the infraction. [5]

Geography

Mettler is 25 miles (40 km) south of Bakersfield. The locality has an area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) and an elevation of 541 feet (165 m). [2]

Demographics

2010

At the 2010 census Mettler had a population of 136. The population density was 584.8 inhabitants per square mile (225.8/km2). The racial makeup of Mettler was 74 (54.4%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 0 (0.0%) Native American, 0 (0.0%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 43 (31.6%) from other races, and 19 (14.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 109 people (80.1%). [6]

The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.

There were 31 households, 17 (54.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 17 (54.8%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 8 (25.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 2 (6.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2 (6.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 0 (0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 4 households (12.9%) were one person and 1 (3.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 4.39. There were 27 families (87.1% of households); the average family size was 4.74.

The age distribution was 37 people (27.2%) under the age of 18, 24 people (17.6%) aged 18 to 24, 30 people (22.1%) aged 25 to 44, 34 people (25.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 11 people (8.1%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 28.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 130.2 males.

There were 36 housing units at an average density of 154.8 per square mile, of the occupied units 18 (58.1%) were owner-occupied and 13 (41.9%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0%; the rental vacancy rate was 0%. 62 people (45.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 74 people (54.4%) lived in rental housing units.

2000

At the 2000 census 157 people lived in 31 households (37 housing units). The average household size was about five people. Mettler's population was about six years younger than California at large. [7]

2000 figuresMettlerCaliforniaUnited States
Median age2733.335.3
White47.1%59.5%75.1%
African-AmericanNone6.7%12.3%
Hispanic/Latino84.7%32.4%12.5%
Family income$28,750$53,025$50,046
Poverty families5.9%10.6%9.2%
Med. home value$71,500$211,500$119,600
High school diploma42.1%76.8%80.4%
College degree7.0%28.6%24.4%

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Census Archived 2012-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mettler, California
  3. ↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.
  4. ↑ Bakersfield Californian, April 30, 2006
  5. ↑ Warren Newton Beath, The Death of James Dean, Grove Press, 1994, pages 35 and 80.
  6. ↑ "2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Mettler CDP". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  7. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.

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