Mountain Center | |
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 Location inRiverside County, California | |
  Mountain Center Location within the state of California Show map of California Mountain Center Mountain Center (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Coordinates:33°42′15″N116°43′33″W / 33.70417°N 116.72583°W /33.70417; -116.72583 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Riverside |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.886 sq mi (4.885 km2) |
| • Land | 1.885 sq mi (4.881 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0015 sq mi (0.004 km2) 0.09% |
| Elevation | 4,518 ft (1,377 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 66 |
| • Density | 35/sq mi (14/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 92561 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1661073;2629133 |
Mountain Center is an unincorporated community andcensus-designated place[4] in theSan Jacinto Mountains, within western centralRiverside County,California.
It lies centered on the junction ofState Route 74 andState Route 243 in the southern division ofSan Bernardino National Forest. Mountain Center lies just north ofLake Hemet, midway betweenHemet andPalm Desert, just south of the town ofIdyllwild, and it is southeast of the city ofRiverside, thecounty seat of Riverside County.[5] Its elevation is 4,518 feet (1,377 m).[2] Although Mountain Center is unincorporated, it has apost office, with theZIP code of 92561.[6]
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2), 99.91% of it land, and 0.09% of it water.
Lake Hemet is the only major body of water in Mountain Center.[7]
TheMountain Fire and theCranston Fire burn scars remain visible in the community.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2010 | 63 | — | |
| 2020 | 66 | 4.8% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[8] 1850–1870[9][10] 1880-1890[11] 1900[12] 1910[13] 1920[14] 1930[15] 1940[16] 1950[17] 1960[18] 1970[19] 1980[20] 1990[21]2000[22] 2010[23] | |||
Mountain Center first appeared as acensus designated place in the2010 U.S. census.[23]
The2020 United States census reported that Mountain Center had a population of 66. The population density was 35.0 inhabitants per square mile (13.5/km2). The racial makeup of Mountain Center was 51 (77%)White, 0 (0%)African American, 1 (2%)Native American, 1 (2%)Asian, 0 (0%)Pacific Islander, 0 (0%) fromother races, and 13 (20%) from two or more races.Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9 persons (14%).[24]
The whole population lived in households. There were 39 households, out of which 2 (5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 23 (59%) were married-couple households, 0 (0%) werecohabiting couple households, 3 (8%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 13 (33%) had a male householder with no partner present. 9 households (23%) were one person, and 2 (5%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.69.[24] There were 27families (69% of all households).[25]
The age distribution was 9 people (14%) under the age of 18, 1 people (2%) aged 18 to 24, 13 people (20%) aged 25 to 44, 29 people (44%) aged 45 to 64, and 14 people (21%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 54.3 years. There were 35 males and 31 females.[24]
There were 43 housing units at an average density of 22.8 units per square mile (8.8 units/km2), of which 39 (91%) were occupied. Of these, 27 (69%) were owner-occupied, and 12 (31%) were occupied by renters.[24]
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Forest Folk, using a grant from theRiverside County Transportation Commission, operates the Idyllwild Shuttle, which provides door-to-door service.[30]
It is in theHemet Unified School District.[31]
