Golden Hills, California

Golden Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Tehachapi Mountains, in Kern County, California, United States. The population was 9,578 at the 2020 census, up from 8,656 at the 2010 census.^[4] Golden Hills adjoins the city of Tehachapi on the west.

Golden Hills
census-designated place
Location in Kern County and the state of California
Golden Hills Location in the United States
Coordinates: 35°08′33″N 118°29′25″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Kern
Government
• Senate	Shannon Grove (R)
• Assembly	Vince Fong (R)
• U. S. Congress	Kevin McCarthy (R)
Area [1]
• Total	10.931 sq mi (28.312 km2)
• Land	10.914 sq mi (28.267 km2)
• Water	0.017 sq mi (0.045 km2)  0.16%
Elevation [2]	3,917 ft (1,194 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	9,578
• Density	880/sq mi (340/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	93561
Area code	661
FIPS code	06-30282
GNIS feature ID	1867025

Geography

Golden Hills is located at 35°08′33″N 118°29′25″W.^[2]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.9 square miles (28 km²), of which 0.017 square miles (0.044 km²) or 0.16% is water.^[1]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1990	5,423		—
2000	7,434		37.1%
2010	8,656		16.4%
2020	9,578		10.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[5] 1990[6] 2000[7] 2010[8]

Golden Hills first appeared as a census designated place in the 1990 U.S. Census.^[6]

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Golden Hills had a population of 9,578. The population density was 877.6 inhabitants per square mile (338.8/km²). The racial makeup of Golden Hills was 72.3% White, 1.5% African American, 1.6% Native American, 1.5% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 9.0% from other races, and 13.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 24.3% of the population.^[9]

The census reported that 99.9% of the population lived in households, 12 people (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.^[9]

There were 3,628 households, out of which 32.3% included children under the age of 18, 54.0% were married-couple households, 6.5% were cohabiting couple households, 22.6% had a female householder with no partner present, and 17.0% had a male householder with no partner present. 24.0% of households were one person, and 10.2% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.64.^[9] There were 2,577 families (71.0% of all households).^[10]

The age distribution was 24.8% under the age of 18, 7.1% aged 18 to 24, 25.2% aged 25 to 44, 24.5% aged 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males.^[9]

There were 3,838 housing units at an average density of 351.7 units per square mile (135.8 units/km²), of which 3,628 (94.5%) were occupied. Of these, 71.5% were owner-occupied, and 28.5% were occupied by renters.^[9]

In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that 6.8% of the population were foreign-born. Of all people aged 5 or older, 81.7% spoke only English at home, 16.5% spoke Spanish, 0.6% spoke other Indo-European languages, 1.1% spoke Asian or Pacific Islander languages, and 0.1% spoke other languages. Of those aged 25 or older, 91.9% were high school graduates and 27.5% had a bachelor's degree.^[11]

The median household income was $94,654, and the per capita income was $43,710. About 9.6% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the poverty line.^[12]

2010

At the 2010 census Golden Hills had a population of 8,656. The population density was 705.7 inhabitants per square mile (272.5/km²). The racial makeup of Golden Hills was 7,235 (83.6%) White, 129 (1.5%) African American, 124 (1.4%) Native American, 120 (1.4%) Asian, 15 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 670 (7.7%) from other races, and 363 (4.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,674 persons (19.3%).^[13]

The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.

There were 3,216 households, 1,173 (36.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,887 (58.7%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 339 (10.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 144 (4.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 188 (5.8%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 15 (0.5%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 672 households (20.9%) were one person and 247 (7.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.69. There were 2,370 families (73.7% of households); the average family size was 3.11.

The age distribution was 2,245 people (25.9%) under the age of 18, 819 people (9.5%) aged 18 to 24, 1,872 people (21.6%) aged 25 to 44, 2,648 people (30.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,072 people (12.4%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 38.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.4 males.

There were 3,522 housing units at an average density of 287.1 per square mile, of the occupied units 2,204 (68.5%) were owner-occupied and 1,012 (31.5%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 9.5%. 5,836 people (67.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 2,820 people (32.6%) lived in rental housing units.