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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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