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Pedley was a
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...
(CDP) in
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,
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, United States. The population was 12,672 at the 2010 census, up from 11,207 at the 2000 census. On July 1, 2011, the CDP became part of the City of Jurupa Valley.


History

Pedley took its name from
William Pedley William Everard Pedley (16 June 1858 – 9 July 1920) was an English civil engineer and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex. After emigrating to the United States he became a well known irrigation engineer in Southern California. ...
, a former English
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er who became manager of the San Jacinto Land Company at
Riverside, California Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. As of the 2020 census, the city has a population of 314,998. It is the most populous city in th ...
. He was the designer, builder, and engineer of the irrigation system that was installed there. The settlement was named in 1903 or 1904 when the San Pedro,
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad was a rail company in California, Nevada, and Utah in the United States, that completed and operated a railway line between its namesake cities (Salt Lake City, Utah, and Los Angeles, California), via Las ...
(SP&LASL), which is now the
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(UPRR), installed a switch and a railroad station at the location. The concrete viaduct train bridge that crosses the Santa Ana River was at one time the longest concrete railroad bridge in the United States. On the northern edge of Pedley at Jurupa Ave C/O Van Buren is the Bly Wye. The wye serves as a juncture to the Crestmore Cement Mill and was once the connection to the Pacific Electric to downtown Riverside and Rialto. The Bly Wye also led to the rock quarry at the end of Jurupa Ave. The rock quarry provided rock for San Pedro Harbor and the rock jetties.


Incorporation into the City of Jurupa Valley

On March 8, 2011, voters passed Measure A by a 54.03% YES vote, incorporating the areas of Mira Loma, Pedley, Rubidoux, Glen Avon, and Sunnyslope into a new city, Jurupa Valley. The effective date of incorporation was July 1, 2011.


Demographics


2010

The 2010 United States Census reported that Pedley had a population of 12,672. The population density was . The racial makeup of Pedley was 7,509 (59.3%)
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, 381 (3.0%)
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, 119 (0.9%) Native American, 554 (4.4%) Asian, 48 (0.4%)
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, 3,520 (27.8%) from other races, and 541 (4.3%) from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 6,773 persons (53.4%). The Census reported that 12,502 people (98.7% of the population) lived in households, 17 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 153 (1.2%) were institutionalized. There were 3,451 households, out of which 1,615 (46.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,106 (61.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 438 (12.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 260 (7.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 236 (6.8%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 27 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 460 households (13.3%) were made up of individuals, and 201 (5.8%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.62. There were 2,804
families Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as ...
(81.3% of all households); the average family size was 3.89. The population was spread out, with 3,511 people (27.7%) under the age of 18, 1,450 people (11.4%) aged 18 to 24, 3,268 people (25.8%) aged 25 to 44, 3,171 people (25.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,272 people (10.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.8 males. There were 3,663 housing units at an average density of , of which 2,609 (75.6%) were owner-occupied, and 842 (24.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.5%. 9,229 people (72.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 3,273 people (25.8%) lived in rental housing units.


2000

As of the
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of 2000, there were 11,207 people, 3,180 households, and 2,636 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 3,289 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 66.9%
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, 4.6%
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, 0.9% Native American, 3.7% Asian, 0.2%
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, 18.4% from other races, and 5.2% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 34.3% of the population. There were 3,180 households, out of which 47.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.9% were
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living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.1% were non-families. 12.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.5 and the average family size was 3.8. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 33.0% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 7.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $60,567, and the median income for a family was $63,239. Males had a median income of $40,227 versus $26,508 for females. The
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for the CDP was $20,623. About 4.7% of families and 8.7% of the population were below the
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, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.


Emergency services

The Riverside County Fire Department through a cooperative agreement with
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provides fire and paramedic services to Pedley. In Law enforcement, Pedley and the entire Jurupa Valley (i.e. Mira Loma and Glen Avon) is served by the
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office based in Rubidoux.


Government

In the
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, Pedley is in , and in . In the
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, Pedley is in .


References

{{Inland Empire Jurupa Valley, California Former census-designated places in Riverside County, California