Brooktrails, California


Brooktrails is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States. It shares ZIP code 95490 with Willits. The population was 3,632 at the 2020 census.

History

After being extensively logged from the 1880s to the middle of the twentieth century, Brooktrails Township was founded under a special provision in state law. It was marketed as a vacation mountain retreat for San Franciscans in the 1970s. It has approximately 6,600 parcels varying in size from to. The smaller parcels are mostly surrounded by the township-owned Brooktrails Redwood Park, a forest green belt composed of tan oak, Douglas fir and redwood. Brooktrails has over 30 hiking trails and two lakes, Lake Emily and Lake Ada Rose, that store and direct water to its water treatment plant. There is also a small market and a deli. The Brooktrails Township Community Services District, governed by a five-member elected board of directors, provides water, sewer, and recreational services to the residents.
In 2012, Mendocino County paid the back assessments on hundreds of abandoned Brooktrails lots; however, they stopped paying water, sewer and fire assessments for those lots.
The entire community of Brooktrails was evacuated in September 2020 due to the threat of the Oak Fire.

Geography

Brooktrails is in central Mendocino County, occupying hills to the west of Little Lake Valley. The fire department and golf course lie at an elevation of, but the community's western edge rises to nearly. It is north of Willits. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of, 99.36% of it land, and 0.64% of it water.

Demographics

Brooktrails first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.
The 2020 United States census reported that Brooktrails had a population of 3,632, all of whom lived in households. The population density was. The racial makeup was 76.5% White, 1.0% African American, 3.9% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 7.0% from other races, and 10.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.3% of the population.
There were 1,370 households, out of which 31.4% included children under the age of 18, 48.2% were married-couple households, 12.0% were cohabiting couple households, 21.2% had a female householder with no partner present, and 18.5% had a male householder with no partner present. 24.2% of households were one person, and 10.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.65. There were 911 families.
The age distribution was 24.1% under the age of 18, 6.8% aged 18 to 24, 28.8% aged 25 to 44, 22.1% aged 45 to 64, and 18.2% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 37.9years. For every 100 females, there were 106.8 males.
There were 1,458 housing units at an average density of, of which 1,370 were occupied. Of these, 74.3% were owner-occupied, and 25.7% were occupied by renters.
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $120,099, and the per capita income was $36,946. About 3.1% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the poverty line.

Notable residents

Politics

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Federally, Brooktrails is in.