Stallion Springs, California

Stallion Springs
census-designated place
the entrance to the town
Location in Kern County and the state of California
Stallion Springs Location in the United States
Coordinates: 35°05′20″N118°38′33″W / 35.08889°N 118.64250°W / 35.08889; -118.64250
Country	United States
State	California
County	Kern
Government
•  Senate	Jean Fuller (R)
•  Assembly	Vince Fong (R)
•  U. S. Congress	Kevin McCarthy (R)
Area [1]
• Total	16.453 sq mi (42.612 km2)
• Land	16.429 sq mi (42.551 km2)
• Water	0.024 sq mi (0.062 km2)  0.14%
Elevation [2]	3,783 ft (1,153 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	2,488
• Density	150/sq mi (58/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	93561
Area code	661
FIPS code	06-73868
GNIS feature ID	1853417

Stallion Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Tehachapi Mountains, in Kern County, California, USA. The population was 2,488 at the 2010 census, up from 1,522 at the 2000 census. Stallion Springs is located in Cummings Valley within the Greater Tehachapi area.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 16.5 square miles (43 km²), of which, 16.4 square miles (42 km²) of it is land and 0.024 square miles (0.062 km²) of it (0.145%) is water.

Law enforcement

The area is patrolled by the Stallion Springs Police Department which was established in 1972. The Stallion Springs Police Department is a California Peace Officer Standards and Training fully certified department. They provide the community and the surrounding schools, drug intervention classes, social media safety classes, and gang information classes. They also have a Neighborhood Watch Program. The Citizen Services Unit, established in 2014, assists the police department with administrative duties and some patrol activities.^{[ citation needed ]}

Demographics

2010

At the 2010 census Stallion Springs had a population of 2,488. The population density was 151.2 inhabitants per square mile (58.4/km²). The racial makeup of Stallion Springs was 2,239 (90.0%) White, 30 (1.2%) African American, 26 (1.0%) Native American, 32 (1.3%) Asian, 7 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 79 (3.2%) from other races, and 75 (3.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 285 people (11.5%). ^[3]

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

There were 1,004 households, 275 (27.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 657 (65.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 58 (5.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 42 (4.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 48 (4.8%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 8 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 194 households (19.3%) were one person and 87 (8.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.48. There were 757 families (75.4% of households); the average family size was 2.84.

The age distribution was 522 people (21.0%) under the age of 18, 141 people (5.7%) aged 18 to 24, 510 people (20.5%) aged 25 to 44, 801 people (32.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 514 people (20.7%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 46.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 males.

There were 1,204 housing units at an average density of 73.2 per square mile, of the occupied units 862 (85.9%) were owner-occupied and 142 (14.1%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 5.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.0%. 2,056 people (82.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 432 people (17.4%) lived in rental housing units.

2000

At the 2000 census there were 1,522 people, 586 households, and 469 families living in the CDP. The population density was 92.5 inhabitants per square mile (35.7/km²). There were 763 housing units at an average density of 46.4 per square mile (17.9/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.21% White, 0.92% Black or African American, 0.99% Native American, 1.12% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 2.83% from other races, and 3.88% from two or more races. 11.04% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. ^[4] Of the 586 households 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.0% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.8% were non-families. 16.4% of households were one person and 7.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 2.91.

The age distribution was 26.3% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 21.6% 65 or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.3 males.

The median household income was $51,029 and the median family income was $53,958. Males had a median income of $53,162 versus $37,708 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $18,592. About 3.4% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.8% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.

References

1. U.S. Census Archived 2012-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stallion Springs, California
3. "2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Stallion Springs CDP". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
4. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.

External links

• Stallion Springs Community Services District