Piñon Hills (from ''piñón'',

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for '

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') is a

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, near the

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line. It is located along

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, 28 miles east of

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, and 15 miles west of the

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where Pearblossom Highway meets

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. The town lies within 25 miles of Hesperia and

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. Piñon Hills is in a tri-community that consists of Piñon Hills, Phelan, and

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. The elevation is . The population was 7,272 at the 2010 census.

Corporations and buildings

Piñon Hills currently has only one

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, 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 Serrano High School is a public high school in the California High Desert community of Phelan, California. It serves students from Phelan, Wrightwood and Piñon Hills. It is part of the Snowline Joint Unified School District. The school is named ...

, 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. Piñon Hills has one

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in its community. The ZIP Code is 92372, and the community is inside

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Geography

According to the

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, the CDP covers an area of 32.1 square miles (83.2 km), 99.99% of it land, and 0.01% of it water.

Demographics

The

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reported that Piñon Hills had a population of 7,272. The population density was . The racial makeup of Piñon Hills was 5,966 (82.0%)

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(70.3% Non-Hispanic White), 58 (0.8%)

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, 65 (0.9%) Native American, 189 (2.6%)

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, 4 (0.1%)

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, 659 (9.1%) from

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, and 331 (4.6%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 1,738 persons (23.9%). The Census reported that 7,271 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 1 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 2,566 households, out of which 880 (34.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,518 (59.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 244 (9.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 151 (5.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 135 (5.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 15 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 526 households (20.5%) were made up of individuals, and 189 (7.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83. There were 1,913

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(74.6% of all households); the average family size was 3.27. The population was spread out, with 1,803 people (24.8%) under the age of 18, 596 people (8.2%) aged 18 to 24, 1,570 people (21.6%) aged 25 to 44, 2,387 people (32.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 916 people (12.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.4 years. For every 100 females there were 102.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.4 males. There were 2,996 housing units at an average density of , of which 1,987 (77.4%) were owner-occupied, and 579 (22.6%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.9%. 5,542 people (76.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,729 people (23.8%) lived in rental housing units. During 2009–2013, Piñon Hills had a median household income of $35,236, with 15.8% of the population living below the federal poverty line.

Notable people

Andy Engman Andrew Alfons Engman (November 21, 1911 – July 16, 2004) was a Swedish/Finnish cartoon animator. Engman worked for Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, from the animating of ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (1937 film) to the compl ...

was a

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animator for over 30 years. He was born in

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

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, and he died in Piñon Hills. There is a street named after him called Engman Road.

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.

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