For population 25 years and over in Desert View Highlands:
High school or higher: 78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.0%
Unemployed: 10.7%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 38.8 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Desert View Highlands CDP:
Never married: 16.1%
Now married: 61.1%
Separated: 1.0%
Widowed: 5.7%
Divorced: 16.2%
327 residents are foreign born (10.8% Latin America, 2.1% Asia).
This place:
14.0%
California:
26.2%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,667 (0.6%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $1,506 (0.7%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Palmdale, CA (3.1 miles , pop. 116,670).
Desert View Highlands-area historical earthquake activity is above California state average. It is 2934% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 7/21/1952 at 11:52:14, a magnitude 7.7 (7.7 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 55.8 miles away from the city center, causing $50,000,000 total damage On 6/28/1992 at 11:57:34, a magnitude 7.6 (6.2 MB, 7.6 MS, 7.3 MW, Depth: 0.7 mi) earthquake occurred 96.7 miles away from Desert View Highlands center, causing 3 deaths (1 shaking deaths, 2 other deaths) and 400 injuries, causing $100,000,000 total damage and $40,000,000 insured losses On 10/16/1999 at 09:46:44, a magnitude 7.4 (6.3 MB, 7.4 MS, 7.2 MW, 7.3 ML) earthquake occurred 98.0 miles away from the city center On 1/17/1994 at 12:30:55, a magnitude 6.8 (6.4 MB, 6.8 MS, 6.7 MW, Depth: 11.4 mi, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 38.5 miles away from the city center, causing 60 deaths (60 shaking deaths) and 7000 injuries On 6/28/1992 at 15:05:30, a magnitude 6.9 (6.3 MB, 6.7 MS, 6.5 MW, 6.9 ME, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 79.0 miles away from Desert View Highlands center On 4/21/1918 at 22:32:30, a magnitude 6.8 (6.8 UK) earthquake occurred 67.5 miles away from the city center Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), energy magnitude (ME), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Los Angeles County (51) is a lot greater than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 24 Emergencies Declared: 4
Causes of natural disasters: Fires: 34, Floods: 14, Storms: 8, Landslides: 5, Winter Storms: 5, Mudslides: 4, Earthquakes: 2, Heavy Rain: 1, Snow: 1, Storm: 1, Tornado: 1, Wind: 1, Freeze: 1, Hurricane: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Desert View Highlands:
PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 7 miles away; PALMDALE, CA)
ANTELOPE VALLEY HOSPITAL MED CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 8 miles away; LANCASTER, CA)
LAC/OLIVE VIEW-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Local, provides emergency services, about 26 miles away; SYLMAR, CA)
Amtrak stations near Desert View Highlands:
2 miles: PALMDALE (120 E. PALMDALE BLVD.) - Bus Station . Services: fully wheelchair accessible, public payphones, full-service food facilities, free short-term parking, call for taxi service.
8 miles: LANCASTER (44742 SIERRA HWY.) - Bus Station . Services: fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, taxi stand, public transit connection.
19 miles: ROSAMOND (2515 CENTER ST.) - Bus Station . Services: fully wheelchair accessible, public payphones, snack bar, free short-term parking.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Desert View Highlands:
Antelope Valley College (about 7 miles; Lancaster, CA; Full-time enrollment: 4,777)
Los Angeles Mission College (about 25 miles; Sylmar, CA; FT enrollment: 2,500)
College of the Canyons (about 27 miles; Santa Clarita, CA; FT enrollment: 6,129)
Glendale Community College (about 30 miles; Glendale, CA; FT enrollment: 5,964)
Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts (about 31 miles; Pasadena, CA; FT enrollment: 2,253)
Pasadena City College (about 31 miles; Pasadena, CA; FT enrollment: 9,164)
California Institute of Technology (about 32 miles; Pasadena, CA; FT enrollment: 2,130)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 37.3. This is about average.
City:
37.3
U.S.:
32.0
Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2010 was 0.147. This is significantly better than average.Closest monitor was 5.8 miles away from the city center.
City:
0.147
U.S.:
0.334
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) [ppb] level in 2010 was 12.7. This is worse than average.Closest monitor was 5.8 miles away from the city center.
City:
12.7
U.S.:
9.4
Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 40.9. This is significantly worse than average.Closest monitor was 3.3 miles away from the city center.
City:
40.9
U.S.:
28.3
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 20.6. This is about average.Closest monitor was 5.8 miles away from the city center.
City:
20.6
U.S.:
22.1
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2009 was 7.72. This is better than average.Closest monitor was 5.8 miles away from the city center.
City:
7.72
U.S.:
9.59
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 30.0%
(8.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 51.9% for Black residents, 48.5% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 61.6% for American Indian residents, 65.2% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
3.5 people
California:
2.4 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
78.8%
Whole state:
65.9%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
5.5%
Whole state:
5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for Desert View Highlands (based on Los Angeles County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 58.08%
Here
58.1%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
Jewish
Southern Baptist Convention
LDS (Mormon) Church
Muslim Estimate
Adherents
68.8%
10.2%
2.0%
1.8%
1.7%
Congregations
6.9%
5.0%
7.7%
5.9%
1.2%
Name
American Baptist Churches in the USA
Charismatic Churches Independent
Assemblies of God
United Methodist Church
Other
Adherents
1.3%
1.3%
1.2%
1.0%
10.7%
Congregations
5.2%
0.3%
6.4%
4.4%
57.0%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 2,084
Los Angeles County:
2.12 / 10,000 pop.
California:
2.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 32
This county:
0.03 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.04 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 567
Los Angeles County:
0.58 / 10,000 pop.
California:
0.62 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 1,206
Los Angeles County:
1.23 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.49 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 7,008
Here:
7.15 / 10,000 pop.
State:
7.42 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
This county:
7.5%
California:
7.3%
Adult obesity rate:
Los Angeles County:
20.4%
California:
21.3%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
This county:
18.6%
State:
17.9%
3.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($43,821 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
3.22%
California average:
5.75%
0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,038 average AGI)
Los Angeles County:
0.14%
California average:
0.21%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
#5 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Mathematical science occupations"
#8 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Legal support workers"
#12 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Transportation, tourism, and lodging attendants"
#13 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Management occupations:"
#20 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries"
#26 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Social assistance"
#1 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
#3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest carbon monoxide air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
#3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (8-hour) air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
#5 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
#8 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"
