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Acalanes Ridge is a census-designated place in
Contra Costa County ) of the San Francisco Bay , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_name1 = California , subdivision_type2 ...
, California. Acalanes Ridge sits at an elevation of . The population was 1,285 at the 2020 Census. Acalanes Ridge was created a census-designated place for the 2010 census, and comes alphabetically first among all census-designated places in California.


History

Acalanes Ridge is named after the area's historical Native American residents, the Sacalanes.


Demographics

The
2010 United States Census The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators servin ...
reported that Acalanes Ridge had a population of 1,137. The population density was . The racial makeup of Acalanes Ridge was 951 (83.6%) White, 5 (0.4%) African American, 8 (0.7%) Native American, 126 (11.1%)
Asian Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 2 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 8 (0.7%) from other races, and 37 (3.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or
Latino Latino or Latinos most often refers to: * Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America * Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States * The people or cultures of Latin America; ** Latin A ...
of any race were 50 persons (4.4%). The Census reported that 100% of the population lived in households. There were 441 households, out of which 143 (32.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 293 (66.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 28 (6.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 10 (2.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 15 (3.4%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 6 (1.4%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 89 households (20.2%) were made up of individuals, and 39 (8.8%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58. There were 331 families (75.1% of all households); the average family size was 2.93. The population was spread out, with 265 people (23.3%) under the age of 18, 45 people (4.0%) aged 18 to 24, 232 people (20.4%) aged 25 to 44, 411 people (36.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 184 people (16.2%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males. There were 457 housing units at an average density of , of which 441 were occupied, of which 393 (89.1%) were owner-occupied, and 48 (10.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.5%. 1,023 people (90.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 114 people (10.0%) lived in rental housing units.


Education

Most of Acalanes Ridge is in the Walnut Creek Elementary School District while some is in the Lafayette Elementary School District. All of Acalanes Ridge is in the Acalanes Union High School District.


References

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