Woodbridge, California

History

Woodbridge was founded in 1852 by Jeremiah H. Woods and Alexander McQueen, who established a ferry across the Mokelumne River. The ferry enabled a new road to be routed between Stockton and Sacramento. In 1858 they built a wooden bridge at the site of the ferry which became known as Woods' Bridge, from which the community drew its name. Woods hoped that the settlement would grow larger than Stockton, and even hoped to form a separate county, Mokelumne County, with Woodbridge as the seat. In 1867, however, the railroad chose to bypass Woodbridge and lay tracks through neighboring Lodi instead.

Woodbridge then became an educational center, with the Woodbridge Seminary and San Joaquin Valley College both opening doors in 1879. The college closed in 1897 due to declining enrollment.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 3.1 square miles (8.1 km), 3.0 square miles (7.8 km) of which is land, 0.1 square miles (0.3 km) of it (3.42%) water.

Demographics

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Woodbridge first appeared as an unincorporated place in the 1970 U.S. census. and as a census designated place in the 1980 U.S. census. It was deleted after being split into the North Woodbridge CDP and South Woodbridge CDP prior to the 2000 U.S. census. It reappeared prior to the 2010 U.S. census, one of ten CDPS (Acampo, Collierville, Dogtown, Mountain House, Peters, Terminous, Thornton, Victor, Waterloo, and Woodbridge) formed out of the deleted North Woodbridge CDP and South Woodbridge CDP.

The 2020 United States census reported that Woodbridge had a population of 4,031. The population density was 1,337.4 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Woodbridge was 60.3% White, 1.5% African American, 0.7% Native American, 5.5% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 15.2% from other races, and 16.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 32.0% of the population.

The census reported that 98.3% of the population lived in households, 1.5% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.2% were institutionalized.

There were 1,453 households, out of which 27.9% included children under the age of 18, 59.6% were married-couple households, 6.1% were cohabiting couple households, 20.2% had a female householder with no partner present, and 14.0% had a male householder with no partner present. 19.4% of households were one person, and 12.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.73.

The age distribution was 21.9% under the age of 18, 7.2% aged 18 to 24, 22.6% aged 25 to 44, 26.5% aged 45 to 64, and 21.9% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 43.8years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males.

There were 1,518 housing units at an average density of 503.6 /mi2, of which 1,453 (95.7%) were occupied. Of these, 76.5% were owner-occupied, and 23.5% were occupied by renters.

In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $100,682, and the per capita income was $50,806. About 3.8% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line.

Notable people

• Ross Thomas (born 1981), actor and filmmaker, was raised in both Stockton, California and Woodbridge.

References

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