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City Heights
City Heights
The City Heights area of the City of San Diego is an ethnically diverse
neighborhood located at the eastern end of Mission Valley. The area is
currently undergoing a renaissance of a sort with new commercial and
residential projects going up at a rapid pace. Once an example of urban decay
and high crime, City Heights is now a model for public and private cooporation
and is well on the way to once again being a strong part of the city.
The area has benefited from a grass roots movement that began over 10 years
ago. Crime and the drug culture have been reduced significantly and the area
no longer is losing population. Now it's problem is controlling growth. More
than $550 million has been invested in the area in an effort to bring it back to
life led by Sol Price, the co-founder with his son of the Price Club wholesale
chain. Price Charities has donated more than $40 million to the neighborhood's
revitalization projects. Price has come up with creative ways to stretch the
schools to accommodate the growing population of students and with ways to
add affordable housing to the area.
New projects in the area include City Heights, once a strong shopping mall,
restored to its former glory; a new Head Start program that serves over 100
children chattering in 30 different languages; a new library; a San Diego
Community College District Continuing Education facility; and a San Diego
State University Community Center.
Other additions to the community include an Imax theater, a new
transportation center for alternative-fuel vehicles and a transit plaza/San Diego
Workforce Partnership career center that is expected to train over 10,000
people a year.
Education is an important part of City Heights revitalization program and there
are now three model schools that train new teachers about the challenges of
teaching in the inner city. Test scores are rising and students from Hoover
High School are increasingly being accepted at prestigious colleges.
GeographyCity Heights is large and diffuse, with many subneighborhoods. The
neighborhood is divided into two pieces by Fairmount Avenue: City Heights East
and City Heights West. The neighboorhood is bounded by Interstate 805 to the
West, El Cajon Boulevard to the North, 54th Street to the East, and Home
Avenue/Euclid Avenue/Chollas Parkway to the Southeast.
"Downtown" City Heights is generally regarded as around Fairmount Avenue
and 43rd Street.
The neighborhood is further divided into nineteen subneighborhoods: Adams
North, Normal Heights, Kensington, Talmadge, Rolando, Colina Del Sol, Teralta
East, Teralta West, Corridor, Cherokee Point, Castle, Fairmount Village, Fox
Canyon, Islenair, Chollas Creek, Swan Canyon, Azalea/Hollywood Park,
Fairmount Park, and Oak Park.
History
A detailed history of the City Heights neighborhood can be found at Price
Charities' official website (www.pricecharities.com). This in-depth history is
summarized below.
In the 1880s, Entrepreneurs Abraham Klauber and Samuel Steiner purchased a
tract of over 240 unincorporated acres that sat 400 feet above sea level
northeast of Balboa Park in hopes of developing the area, and named it City
Heights. With the opening of the Panama Canal and the planned Panama-Pacific
International Exposition in 1915, the voters of the area voted for City Heights
to become an incorporated city known as East San Diego on November 2,
1912. Population boomed in the next few years from 400 in 1910 to 4000
during the incorporation.
On December 31, 1923, the City of East San Diego ceased to exist and was
annexed into the City of San Diego. The status of the city was in limbo
throughout the early part of 1924, since the East San Diego trustees did not
immediately recognize the annexation. Complete annexation occurred over the
next few years with the City of San Diego taking over, improving or adding new
services into the City Heights area.
During most of the 1930s, 1940s, and the 1950s the area was an important
commercial center. In 1959 the neighborhood began to experience a decline as
Fashion Valley, Mission Valley and the College Grove Shopping Center siphoned
off merchants and customers from the University Avenue and El Cajon
Boulevard corridor.
In 1965 the San Diego City Council approved the Mid-City Plan. The plan
proposed to densify City Heights and surrounding areas, as a means of
increasing business and commerce. The plan resulted in many single-family
homes being replaced with multi-family apartments. A state of emergency was
declared by the City of San Diego. The houses bought by Caltrans for the
construction of SR 15 contributed to the rising crime rate because Caltrans had
no policy in place for dealing with abandoned buildings. The abandoned areas
were prime spots for gang and drug-related activities. It took years before they
were finally taken down for the actual construction of the freeway.
The 2000s have seen redevelopment efforts continue and new public facilities
have opened. New services are being provided to residents of City Heights
including schools, a library and a community center. Crime rates are also down
and a new urban retail village is serving the community.
Neighborhood ParksPark De La Cruz Neighborhood Park
Teralta Park
Azalea Park
Hollywood Park
Community ParksCity Heights Village Playing Fields
Colina Del Sol Community Park
Parks: Information for all parks may be obtained by calling (619) 685-1300 or
by visiting the Park and Recreation website: www.sandiego.gov/park-and-
recreation/
Mid-City Weingart Branch Library3795 Fairmount Avenue, Suite C / San Diego, CA 92105
(619) 641-6115 / www.sandiego.gov/public-library
Education
San Diego Unified School District
4100 Normal Street / San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 725-8000 / www.sandi.net
Elementary Schools
Central
4063 Polk Ave. (92105)
(619) 281-6644 / sandi.net/central
Cherokee Point
3735 38th St. (92105)
(619) 641-3400 / new.sandi.net/schools/cherokeepoint
Edison
4077 35th St. (92104)
(619) 283-5961
Euclid
4166 Euclid Ave. (92105)
(619) 282-2192
Fay
4080 52nd St. (92105)
(619) 624-2600
Hamilton
2807 Fairmount Ave. (92105)
(619) 262-2483
Ibarra
4877 Orange Ave. (92115)
(619) 641-5400
Joyner
3914 First Ave. (92103)
(619) 293-4440
Marshall
3550 Altadena Ave. (92105)
(619) 283-5924
Rosa Parks
4510 Landis St. (92105)
(619) 282-6803 / parks.sandi.net
Rowan
1757 Rowan St. (92105)
(619) 262-6525
Middle Schools
Clark (Monroe)
4388 Thorn St. (92105)
(619) 563-6801
Mann
4345 54th St. (92115)
(619) 582-8990
Wilson
3838 Orange Ave. (92105)
(619) 280-1661
High Schools
Crawford
4191 Colts Way (92115)
(619) 583-2500 / sandi.net/crawford
Hoover
4474 El Cajon Blvd. (92115)
(619) 283-6281 / www.hoovercardinals.org
DEMOGRAPHIC & SOCIO ECONOMIC ESTIMATESCommunity Planning AreaCity Heights
74,66474,240
424
Total Population Household Population Group Quarters Population
IMPORTANT ADVISORY:
Caution should be taken when using data for small population groups, particularly at small levels of geography. Minor adjustments were made (such as correcting the location of housing units that were erroneously allocated by the Census Bureau to roads and open space) to more accurately reflect the region’s true population and housing distribution.
In addition, Census 2010 does not include information about structure type or household income. Those details and other demographic estimates shown here are developed from other sources, including the California Department of Finance E-5 estimates for cities and the County of San Diego; San Diego County Assessor Records, vital events records from the California Department of Health, and income data from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
Caution should always be taken when using data for small population groups, particularly at small levels of geography.
Persons Per Household
Single Family - Multiple-Unit
% of Total
Median Household Income
Not adjusted for inflation (current 2015$)
HOUSING AND OCCUPANCY
Total Housing Units
Mobile Home and Other
Adjusted for Inflation (2010 $)
Multi-Family
Single Family - Detached
HOUSEHOLD INCOMEHouseholds by Income Category (2010 $, adjusted for inflation)
VacancyRateHouseholds
TotalHousing
Units
$100,000-$124,999
2016
$30,000-$44,999
$15,000-$29,999
$125,000-$149,999
$150,000-$199,999
$60,000-$74,999
$45,000-$59,999
Less than $15,000
$75,000-$99,999
$200,000or more
25% 12% 7% 6% 1%2% 1% 0%20%26%
23,8724,8635,648
13,3610
22,8514,6615,389
12,8010
4.3%4.2%4.6%4.2%
--
3.25
Jan 1, 2016
$29,209$32,062
Source: SANDAG, Current EstimatesSANDAGwww.sandag.org
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74,664
5,6945,835
5,9213,3392,2296,5356,5835,9255,4075,3764,9944,4993,6301,2431,6112,1271,3901,006
699621
37,4662,9192,7803,0801,7111,1653,3963,4033,0202,7012,6142,5012,3461,800
609764980675439313250
Total Population Under 5 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 17 18 and 19 20 to 24 25 to 29 30 to 34 35 to 39 40 to 44 45 to 49 50 to 54 55 to 59 60 and 61 62 to 64 65 to 69 70 to 74 75 to 79 80 to 84 85 and older
Total Male Female
37,1982,9162,9142,8411,6281,0643,1393,1802,9052,7062,7622,4932,1531,830
634847
1,147715567386371
POPULATION BY GENDER AND AGE
POPULATION BY AGE
50%50%51%48%49%48%48%48%49%50%51%50%48%50%51%53%54%51%56%55%60%
PercentFemale
Under 1865 and olderMedian Age
20,789 10,490 10,299 50%
31.0 30.5 31.6 N/A5,843 2,657 3,186 55%
Source: SANDAG, Current EstimatesSANDAGwww.sandag.org
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POPULATION BY RACE, ETHNICITY AND AGE
Total Population Under 5 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 17 18 and 19 20 to 24 25 to 29 30 to 34 35 to 39 40 to 44 45 to 49 50 to 54 55 to 59 60 and 61 62 to 64 65 to 69 70 to 74 75 to 79 80 to 84 85 and older
43,546
3,9244,148
4,0362,2771,5434,3653,8523,4073,3093,1652,8752,3331,576
443561639420292218163
10,374590517509258138486836
1,024788720636803741304414616333252181228
7,372422511453229173688783547520488493472507181203278161120
8657
211
1126
1311
2211511131613
816
6699131
Asian &Pacific Isl.
AmericanIndianBlackHispanic White All Other
Non-Hispanic
11,357
565426
693470313793943813677866892801742288400553438322201161
1,804
166223
2179460
182154123100121
85824821273229191011
Median Age
Under 1865 and older
14,385 1,874 1,615 61 2,154 7001,732 1,610 702 23 1,675 101
26.9 40.3 33.9 33.0 39.9 23.9
Source: SANDAG, Current EstimatesSANDAGwww.sandag.org
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