Castle Hill, California

History

The surrounding area was once inhabited by the Saklans. A Saklan village, which was possibly occupied from 1500 until 1772, is located near the mouth of Tice Creek. It contains multiple bedrock mortars used for processing acorns and other foodstuffs as well as a small spring. Its location along is not far from its confluence with the much larger Las Trampas Creek would have been advantageous to the Saklans who inhabited it. A small plaque marks the site which sits next to the bus stop at Tice Valley Boulevard and Montecillo Drive.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.585 square miles (1.515 km), all of it land.

Demographics

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Castle Hill first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census formed from part of Alamo CDP.

The 2020 United States census reported that Castle Hill had a population of 1,271. The population density was 2,172.6 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Castle Hill was 73.8% White, 0.7% African American, 0.2% Native American, 11.7% Asian, 0.6% Pacific Islander, 2.2% from other races, and 10.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.2% of the population.

The census reported that 99.1% of the population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.9% were institutionalized.

There were 455 households, out of which 32.5% included children under the age of 18, 70.1% were married-couple households, 4.0% were cohabiting couple households, 16.7% had a female householder with no partner present, and 9.2% had a male householder with no partner present. 15.8% of households were one person, and 9.9% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.77. There were 365 families (80.2% of all households).

The age distribution was 21.7% under the age of 18, 4.2% aged 18 to 24, 16.8% aged 25 to 44, 29.8% aged 45 to 64, and 27.4% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 49.7years. For every 100 females, there were 93.5 males.

There were 479 housing units at an average density of 818.8 /mi2, of which 455 (95.0%) were occupied. Of these, 91.9% were owner-occupied, and 8.1% were occupied by renters.

Education

Castle Hill is in the Walnut Creek Elementary School District and the Acalanes Union High School District.

References

References

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
2. {{Cite GNIS. 2582967. Castle Hill Census Designated Place
3. {{Cite GNIS. 2582967. Castle Hill Census Designated Place
4. [https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8747409,-122.0651029,3a,75y,240.11h,78.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJB6xDhvBtEtJhDEqYO4jsA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu "2200 Tice Valley Blvd" Google Maps] Retrieved December 16, 2023
5. "Decennial Census by Decade".
6. "2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California".
7. "Castle Hill CDP, California; DP1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - 2020 Census of Population and Housing".
8. "Castle Hill CDP, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing".
9. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Contra Costa County, CA". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].