Wrightwood, California Downtown Wrightwood is dotted with many old resort cabins from the 1930s Location in San Bernardino County and the state of California Location in San Bernardino County and the state of California Wrightwood is a census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California.

Located in a pine veiled valley in the San Gabriel Mountains, the region was first advanced as cattle ranches in the 19th century by Nathan and Truman Swarthout, then later the chief ranch, owned by Sumner Wright was broken up into residentiary and commercial lots and by the 1920s a improve took roots.

As highways were advanced coming out of the primary routes in the Cajon Pass, Wrightwood became an easy destination, with no serious mountain driving required for town/city dwellers.

Through the last 60 years, Wrightwood has evolved from a vacation improve to home to over 4000 full-time residents.

Thirty-five years ago, parents realized they wanted their students closer to home and the result was Serrano High School, that serves not only Wrightwood but neighboring communities of Phelan and Pinon Hills.

In August 2016, a portion of populace of Wrightwood was evacuated as part of mandatory evacuations of over 82,000 citizens in San Bernardino County due to the Blue Cut Fire. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 5.9 square miles (15 km2), 99.94% of it territory and 0.06% of it water.

Climate data for Wrightwood, California, 1981 2010 normals The 2010 US Enumeration reported that Wrightwood had a populace of 4,525.

The populace density was 763.2 citizens per square mile (294.7/km ).

The ethnic makeup of Wrightwood was 4,126 (91.2%) White (83.4% Non-Hispanic White), 38 (0.8%) African American, 28 (0.6%) Native American, 51 (1.1%) Asian, 7 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 112 (2.5%) from other competitions, and 163 (3.6%) from two or more competitions.

The Enumeration reported that 4,525 citizens (100% of the population) lived in homeholds, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 1,857 homeholds, out of which 553 (29.8%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 1,012 (54.5%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 161 (8.7%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 95 (5.1%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.

476 homeholds (25.6%) were made up of individuals and 161 (8.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The populace was spread out with 1,046 citizens (23.1%) under the age of 18, 301 citizens (6.7%) aged 18 to 24, 957 citizens (21.1%) aged 25 to 44, 1,610 citizens (35.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 611 citizens (13.5%) who were 65 years of age or older.

There were 2,686 housing units at an average density of 453.0 per square mile (174.9/km ), of which 1,390 (74.9%) were owner-occupied, and 467 (25.1%) were occupied by renters.

3,346 citizens (73.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,179 citizens (26.1%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, Wrightwood had a median homehold income of $72,231, with 4.6% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. There were 2,319 housing units at an average density of 1,053.1 per square mile (407.0/km ).

There were 1,486 homeholds out of which 35.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 28.9% were non-families.

23.6% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The average homehold size was 2.6 and the average family size was 3.1.

In the CDP, the populace was spread out with 28.6% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the CDP was $50,338, and the median income for a family was $57,197.

About 5.8% of families and 6.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 5.9% of those under age 18 and 14.3% of those age 65 or over.

In the California State Legislature, Wrightwood is in the 23rd Senate District, represented by Republican Mike Morrell, and in the 36th Assembly District, represented by Republican Tom Lackey. In the United States House of Representatives, Wrightwood is in California's 8th congressional district, represented by Republican Paul Cook. Just west from Wrightwood sits Big Pines, CA, which hosts the Mountain High Resort, a prominent ski/snowboard resort consisting of Three Mountains. United States Enumeration Bureau.

"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Wrightwood CDP".

"California's 8th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map".

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