Tustin is a city located in

Orange County, California Orange County (officially the County of Orange; often initialized O.C.) is a county (United States), county located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population ...

, United States, within the

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. In 2020, Tustin had a population of 80,276. The city does not include the

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North Tustin North Tustin is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Orange County, California. The population was 25,718 at the 2020 census, up from 24,917 in 2010. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defin ...

History

Presently known as Red Hill, it was previously called the Katuktu hill by the indigenous while the Spanish also came up with the name "Cerrito de las ranas" which translates to little hill of frogs due to the quantity of frogs inhabiting the area. On November 1, 1776,

Mission San Juan Capistrano Mission San Juan Capistrano () is a Spanish missions in California, Spanish mission in San Juan Capistrano, California, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California, Orange County, California. Founded November 1, 1776 in colonial ''The Califo ...

became the area's first permanent European settlement in

Alta California Alta California (, ), also known as Nueva California () among other names, was a province of New Spain formally established in 1804. Along with the Baja California peninsula, it had previously comprised the province of , but was made a separat ...

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. In 1801, the

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granted to

José Antonio Yorba José Antonio Yorba (July 20, 1743 – January 16, 1825), also known as Don José Antonio Yorba I, was a Spanish Californios, Californio soldier and an early settler of Spanish California. Spanish soldier Born in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia (San Sat ...

, which he named Rancho San Antonio. Yorba's great rancho included the lands where the cities and communities of

Olive The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'' ("European olive"), is a species of Subtropics, subtropical evergreen tree in the Family (biology), family Oleaceae. Originating in Anatolia, Asia Minor, it is abundant throughout the Mediterranean ...

Orange Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower ** Orange juice *Orange (colour), the color of an orange fruit, occurs between red and yellow in the vi ...

Villa Park Villa Park is a association football, football stadium in Aston, Birmingham, with a seating capacity of 42,918. It has been the home of Premier League club Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa since 1897. The ground is less than a mile from both Witt ...

, Santa Ana, Tustin,

Costa Mesa Costa may refer to: Biology * Rib (Latin: ''costa''), in vertebrate anatomy * Costa (botany), the central strand of a plant leaf or thallus * Costa (coral), a stony rib, part of the skeleton of a coral * Costa (entomology), the leading edge o ...

and

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stand today. Smaller ranchos evolved from this large rancho including the

Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana was a Spanish land concession in present-day Orange County, California, given by Spanish Alta California governor José Joaquín de Arrillaga in 1810 to Jose Antonio Yorba and his nephew Pablo Peralta. The grant ex ...

. After the

Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War (Spanish language, Spanish: ''guerra de Estados Unidos-México, guerra mexicano-estadounidense''), also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, ...

became part of the United States and American settlers arrived in this area. Columbus Tustin, a carriage maker from Northern California, founded the city in 1868 on of land from the former

. The city was incorporated in 1927 with a population of about 900. The townsite was bordered by Camino Real on the south, Newport Avenue on the east, 1st Street on the north, and Route 43, now known as the

Costa Mesa Freeway Costa may refer to: Biology * Rib (Latin: ''costa''), in vertebrate anatomy * Costa (botany), the central strand of a plant leaf or thallus * Costa (coral), a stony rib, part of the skeleton of a coral * Costa (entomology), the leading edge o ...

, on the west.

20th century

During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, a

Navy A navy, naval force, military maritime fleet, war navy, or maritime force is the military branch, branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral z ...

anti-submarine

airship An airship, dirigible balloon or dirigible is a type of aerostat (lighter-than-air) aircraft that can navigate through the air flying powered aircraft, under its own power. Aerostats use buoyancy from a lifting gas that is less dense than the ...

base (later to become a

Marine Corps Marines (or naval infantry) are military personnel generally trained to operate on both land and sea, with a particular focus on amphibious warfare. Historically, the main tasks undertaken by marines have included raiding ashore (often in supp ...

helicopter station) was established on unincorporated land south of the city; the two dirigible hangars are among the largest wooden structures ever built and are listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

and ASCE List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks. The north hangar burned down in 2023. Suburban growth after the war resulted in increased population, annexation of nearby unincorporated land, including the former Marine Corps Air Station, and development of orchards and farmland into housing tracts and shopping centers. In 1996, two white supremacists, Gunner Lindberg and Domenic M. Christopher, stabbed a 24-year-old Vietnamese American to death on the high school tennis courts. In 2008, Lindberg became the first person in Orange County to be sentenced to death for a hate crime.

Geography

According to the

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, the city has a total area of 11.1 square miles (28.7 km). It is bordered by

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on the south and east,

and the

on the north, and Santa Ana on the west. The city is sometimes referred to as "The City of Trees".

Sycamore Sycamore is a name which has been applied to several types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The name derives from the Ancient Greek () meaning . Species of otherwise unrelated trees known as sycamore: * ''Acer pseudoplatanus'', a ...

s and

oak An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...

s, native to the area, grew in abundance at the time of the founding of the city, and city founder Columbus Tustin was responsible for planting many more along the streets of the city.

Neighborhoods

*Aliso *Columbus Grove *Columbus Square *Greenwood *Old Town Tustin *

Tustin Legacy Tustin Legacy is a planned community in Tustin, California being developed on the former Marine Corps Air Station Tustin. The project, under construction, will include parks, a commercial retail center and various densities of housing, for a tota ...

*Tustin Meadows/Peppertree/Laurelwood (one of the city's oldest planned neighborhoods) * Tustin Ranch

Climate

Tustin has a

Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

: ''Csa'').

Demographics

Tustin appeared in the 1880 U.S. Census. After incorporation in 1927 it appeared as a city in the 1930 U.S. Census as part of Tustin Township (pop 1,691 in 1920).

2020

2010

The 2020 United States census reported that Tustin had a population of 79,430. The population density was . The racial makeup was 39,729 (52.6%) White (34.8% Non-Hispanic White), 1,722 (2.3%) African American, 442 (0.6%) Native American, 15,299 (20.3%) Asian, 268 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 14,499 (19.2%) from other races, and 3,581 (4.7%) from two or more races. There were 30,024 people of Hispanic or Latino origin, of any race (39.7%). The census reported that 75,020 people (99.3% of the population) lived in households, 340 (0.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and 180 (0.2%) were institutionalized. There were 25,203 households, of which 10,465 (41.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 12,969 (51.5%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 3,494 (13.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,472 (5.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,568 (6.2%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships and 193 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 5,178 households (20.5%) were one person and 1,403 (5.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.98. There were 17,935 families (71.2% of households) and the average family size was 3.46. The age distribution was 20,212 people (26.8%) under the age of 18, 6,856 (9.1%) aged 18 to 24, 25,033 (33.1%) aged 25 to 44, 17,006 (22.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,433 (8.5%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 33.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.6 males. There were 26,476 housing units at an average density of . Of the occupied units, 12,813 (50.8%) were owner-occupied and 12,390 (49.2%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.8%. 36,783 people (48.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 38,237 people (50.6%) lived in rental housing units. According to the 2010 census, Tustin had a

median household income The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount. It may differ from the mean (or average) income. Both of these are ways of und ...

of $74,011, with 12.2% of the population living below the federal poverty line.

2000

As of the census of 2000, there were 165,196 people, 45,791 households, and 36,907 families residing in the city. The population density was 9,165.2 inhabitants per square mile. There were 45,914 housing units at an average density of 2,547.5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 46.9% White (77,443 people), 1.3% African American (2,168 people), 0.8% Native American (1,260 people), 30.9% Asian (51,078 people), 0.7% Pacific Islander (1,081 people), 15.4% from other races (25,362 people), and 4.1% from two or more races (6,804 people). Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 32.4% of the population (53,608 people). There were 45,791 households, out of which 53.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.6% were married couples with children under 18, 5,936 households (47.2% of female householders) had a female householder with no husband present, and 9,331 were non-families. Of all households, 6,977 were made up of individuals, and 2,726 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.56 and the average family size was 3.90. In the city, 7.9% of the population was under the age of 5, 20.4% from 5 to 17, 4.0% from 18 to 20, 5.2% from 21 to 24, 16.8% from 25 to 34, 16.5% from 35 to 44, 11.6% from 45 to 54, 4.3% from 55 to 59, 3.4% from 60 to 64, 5.5% from 65 to 74, 3.1% from 75 to 84, and 0.9% were 85 years of age or older. The median age was 32.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males. The median income for a household in the city was $47,754, and the median income for a family was $49,697. Males had a median income of $33,295 versus $26,709 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,209. About 10.5% of families and 13.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.1% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.

Crime

Economy

Top employers

According to the city's 2024 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:

Arts and culture

Points of interest include: * The Market Place, formerly known as Tustin Market Place *

The District ''The District'' is an American crime drama and police procedural television series that aired on CBS from October 7, 2000, to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s police department. P ...

* Tustin Area Museum * Enderle Center *

Marine Corps Air Station Tustin Marine Corps Air Station Tustin (IATA: NTK, ICAO: KNTK, FAA LID: NTK) is a former United States Navy and United States Marine Corps air station, located in Tustin, California. History The Air Station was established in 1942 by the United ...

* Marconi Automotive Museum * Old Town Tustin * Tustin Ranch Golf Course Sites listed on the

include: * Artz Building * David Hewes House * Sherman Stevens House

Government

Local

The Tustin City Council is composed of five members elected at large; the mayorship rotates among the council members and is primarily a ceremonial role. Mayor Allan Bernstein was elected to the Tustin City Council in 2012. In 2019, Letitia Clark was chosen to serve as mayor ''pro tem'', Charles E. "Chuck" Puckett, Barry Cooper and Austin Lumbard are also on the City Council as council members. Local politics in the late 1990s and early 2000s were dominated by the 1997 closure of the local Marine Corps Air Station and plans for the subsequent commercial development of the land, including an unsuccessful bid by neighboring Santa Ana to build a school on the land, part of which is within Santa Ana Unified School District's territory.

State, federal, county

In the

California State Legislature The California State Legislature is the bicameral state legislature of the U.S. state of California, consisting of the California State Assembly (lower house with 80 members) and the California State Senate (upper house with 40 members). ...

, Tustin is in and in . In the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...

, Tustin is in . In the

Orange County Board of Supervisors The Orange County Board of Supervisors is the five-member governing body of Orange County, California, along with being the executive of the county. Membership The board consists of five supervisors elected by districts to four-year terms by t ...

, Tustin is split between two districts: * 2nd supervisorial district, represented by

Vicente Sarmiento Vicente Flavio Sarmiento (born May 11, 1964) is a Bolivian-born American economist, lawyer, and politician serving as a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from the 2nd district since 2023. He was previously the mayor of Santa Ana f ...

since 2023. * 3rd supervisorial district, represented by

Donald P. Wagner Donald P. Wagner (born December 3, 1960) is an American politician, currently serving as a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors for the 3rd district and chair. He previously served as mayor of Irvine, California and as a Republican P ...

since 2019.

Education

Primary and secondary education in Tustin and surrounding unincorporated areas is overseen by the

Tustin Unified School District Tustin Unified School District was created from the 1972 voter-approved unification of the Tustin Elementary School District and the Tustin Union High School District. It is located in Tustin, a city in Orange County, California. Its district ...

Tustin High School Tustin High School is a public high school in Tustin, California, United States. It is part of the Tustin Unified School District. It was established in 1921 as the Tustin Union High School. History Founded in 1921, Tustin High School was or ...

is a

California Distinguished School California Distinguished School is an award given by the California State Board of Education to public schools within the state that best represent exemplary and quality educational programs. Approximately 5-10% of California schools are awarde ...

, as is Foothill High School.

Arnold O. Beckman High School Arnold O. Beckman High School is a public school in Irvine, California, Irvine, California, United States, serving 3,013 students from grades 9 through 12. The $94 million facility was opened on August 30, 2004. The World Languages Building ...

is in the Best High Schools according to '' U.S. News & World Report''. Tustin High School is also well-known regionally for its strong

Model United Nations Model United Nations, also known as Model UN (MUN), is an educational simulation of the United Nations, which teaches students about diplomacy, international relations, global issues, and how the United Nations is run. During a model UN confe ...

program. Springfield College, a non-profit, private, higher education institute, is located in the city of Tustin.

Infrastructure

Transportation

Orange County Transportation Authority The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is the transportation planning commission for Orange County, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. OCTA is responsible for funding and implementing transit and capital projects for ...

operates bus service in Tustin.

Police and fire services

The Tustin Police Department was founded in 1928, and has jurisdiction over the city of Tustin, and the Tustin Legacy development. Fire protection is provided by the

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Water Services

Water in Tustin is supplied by the City of Tustin Water Services, which sources its water from the

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a regional wholesaler and the largest supplier of treated water in the United States. The name is usually shortened to "Met," "Metropolitan," or "MWD." It is a cooperative of fourteen cit ...

via the Municipal Water District of Orange County. This water is imported from Northern California and the Colorado River. In addition, groundwater is managed by the Orange County Water District, sourced from underground aquifers.

Notable people

Actors

* Cuba Gooding Jr., actor * Rachel Kimsey, actress *

Matthew Lillard Matthew Lyn Lillard (born January 24, 1970) is an American actor. His film work includes Chip Sutphin in '' Serial Mom'' (1994), Emmanuel "Cereal Killer" Goldstein in '' Hackers'' (1995), Stu Macher in '' Scream'' (1996), Stevo in '' SLC Punk!'' ...

, actor *

Caroline Sunshine Caroline Mohr Sunshine (born September 5, 1995) is an American political aide and former actress, who previously worked as a White House staffer during the Donald Trump administration in 2018. As an actress, she is best known for her co-starring ...

, actress

Athletes

* Sam Baker, former

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The N ...

player * James Beaumont "Beau" Bell, NFL player *

Heath Bell Heath Justin Bell (born September 29, 1977) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. As a closer (baseball), closer with the San Diego Padres from 2009 to 2011, Bell was a three-time Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-St ...

, MLB player * Milorad Čavić, swimmer * Chris Chester, NFL player *

Gerrit Cole Gerrit Alan Cole (born September 8, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros. Cole played for the bas ...

, MLB player *

DeShaun Foster DeShaun Xavier Foster (born January 10, 1980) is an American college football coach and former player who is the head football coach of the UCLA Bruins. He played professionally as a running back for six seasons in the National Football League ...

, NFL player *

Evelyn Furtsch Evelyn Pearl Furtsch (later ''Ojeda'', April 17, 1914 – March 5, 2015) was an American sprint runner. Furtsch won the gold medal in the relay with teammates Mary Carew, Annette Rogers and Wilhelmina von Bremen at the 1932 Summer Olympics in ...

, swimmer *

Alfonso Gómez Alfonso Salvador Gómez Becerra (born October 28, 1980), better known as Alfonso Gómez, is a Mexican former professional boxer. Gomez is best known for being a competitor on the debut season of reality TV show '' The Contender'', where he fin ...

, boxer *

Doug Gottlieb Douglas Mitchell Gottlieb (born January 15, 1976) is an American basketball analyst, sports talk radio host and college basketball coach who is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. Gottlieb played NCAA c ...

, TV sports analyst and host, former college basketball player *

Mark Grace Mark Eugene Grace (born June 28, 1964) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman who spent 13 seasons with the Chicago Cubs and three seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks of the National League (NL). He was a member of t ...

, former MLB player, coach *

Shawn Green Shawn David Green (born November 10, 1972) is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played for multiple teams in Major League Baseball (MLB). Green was a first-round draft pick and a two-time major league All-Star. He drov ...

, former MLB player *

Rex Hudler Rex Allen Hudler (born September 2, 1960) is an American former Major League Baseball utility player and color commentator for the Kansas City Royals. He played a total of 14 seasons after being a first round draft pick of the New York Yankees in ...

, former MLB player * Phil Hughes, MLB player * Matt Konan, professional ice hockey player *

Jillian Kraus Jillian Amaris Kraus (born December 18, 1986) is a water polo player. She won a gold medal in the 2005 Junior World Championships, won four straight NCAA Women's Water Polo Championships with UCLA, and has played with the United States women's nat ...

(born 1986), water polo player *

Caitlin Lowe Caitlin Faith Lowe-Nagy (born February 6, 1985) is the head coach of the Arizona Wildcats softball team. Lowe is a former collegiate four-time first team All-American and medal winning Olympian. She played college softball for Arizona and led he ...

, former softball player * Matt McCoy, former NFL player *

Frostee Rucker Frostee Lynn Rucker (born September 14, 1983) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans football, USC ...

, NFL player * Dave Staton, former MLB player *

Richard Umphrey III Richard Vernon Umphrey III (born December 13, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Ne ...

, former NFL player *

Zack Weiss Zachary Daniel Weiss (; born June 16, 1992) is an American-Israeli professional baseball pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Angels, and Bo ...

, American-Israeli MLB pitcher *

Coryn Rivera Coryn Labecki (Given name, née Rivera; born August 26, 1992) is an American racing cyclist of Filipino descent, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's Continental Team . She was previously a member of Jumbo-Visma (women's team), ...

, professional cyclist * Bobby Okereke, NFL player

Other

Mary Kay Letourneau Mary Katherine Fualaau (previously Letourneau, née Schmitz; January 30, 1962 – July 6, 2020) was an American teacher who pleaded guilty in 1997 to two counts of felony second-degree rape of a child and subsequently married her former student ...

, former schoolteacher convicted for statutory second degree rape *

Claude Nowell Claude Rex Nowell (November 2, 1944 – January 29, 2008), also known as Corky King, Corky Ra, and Summum Bonum Amon Ra, was an American businessman and founder of Summum, a non-profit philosophical and religious organization that practices a ...

, businessperson *

Julie Sweet Julie Terese Sweet (née Spellman, born 1966/1967) is an American business executive and attorney. She is chair and chief executive officer (CEO) of Accenture, a multinational professional services company. ''The New York Times'' and ''Fortune' ...

, businessperson

References

External links

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