Lompico (from ''Loma'' and ''Pico'',

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for "Hill" and "Peak") is a

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(CDP) in Santa Cruz County,

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. Lompico sits at an elevation of . Lompico shares the 95018 ZIP code with Felton. Lompico was founded in 1927. It is in

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. The 2010 United States census reported Lompico's population was 1,137.

Geography

Lompico is proximate to

Scotts Valley, California Scotts Valley is a small city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, about thirty miles (48 km) south of downtown San Jose and six miles (10 km) north of the city of Santa Cruz, in the upland slope of the Santa Cruz Mount ...

Ben Lomond, California Ben Lomond is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, and also the name of the mountain to the west. The CDP includes the communities of Glen Arbor and Brackney. The population was 6,337 at the 2020 cens ...

, and

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, at latitude 37.106 and longitude -122.053. According to the

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, the CDP covers an area of 3.4 square miles (8.7 km²), all of it land.

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the

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system, Lompico has a

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, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.

Demographics

The

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reported that Lompico had a population of 1,137. The population density was . The racial makeup of Lompico was 1,005 (88.4%)

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, 6 (0.5%)

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, 12 (1.1%) Native American, 21 (1.8%) Asian, 4 (0.4%)

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, 25 (2.2%) from

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, and 64 (5.6%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 115 persons (10.1%). The Census reported that 98.9% of the population lived in households and 1.1% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters. There were 480 households, out of which 115 (24.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 207 (43.1%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 43 (9.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 26 (5.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 41 (8.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 5 (1.0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 135 households (28.1%) were made up of individuals, and 14 (2.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34. There were 276

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(57.5% of all households); the average family size was 2.91. The population was spread out, with 200 people (17.6%) under the age of 18, 93 people (8.2%) aged 18 to 24, 287 people (25.2%) aged 25 to 44, 485 people (42.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 72 people (6.3%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.5 males. There were 550 housing units at an average density of , of which 79.0% were owner-occupied and 21.0% were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.9%. 80.2% of the population lived in owner-occupied housing units and 18.7% lived in rental housing units.

Notable residents

* Jerry Garcia's family had a country house in Lompico, which he visited while he was young. He lost his middle finger due to a wood-chopping accident there. * Janis Joplin often jammed with her band "Big Brother and the Holding Company" in Lompico.Famous Lompico Residents
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References

External links

Lompico.org
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