Lake Wildwood is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, suc ...

(CDP) in Nevada County,

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, United States. The population was 4,991 at the 2010 census, up from 4,868 at the 2000 census. Lake Wildwood is mainly a

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and news about the CDP is published in a twice a month newspaper
''The Wildwood Independent''.
Local businesses and residences are listed in the annual "Penn Valley Area Directory" published b
"Pine Tree Press".

History

Lake Wildwood was laid out by property developers in the 1960s. In September 1988, the

49er Fire The 49er Fire was a large and destructive wildfire in September 1988 in the U.S. state of California's Nevada County and Yuba County. After igniting on the morning of September 11, when a homeless schizophrenic man accidentally set brush alig ...

was accidentally started by a homeless and schizophrenic local man near Highway 49. The fire went on to burn well over a hundred homes and more than 33,000 acres in Nevada County, including many homes in the Lake Wildwood area.

Geography

Lake Wildwood is located at (39.234885, -121.203026). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (12.89%) is water.

Demographics

2010

The

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reported that Lake Wildwood had a population of 4,991. The population density was . The racial makeup of Lake Wildwood was 4,726 (94.7%)

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, 17 (0.3%)

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, 46 (0.9%) Native American, 56 (1.1%) Asian, 10 (0.2%)

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, 32 (0.6%) from other races, and 104 (2.1%) from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 272 persons (5.4%). The Census reported that 4,988 people (99.9% of the population) lived in households, 3 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 2,225 households, out of which 462 (20.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,463 (65.8%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 125 (5.6%) had a female householder with no husband present, 57 (2.6%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 64 (2.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 15 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 496 households (22.3%) were made up of individuals, and 334 (15.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24. There were 1,645 families (73.9% of all households); the average family size was 2.58. The population was spread out, with 843 people (16.9%) under the age of 18, 204 people (4.1%) aged 18 to 24, 689 people (13.8%) aged 25 to 44, 1,412 people (28.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,843 people (36.9%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 58.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males. There were 2,641 housing units at an average density of , of which 1,856 (83.4%) were owner-occupied, and 369 (16.6%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.8%. 3,937 people (78.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,051 people (21.1%) lived in rental housing units.

2000

As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,868 people, 2,157 households, and 1,688 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,391 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.53%

, 0.23%

, 0.39% Native American, 0.78% Asian, 0.02%

, 0.18% from other races, and 1.87% from two or more races.

or Latino of any race were 2.28% of the population. There were 2,157 households, out of which 18.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.0% were

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living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.7% were non-families. 18.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.52. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 16.4% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 13.9% from 25 to 44, 29.6% from 45 to 64, and 36.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 57 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $58,290, and the median income for a family was $61,972. Males had a median income of $53,162 versus $34,167 for females. The

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for the CDP was $32,167. About 1.9% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the

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, including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 1.5% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

In the

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Lake Wildwood is located in , and . Federally, Lake Wildwood is in . Lake Wildwood is represented on the Nevada County Board of Supervisors by Republican Hank Weston, a retired fire chief.

References

External links

Official website
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