College City, California
College City is a census-designated place in Colusa County, California. It lies at an elevation of above sea level. Its ZIP code is 95912, and its area code is 530. Its population was 292 at the 2020 census. Despite the name, there is currently no college in College City.
History
College City began when a school was built with the money from the sale of property left by the will of Andrew Pierce, who died around April of 1871. Two years later in 1873, the College City post office was established. In January of 1875 a newspaper article promoted College City and stated that the town had "two general stores, one hotel, one livery stable, one saddler shop, one shoe shop, two blacksmith and wagon shops, one butcher shop, one bakery, numerous boarding houses, drug store and milliner shop and... Chinese wash houses."Pierce Christian College was opened on September 14, 1875 to both male and female students on land that was endowed by Andrew Pierce. The school building was 30 feet by 40 feet, and 17 feet tall. The college would later leave College City in 1896, and its facilities were taken over by the local high school district.
The population of College City was 53 in 1900, and was estimated at 300 in 1940.
Demographics
College City first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.The 2020 United States census reported that College City had a population of 292. The population density was. The racial makeup of College City was 100 White, 0 African American, 6 Native American, 3 Asian, 2 Pacific Islander, 108 from other races, and 73 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 201 persons.
The whole population lived in households. There were 93 households, out of which 24 had children under the age of 18 living in them, 50 were married-couple households, 3 were cohabiting couple households, 25 had a female householder with no partner present, and 15 had a male householder with no partner present. 22 households were one person, and 12 were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.14. There were 65 families.
The age distribution was 72 people under the age of 18, 36 people aged 18 to 24, 55 people aged 25 to 44, 67 people aged 45 to 64, and 62 people who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 39.6years. For every 100 females, there were 82.5 males.
There were 102 housing units at an average density of, of which 93 were occupied. Of these, 60 were owner-occupied, and 33 were occupied by renters.