Greeley Hill is a

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, United States. Greeley Hill sits at an elevation of in the foothills of the

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. The 2020 United States census reported Greeley Hill's population as 927.

Geography

The community is on the northern border of Mariposa County, with

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to the north. It shares a ZIP Code (95311) with the town of Coulterville, which is to the southwest down Greeley Hill Road. According to the

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, the CDP has an area of , of which , or 0.19%, are water. The town center is in a wide upland valley drained by Bean Creek, which flows east to the North Fork of the

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within

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Demographics

The

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reported that Greeley Hill had a population of 915. The population density was . The racial makeup of Greeley Hill was 847 (92.6%)

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, 7 (0.8%)

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, 14 (1.5%) Native American, 1 (0.1%)

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, 6 (0.7%)

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, 11 (1.2%) from

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, and 29 (3.2%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 53 persons (5.8%). The Census reported that 915 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 418 households, out of which 81 (19.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 222 (53.1%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 30 (7.2%) had a female householder with no husband present, 26 (6.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 19 (4.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 6 (1.4%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 111 households (26.6%) were made up of individuals, and 35 (8.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19. There were 278

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(66.5% of all households); the average family size was 2.61. The population was spread out, with 139 people (15.2%) under the age of 18, 52 people (5.7%) aged 18 to 24, 129 people (14.1%) aged 25 to 44, 378 people (41.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 217 people (23.7%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.0 males. There were 631 housing units at an average density of , of which 311 (74.4%) were owner-occupied, and 107 (25.6%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 11.5%. 675 people (73.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 240 people (26.2%) lived in rental housing units.

References

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