Tara Hills, California


Tara Hills is a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 5,364 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of, all of it land. Tara Hills is located in the San Francisco Bay Area region of Northern California.
Although this is a census area, outside of the City of San Pablo, the mailing addresses are San Pablo, California.

Demographics

Tara Hills first appeared as a census-designated place in the 1990 United States census.

2020 census

The 2020 United States census reported that Tara Hills had a population of 5,364. The population density was. The racial makeup of Tara Hills was 26.4% White, 11.3% African American, 1.5% Native American, 21.0% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 25.4% from other races, and 14.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 41.1% of the population.
The census reported that 99.8% of the population lived in households, 0.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.0% were institutionalized.
There were 1,737 households, out of which 34.7% included children under the age of 18, 49.5% were married-couple households, 5.7% were cohabiting couple households, 27.2% had a female householder with no partner present, and 17.6% had a male householder with no partner present. 20.4% of households were one person, and 9.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.08. There were 1,294 families.
The age distribution was 20.7% under the age of 18, 8.8% aged 18 to 24, 27.4% aged 25 to 44, 27.5% aged 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 39.2years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males.
There were 1,778 housing units at an average density of, of which 1,737 were occupied. Of these, 66.0% were owner-occupied, and 34.0% were occupied by renters.
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $116,415, and the per capita income was $45,330.

Commerce

The neighborhood is near two shopping centers.
The eastern and upper border has Pinole Square at the intersection of Appian Way and I-80.
At the west end near San Pablo Bay, the occupies most of the Tara Hills old Shopping Center.
San Pablo Avenue borders the northwest side of the neighborhood and is home to many businesses.

Education

Tara Hills is in the West Contra Costa Unified School District.