Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, California

Geography

Generally considered separate from one another, Fetters Hot Springs and Agua Caliente are adjacent communities located along the Sonoma Highway (State Route 12), approximately 2.5 mi northwest of Sonoma, California, and immediately north of Boyes Hot Springs and El Verano. Over time, the boundaries between these four communities became blurred and they are often grouped together and referred to collectively as "the Springs" area of Sonoma Valley.

As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a total area of 1.5 sqmi, all land.

History

The area was first occupied by Indigenous peoples who discovered and used the hot springs that the area is named after. The Mexican government deeded 50,000 acres to Lazaro Piña as Rancho Agua Caliente, a land grant 10 mi long on the east side of Sonoma Creek, in 1840. In 1849 Thaddeus M. Leavenworth acquired 320 acres of the Rancho in what became present-day Agua Caliente, Fetters Hot Springs, Boyes Hot Springs, and part of Maxwell Farm. In 1889, property was being sold in the area as being near the "celebrated old Indian Medicine Spring."

George and Emma Fetters opened the Fetters Hot Springs resort in 1908. Flamboyant restaurateur Juanita Musson opened her second Sonoma Valley restaurant in the old Fetters hotel around 1970, but it burned to the ground five years later. The land stood vacant for almost forty years until the Fetters Apartments, built as affordable housing for sixty families, opened in 2017.

Gallery

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Demographics

1990 2000 2010

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente had a population of 4,233. The population density was 2,897.3 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup was 48.5% White, 1.1% African American, 1.5% Native American, 1.9% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 30.6% from other races, and 16.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 52.0% of the population.

The census reported that 99.9% of the population lived in households, 6 people (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 1,534 households, out of which 34.8% included children under the age of 18, 49.5% were married-couple households, 6.9% were cohabiting couple households, 27.1% had a female householder with no partner present, and 16.4% had a male householder with no partner present. 26.1% of households were one person, and 12.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.76.

The age distribution was 24.2% under the age of 18, 9.3% aged 18 to 24, 25.0% aged 25 to 44, 25.5% aged 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 38.6years. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males.

There were 1,671 housing units at an average density of 1,143.7 /mi2, of which 1,534 (91.8%) were occupied. Of these, 55.6% were owner-occupied, and 44.4% were occupied by renters.

In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $116,667, and the per capita income was $49,036. About 8.7% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the poverty line.

2010

At the 2010 census Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente had a population of 4,144. The population density was 2,815.6 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente was 2,926 (70.6%) White, 25 (0.6%) African American, 39 (0.9%) Native American, 68 (1.6%) Asian, 8 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 895 (21.6%) from other races, and 183 (4.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,925 persons (46.5%).

The census reported that 99.6% of the population lived in households and 0.4% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters.

There were 1,419 households, 570 (40.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 709 (50.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 175 (12.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 86 (6.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 90 (6.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 30 (2.1%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 327 households (23.0%) were one person and 108 (7.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.91. There were 970 families (68.4% of households); the average family size was 3.46.

The age distribution was 1,137 people (27.4%) under the age of 18, 409 people (9.9%) aged 18 to 24, 1,070 people (25.8%) aged 25 to 44, 1,148 people (27.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 380 people (9.2%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 34.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males.

There were 1,585 housing units at an average density of 1,076.9 /sqmi, of which 58.1% were owner-occupied and 41.9% were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.0%. 51.4% of the population lived in owner-occupied housing units and 48.2% lived in rental housing units.

Government

In the state legislature, Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente is in , and in .

Federally, Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente is in .

Education

The school district is Sonoma Valley Unified School District.

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