Stallion Springs is a

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(CDP) in the

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, in

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. The population was 3,139 at the 2020 census, up from 2,488 at the 2010 census. Stallion Springs is located in Cummings Valley within the Greater Tehachapi area.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.18%) is water.

Law enforcement

The area is patrolled by the Stallion Springs Police Department which was established in 1972. The Stallion Springs Police Department is a California

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fully certified department. They provide the community and the surrounding schools, drug intervention classes, social media safety classes, and gang information classes. They also have a Neighborhood Watch Program. The Citizen Services Unit, established in 2014, assists the police department with administrative duties and some patrol activities.

Demographics

Stallion Springs first appeared as a

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in the 2000 U.S. Census.

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Stallion Springs had a population of 3,139. The population density was . The racial makeup of Stallion Springs was 79.3%

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, 1.0%

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, 1.5% Native American, 1.9% Asian, 0.1%

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, 5.6% from other races, and 10.6% from two or more races.

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of any race were 16.5% of the population. The whole population lived in households. There were 1,210 households, out of which 28.4% included children under the age of 18, 66.7% were married-couple households, 4.3% were

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couple households, 16.5% had a female householder with no partner present, and 12.5% had a male householder with no partner present. 21.0% of households were one person, and 10.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.59. There were 914

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(75.5% of all households). The age distribution was 22.3% under the age of 18, 5.2% aged 18 to 24, 21.5% aged 25 to 44, 29.4% aged 45 to 64, and 21.7% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 45.5years. For every 100 females, there were 98.9 males. There were 1,315 housing units at an average density of , of which 1,210 (92.0%) were occupied. Of these, 89.9% were owner-occupied, and 10.1% were occupied by renters. In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $83,590, and the

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was $46,813. About 0.0% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the poverty line.

2010

At the 2010 census Stallion Springs had a population of 2,488. The population density was . The racial makeup of Stallion Springs was 2,239 (90.0%) White, 30 (1.2%) African American, 26 (1.0%) Native American, 32 (1.3%) Asian, 7 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 79 (3.2%) from other races, and 75 (3.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 285 people (11.5%). The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized. There were 1,004 households, 275 (27.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 657 (65.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 58 (5.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 42 (4.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 48 (4.8%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 8 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 194 households (19.3%) were one person and 87 (8.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.48. There were 757 families (75.4% of households); the average family size was 2.84. The age distribution was 522 people (21.0%) under the age of 18, 141 people (5.7%) aged 18 to 24, 510 people (20.5%) aged 25 to 44, 801 people (32.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 514 people (20.7%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 46.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 males. There were 1,204 housing units at an average density of 73.2 per square mile, of the occupied units 862 (85.9%) were owner-occupied and 142 (14.1%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 5.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.0%. 2,056 people (82.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 432 people (17.4%) lived in rental housing units.

References

External links

Stallion Springs Community Services District
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