Hillsborough, California
Hillsborough, California | ||
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Town of Hillsborough | ||
FIPS code 06-33798 | | |
GNIS feature IDs | 1659735, 2412752 | |
Website | www |
Hillsborough is an incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is located 17 miles (27 km) south of San Francisco on the San Francisco Peninsula, bordered by Burlingame to the north, San Mateo to the east, Highlands-Baywood Park to the south, and Interstate 280 to the west. The population was 11,387 at the 2020 census.
History
Hillsborough is located on the
Geography and environment
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.2 square miles (16 km2), all of it land. The area's considerably winding, hilly topography, and impossibility of a grid layout make Hillsborough notoriously challenging to navigate. Many lots include fairly steep slopes, particularly the western side of the town, with the landscape generally flattening to the east as it descends from the 280 freeway to El Camino Real and the towns of Burlingame and San Mateo.
Three prominent streams drain the mostly wooded slopes of Hillsborough:
The upper drainage area of San Mateo Creek in Hillsborough contains significant
Hillsborough is bordered by Burlingame to the north, San Mateo to the east, Highlands-Baywood Park to the south, and Interstate 280 to the west.
Hillsborough's landscape is dominated by large homes; the town zoning and subdivision ordinances require a 2,500-square-foot (230 m2) minimum house size and minimum lot size of 0.5 acres (2,000 m2).[10] As a result, there are no apartments, condominiums or townhouses in the city limits.
The town has no commercial zoning and thus no businesses within the town limits; the only non-residential properties are the town's four public and three private schools, town and county government facilities, a golf course, a country club, and small parks.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1920 | 931 | — | |
1930 | 1,891 | 103.1% | |
1940 | 2,747 | 45.3% | |
1950 | 3,552 | 29.3% | |
1960 | 7,554 | 112.7% | |
1970 | 8,753 | 15.9% | |
1980 | 10,372 | 18.5% | |
1990 | 10,667 | 2.8% | |
2000 | 10,825 | 1.5% | |
2010 | 10,825 | 0.0% | |
2020 | 11,387 | 5.2% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[11] |
2010
At the
The census reported that 10,825 people (100% of the population) lived in households, as no other type of residence exists in Hillsborough.
There were 3,693 households, 1,445 (39.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,804 (75.9%) were
The age distribution was 2,877 people (26.6%) under the age of 18, 466 people (4.3%) aged 18 to 24, 1,600 people (14.8%) aged 25 to 44, 3,667 people (33.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,215 people (20.5%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 47.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males.
There were 3,912 housing units at an average density of 632.0 per square mile, of the occupied units 3,490 (94.5%) were owner-occupied and 203 (5.5%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.2%. 10,206 people (94.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 619 people (5.7%) lived in rental housing units.
In 2019, a Bloomberg analysis ranked Hillsborough as the fifth richest town in the United States with a median household income of $373,128.[13]
2000
At the
The age distribution was 25.1% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 19.7% from 25 to 44, 32.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% 65 or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.6 males.
The median household income was $193,157 and the median family income was $200,000. Full-time male workers have a median income of $100,000+ versus $55,882 for full-time female workers. The per capita income for the town was $98,643. About 1.8% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the
Politics
According to the California Secretary of State, on February 10, 2019, Hillsborough had 7,802 registered voters. Of those, 2,638 (33.8%) were registered Democrats, 2,337 (30%) were registered Republicans, and 2,522 (32.3%) had declined to state a political party.[15]
In the
In the United States House of Representatives, Hillsborough is in California's 15th congressional district, represented by Democrat Kevin Mullin.[17]
Because of the city's affluence, Hillsborough has historically leaned conservative. The city mainly supported Republican candidates for President and statewide/local offices up until 2016. It gave Mitt Romney 53% of the vote in 2012 against incumbent President Barack Obama's 45%. But four years later, the city swung massively against the Republican Party, with Democrat Hillary Clinton garnering 63%, with Donald Trump only carrying 31% of the vote in the city. In 2020, the city continued to swing left, President Joe Biden won 68% of the vote and Donald Trump only managed 29%.[18]
Schools
Hillsborough has its own highly regarded and ranked
- The Nueva School, a nationally recognized independent school serving gifted and talented students.
- Crocker Middle School, a public middle school, located on Ralston Avenue, named after William H. Crocker,
- West Elementary School, a public elementary school, located on Barbara Way.
- South Elementary School, a public elementary, at 303 El Cerrito.
- North Elementary School, a public elementary, at 545 Eucalyptus Avenue.
- Bridge School (California), a school serving students with physical and speech impairments.
- college preparatory middle and high school.
Landmarks
Primarily a residential suburb of San Francisco, Hillsborough has many mansions and other points of interest within the town's borders dating from the early 20th century.
- Arthur and Mona Hofmann House – Designed by Richard Neutra and is placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Carolands — Built by Harriet Pullman Carolan, heiress to the Pullman railway. At 65,000 ft² (6,000 m2), it is one of the largest residences in the United States and is placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Skyfarm — Built by Arthur Brown, Jr., and opened in 1930. Home since the 1960s to The Nueva School.
- Tobin Clark Estate – Originally designed by the noted architect David Adler for Mrs. Celia Tobin Clark, one of the Peninsula's most prominent families of the early 20th Century
- Uplands — Built by Templeton Crocker, as a gift to his fiancée Helène Irwin, heiress to the C&H Sugar family fortune. Designed by Willis Polk; opened in 1912, with interior of 35,000 ft² (3,250 m2). Home since the 1950s to Crystal Springs Uplands School.
- Western White House — Commissioned by George Randolph Hearst, son of William Randolph Hearst and now privately owned. It, like Hearst Castle, was designed by Julia Morgan.[19]
- Junípero Serra statue — Overlooking Highway 280, the statue was built in honor of Father Junípero Serra.
- Usonian" period. Completed in 1940, the house remains largely in its original condition. Another notable feature of the house is that one of its former occupants was Joseph Eichler, whose tenancy in the house is said to have greatly influenced the eventual designs used in his successful housing developments of the 1950s-1960s.
- ′The Flintstone House′ (a.k.a. the Adobe/Dome/Bubble/Marshmallow/Gumby house) — designed by architect William Nicholson and built in 1976 using sprayed concrete over balloon-shaped forms, now painted a deep/burnt orange color reminiscent of the Golden Gate Bridge's distinctive hue. The house can be seen to the east from the Doran Memorial Bridge, northbound on Highway 280between the Bunker Hill and Hayne/Black Mountain exits.
Climate
December is the coolest month with an average high of 60 degrees, and September is the warmest month with an average high of 78 degrees. Hillsborough has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa), with the vast majority of the precipitation from the months of November to April. On average, Hillsborough receives 17 inches (430 mm) of rain. With coastal mountains to the west of Hillsborough, it is blocked in the winter from much of the rainfall over Half Moon Bay, and in the summer it is blocked from virtually all the fog of the coast. Hillsborough receives an average of 307 days of sunshine annually, with 52 days of recordable precipitation per year.
Notable people
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- Toni Breidinger – NASCAR driver
- Roxy Bernstein – sports broadcaster
- Pat Burrell – baseball player
- Jason Calacanis – Internet entrepreneur
- Alyssa Campanella – Miss California USA 2011
- Sam Chavez – professional golfer
- The World Bank; former chairman, president and CEO of Bank of America
- Jenny Craig – weight loss guru, founder of Jenny Craig, Inc.
- San Francisco Opera Houseand Veterans Building
- Bing Crosby – singer, actor, raised his second family in Hillsborough
- Nathaniel Crosby – U.S. Amateur golf champion, son of Bing Crosby
- Eric Dane – actor
- Andre Ethier – baseball player
- Kathy Garver – actress
- Marjorie Gestring – diver, youngest Olympian to win gold medal
- Michael Grimes – managing director at Morgan Stanley
- Patty Hearst – heiress of Hearst newspaper fortune
- William Randolph Hearst I – newspaper publisher, politician, builder of Hearst Castle
- Rickey Henderson – Hall of Fame baseball player
- Charles B. Johnson – former chairman at Franklin Templeton Investments
- Jimmy Kimmel – comedian
- International Master
- Brigitte Lin – Taiwanese actress
- Jeremy Lin – basketball player
- Phyllis Welch MacDonald – actress
- Greg Maddux – Hall of Fame baseball pitcher
- Imelda Marcos – former first lady of the Philippines
- David Marquardt – co-founder of venture capital firm August Capital
- Timothy Francis McCarthy – former President of Charles Schwab Corporation
- Sidney Mobell – artist and jeweler[20]
- Larry Probst – chairman and former CEO of Electronic Arts (EA)
- Ryan Roslansky – CEO of LinkedIn
- Alicia Silverstone – actress
- J.T. Snow– baseball player
- Jackie Speier – former U.S. Representative
- Lucio Tan – businessman
- Bud Tribble – vice president of software technology at Apple Inc., among founders of NeXT, Inc.
- Marshall Tuck – politician
- Troy Tulowitzki – baseball player
- George Tupou V – former King of Tonga
- Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tuita – Tongan princess, only daughter of former King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV[21]
- Consul Generalof San Francisco, husband of Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tuita
- Caspar Weinberger – Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
- Martin Yan – chef, star of TV show "Yan Can Cook," lives with family in Hillsborough
Further reading
- ISBN 0-9785259-0-6
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- ^ Environmental Impact Report for the Hillsborough Highlands Estates, Earth Metrics Report 7803, California State Clearinghouse, November 1989
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