East Richmond Heights, California

Geography

Situated at the north end of the Berkeley Hills, East Richmond Heights overlooks the northern part of the San Francisco Bay. This small residential community is bordered by El Cerrito to the south, with the Richmond Heights neighborhood of Richmond to the west, and Wildcat Canyon Regional Park to the north and east.

Arlington Boulevard, a major north-south thoroughfare traversing the Berkeley and El Cerrito portions of the Berkeley Hills, runs through the center of the community and terminates at its north end. Interstate 80 is located about one-half mile to the west, and provides access to the community via its Solano and McBryde Avenue exits.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 0.6 sqmi, all of it land.

Government and municipal services

Police services for the community are provided by the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office Bay Station. Traffic services are handled by the California Highway Patrol. The county contracts with the adjacent city of Richmond to provide fire fighting services. Garbage, recycling, and compost collection are provided by Republic Services. Mail delivered to addresses within the community are addressed to the city of Richmond or El Cerrito depending on their location within the CDP. Nonetheless, these addresses are not located within Richmond or El Cerrito.

The East Richmond Heights Municipal Advisory Council (ERHMAC), a council of community residents established by the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, advises the board on issues of concern to the community.

Education

It is in the West Contra Costa Unified School District.

East Richmond Heights is home to Mira Vista Elementary School, which is part of the school district. Additionally, Adams Middle School (now closed), a portion of Serra Adult School (now West County Mandarin School) and Saint David School are also located within the CDP. Also, one of the country's oldest cooperative elementary schools, Crestmont School, is located within the CDP on Arlington Boulevard.

Commerce

This mostly residential community is home to a few small retail businesses including a market and laundromat.

Demographics

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East Richmond Heights first appeared as a census-designated place in the 1990 United States census.

2020 census

The 2020 United States census reported that East Richmond Heights had a population of 3,460. The population density was 5,965.5 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of East Richmond Heights was 55.2% White, 9.2% African American, 0.8% Native American, 13.5% Asian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 6.7% from other races, and 14.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.8% of the population.

The census reported that 99.4% of the population lived in households, 0.3% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.3% were institutionalized.

There were 1,415 households, out of which 28.8% included children under the age of 18, 50.5% were married-couple households, 7.7% were cohabiting couple households, 26.1% had a female householder with no partner present, and 15.7% had a male householder with no partner present. 25.1% of households were one person, and 12.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.43. There were 941 families (66.5% of all households).

The age distribution was 17.5% under the age of 18, 4.9% aged 18 to 24, 25.1% aged 25 to 44, 28.6% aged 45 to 64, and 24.0% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 47.0years. For every 100 females, there were 94.5 males.

There were 1,468 housing units at an average density of 2,531.0 /mi2, of which 1,415 (96.4%) were occupied. Of these, 79.9% were owner-occupied, and 20.1% were occupied by renters.

The percentages of languages spoke by residents in East Richmond Heights are 87.80% English, 8.59% Spanish, 1.54% Vietnamese, 1.37 Cantonese, 0.68% Japanese.

Notes

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