Tara Hills is a

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(CDP) in

Contra Costa County Contra Costa County (; ''Contra Costa'', Spanish language, Spanish for 'Opposite Coast') is a U.S. county, county located in the U.S. state of California, in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2020 United States census, the ...

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, United States. The population was 5,364 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. Tara Hills is located in the San Francisco Bay Area region of Northern California. Although this is a census area, outside of the City of San Pablo, the mailing addresses are San Pablo, California.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Tara Hills had a population of 5,364. The population density was . The racial makeup of Tara Hills was 26.4%

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, 11.3%

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, 1.5% Native American, 21.0% Asian, 0.3%

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, 25.4% from other races, and 14.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 41.1% of the population. The census reported that 99.8% of the population lived in households, 0.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.0% were institutionalized. There were 1,737 households, out of which 34.7% included children under the age of 18, 49.5% were married-couple households, 5.7% were cohabiting couple households, 27.2% had a female householder with no partner present, and 17.6% had a male householder with no partner present. 20.4% of households were one person, and 9.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.08. There were 1,294

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 ...

(74.5% of all households). The age distribution was 20.7% under the age of 18, 8.8% aged 18 to 24, 27.4% aged 25 to 44, 27.5% aged 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 39.2years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males. There were 1,778 housing units at an average density of , of which 1,737 (97.7%) were occupied. Of these, 66.0% were owner-occupied, and 34.0% were occupied by renters. In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $116,415, and the

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was $45,330.

Commerce

The neighborhood is near two shopping centers. The eastern and upper border has Pinole Square (previously known as Appian 80) at the intersection of Appian Way and

I-80 Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one of the ori ...

. At the west end near San Pablo Bay, th
Spectrum Center Tara Hills Campus
occupies most of the Tara Hills old Shopping Center. San Pablo Avenue borders the northwest side of the neighborhood and is home to many businesses.

Education

Tara Hills is in the

West Contra Costa Unified School District The West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD; formerly known as Richmond School District) is the school district for western Contra Costa County, California. It is based in Richmond, California. In addition to Richmond, the district ...

References

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