Lake of the Pines, California

Template:For Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Lake of the Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) and a gated residential community in Nevada County, California, United States. The population was 4,301 at the 2020 census.

History

Lake of the Pines was laid out by property developers in the 1960s.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Geography

Lake of the Pines is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, at Template:Coord.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which, Template:Convert of it is land and Template:Convert of it (12.20%) is water.

Lake of the Pines is commonly associated with a gated residential community which surrounds a reservoir, also named Lake of the Pines. The reservoir was created by damming Magnolia Creek, in the Bear River watershed, and it has a maximum elevation of 459 m (1507 ft).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The gated community contains a golf course looping around the reservoir. The community is normally accessed only through the main entrance from Magnolia Road, just northeast of Combie Road.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The boundaries of the census-designated place differ slightly from the boundaries of the gated community. As the CDP boundaries tend to follow streets, the CDP excludes many parcels in the periphery of the gated community and includes a shopping center in Combie Road.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In postal addresses, the area is considered a part of Auburn, though the city of Auburn is in Placer County.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Demographics

Lake of the Pines first appeared as a census designated place in the 1990 U.S. census.<ref name=1990CensusCA/>

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Lake of the Pines had a population of 4,301. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Lake of the Pines was 86.7% White, 0.3% African American, 0.9% Native American, 1.5% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 1.3% from other races, and 8.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.0% of the population.<ref name=DP1>Template:Cite web</ref>

The whole population lived in households. There were 1,825 households, out of which 18.6% included children under the age of 18, 60.9% were married-couple households, 3.9% were cohabiting couple households, 23.5% had a female householder with no partner present, and 11.7% had a male householder with no partner present. 24.2% of households were one person, and 16.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.36.<ref name=DP1/> There were 1,305 families (71.5% of all households).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The age distribution was 15.1% under the age of 18, 5.8% aged 18 to 24, 14.6% aged 25 to 44, 31.0% aged 45 to 64, and 33.6% who were 65Template:Nbspyears of age or older. The median age was 56.9Template:Nbspyears. For every 100 females, there were 90.1 males.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 2,044 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 1,825 (89.3%) were occupied. Of these, 84.6% were owner-occupied, and 15.4% were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>

In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that 2.5% of the population were foreign-born. Of all people aged 5 or older, 97.6% spoke only English at home, 0.3% spoke Spanish, 1.7% spoke other Indo-European languages, and 0.4% spoke Asian or Pacific Islander languages. Of those aged 25 or older, 97.9% were high school graduates and 40.5% had a bachelor's degree.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The median household income in 2023 was $118,661, and the per capita income was $63,253. About 3.1% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the poverty line.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2010

At the 2010 census Lake of the Pines had a population of 3,917. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Lake of the Pines was 3,669 (93.7%) White, 5 (0.1%) African American, 20 (0.5%) Native American, 65 (1.7%) Asian, 7 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 24 (0.6%) from other races, and 127 (3.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 246 people (6.3%).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The census reported that 3,917 people lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.

There were 1,567 households, 478 (30.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 977 (62.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 157 (10.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 62 (4.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 54 (3.4%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 15 (1.0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 314 households (20.0%) were one person and 197 (12.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.50. There were 1,196 families (76.3% of households); the average family size was 2.84.

The age distribution was 871 people (22.2%) under the age of 18, 221 people (5.6%) aged 18 to 24, 594 people (15.2%) aged 25 to 44, 1,276 people (32.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 955 people (24.4%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 49.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.2 males.

There were 1,768 housing units at an average density of 957.8 per square mile, of the occupied units 1,234 (78.7%) were owner-occupied and 333 (21.3%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 2.3%. 2,932 people (74.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 985 people (25.1%) lived in rental housing units.

Politics

In the state legislature, Lake of the Pines is in Template:Representative,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Template:Representative.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Federally, Lake of the Pines is in Template:Representative.<ref>Template:Cite GovTrack</ref>

Education

It is in the Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary School District and the Nevada Joint Union High School District.<ref name=CensusSDMap2020>Template:Cite map - Text list</ref>

References

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External links

• City website