Piñon Hills, California

Corporations and buildings

Piñon Hills currently has only one elementary school, Piñon Hills Elementary, which is part of the Snowline Joint Unified School District. Middle school age students attend Piñon Mesa Middle School, and high school age students attend Serrano High School, both located in Phelan. There are alternative education options for students from kindergarten to senior year within the district: Snowline Virtual School, Heritage School, Eagle Summit Community Day School, and Chaparral Continuation High School.

The ZIP Code is 92372, and the community is inside area codes 442 and 760.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 32.1 square miles (83.2 km), 99.99% of it land, and 0.01% of it water.

The Puma Canyon Ecological Reserve (PCER) consists of over 350 acres in Pinon Hills. The reserve is open to the public and it is enjoyed by hikers and horseback riders alike. These communities include; Pinyon-Juniper, Joshua Tree, Desert Wash, Desert Scrub, and Mixed Chaparral (a threatened plant community type). The Reserve is home to abundant and dense woodlands of the state candidate species, the Western Joshua tree.

Demographics

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Piñon Hills first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.

The 2020 United States census reported that Piñon Hills had a population of 7,258. The population density was 226.0 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Piñon Hills was 67.0% White, 0.6% African American, 1.1% Native American, 4.9% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 15.4% from other races, and 11.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 29.4% of the population.

The census reported that 99.8% of the population lived in households, 0.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 2,624 households, out of which 28.7% included children under the age of 18, 52.2% were married-couple households, 6.3% were cohabiting couple households, 20.3% had a female householder with no partner present, and 21.2% had a male householder with no partner present. 22.0% of households were one person, and 10.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.76.

The age distribution was 21.1% under the age of 18, 7.1% aged 18 to 24, 22.8% aged 25 to 44, 29.6% aged 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 43.9years. For every 100 females, there were 106.6 males.

There were 2,912 housing units at an average density of 90.7 /mi2, of which 2,624 (90.1%) were occupied. Of these, 78.3% were owner-occupied, and 21.7% were occupied by renters.

During 2019–2023, Piñon Hills had a median household income of $65,160, with 19.6% of the population living below the federal poverty line.

Education

The CDP is in the Snowline Joint Unified School District.

Notable people

Andy Engman was a Disney animator for over 30 years. He was born in Vaasa, Finland, and he died in Piñon Hills. There is a street named after him called Engman Road.

Kit Galloway was an American video artist and a pioneer in satellite-based telecommunications art. He worked exclusively with Sherrie Rabinowitz under the moniker Mobile Image from 1977 onwards. Kit Galloway lives on a horse ranch at Piñon Hills.

Events

One of the largest Military Simulation Airsoft events in the United States, Operation Lion Claws, is held in the mountains of Piñon Hills, on the Jubilee Boy Scout Ranch.

References

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