Saratoga, California
Saratoga, California | ||
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City of Saratoga | ||
Clockwise from top left: Memorial Arch; Villa Montalvo . | ||
FIPS code 06-70280 | | |
GNIS feature IDs | 1656315, 2411832 | |
Website | www |
Saratoga is a city in Santa Clara County, California. Located in
History
The area comprising Saratoga was earlier inhabited by the Ohlone Native Americans.[7][8] In 1847, European settlers created a settlement at what is now Saratoga when William Campbell (father of Benjamin Campbell, the founder of nearby Campbell, California), constructed a sawmill about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast of the present downtown area. An early map noted the area as Campbell's Gap.
In 1851, Martin McCarthy, who had leased the mill, built a toll road down to the Santa Clara Valley, and founded what is now Saratoga as McCarthysville.[9] The toll gate was located at the present-day intersection of Big Basin Way and 3rd St., giving the town its first widely used name: Toll Gate. In 1867 the town received a post office under the name of McCarthysville.
Early residents, who moved to Saratoga in 1881, were Mary Brown (1816–1884), widow of the abolitionist John Brown, her daughters Sarah and Ellen, and the husband of the latter, James Fablinger. All of them are buried in the Madronia Cemetery.[10]
The town soon industrialized with the building of a
Saratoga became
Saratoga drew notoriety for the suicide of Audrie Pott, a 15-year-old Saratoga High School student, September 2012. The three teenagers charged with sexually assaulting Pott pleaded guilty and served time in juvenile hall for the sexual assault.[13][14][15] Saratoga High School is depicted in Steven Spielberg's 2022 film The Fabelmans.[16]
Geography
Saratoga is bordered by
Neighborhoods in Saratoga include Brookview and Pride's Crossing in the north part of the city, Blue Hills and Greenbrier in the northwest area, and Congress Springs in the southwestern corner of Saratoga. The Golden Triangle, a name invented by real estate agents, is an area bounded by Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road and Cox Avenue. The Golden Triangle consists mostly of four-bedroom ranch homes (with values ranging from between $1 and $3 million) on quarter acre lots that are gradually being replaced by Mediterranean custom designs. Northeast of the Golden Triangle is a neighborhood known as Saratoga Woods, a small community located behind Prospect High School north of Cox. Bellgrove Circle is a popular neighborhood located next to highway 85. The land of Bellgrove Circle, once used as a vineyard, was previously owned by Paul Masson Winery and is east of Saratoga Avenue and north of Rt 85. Kentfield is south of Rt 85 and also east of Saratoga Avenue. Parker Ranch is a very affluent neighborhood with 1-acre (4,000 m2) minimum lots, west of Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road and up into the hills. The downtown area along Big Basin Way is known as the Village.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1880 | 297 | — | |
1960 | 14,861 | — | |
1970 | 26,810 | 80.4% | |
1980 | 29,261 | 9.1% | |
1990 | 28,061 | −4.1% | |
2000 | 29,843 | 6.4% | |
2010 | 29,926 | 0.3% | |
2020 | 31,051 | 3.8% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[18] |
2010
The
The census reported that 29,727 people (99.3% of the population) lived in households, 34 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 165 (0.6%) were institutionalized.
There were 10,734 households, out of which 4,024 (37.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 7,893 (73.5%) were
In Saratoga, 7,173 people (24.0%) were under the age of 18, 1,390 people (4.6%) were aged 18 to 24, 4,678 people (15.6%) were aged 25 to 44, 10,598 people (35.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,087 people (20.3%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.
There were 11,123 housing units at an average density of 898.3 per square mile (346.8/km2), of which 9,258 (86.2%) were owner-occupied, and 1,476 (13.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.3%. 26,201 people (87.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 3,526 people (11.8%) lived in rental housing units.
In 2011, Bloomberg Businessweek reported that the average household income was $237,804 with an average household net worth of $1,516,018.[20]
2000
As of the
There were 10,450 households, out of which 38.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.0% were married couples living together, 4.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.7% were non-families. 14.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.13. The population-age distribution was as follows: 26.0% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 23.8% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.
According to a 2007 estimate the median
Economy
The 2016 Coldwell Banker Home Listing Report listed Saratoga as the most expensive housing market in the United States.
Saratoga was ranked by Forbes in 2009 as one of America's top 20 most-educated small towns.[26] Bloomberg Businessweek named Saratoga's zip code 95070 the 18th richest zip code in America in 2011.[20] In 2018, data from the American Community Survey revealed that Saratoga was the 8th wealthiest city in the United States.[27]
Government
Saratoga is a general law city under
The Saratoga City Council has had to make many controversial decisions in a community with residents known to be protectionist of their existing exclusivity.[30] The council was a leader in dealing with the unfunded pension crisis in California.[31]
In the
Education
Various public school districts serve Saratoga. At elementary level (grades K to 8) these include Saratoga Union School District, Campbell Union School District, Cupertino Union School District and Moreland School District. High school districts that serve Saratoga include the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District, Fremont Union High School District and Campbell Union High School District. These districts provide a number of high schools including
Private schools in the area include Challenger School,
Transportation
The original alignment of Highway 85 along Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road was deleted in 1994 when the West Valley Freeway was completed, and it passes through northeast Saratoga. Highway 85 has one onramp/offramp within the city, at Saratoga Avenue; while the original plans for the freeway also included exits at Quito Road and Prospect Avenue, objections by residents kept those interchanges from being constructed. Street signs are brown in color.
The
Saratoga also has a zoning code aimed at preserving a semi-rural appearance. Saratoga emphasizes its semi-rural appearance by foregoing street lights and sidewalks on most residential streets. This contributes to Saratoga's high housing costs.
Sister cities
- Muko, Japan(1983)
Notable people
- Jeremy Atherton Lin (born 1974), author
- Alex Brightman (born 1987), actor (Beetlejuice, School of Rock)
- Mary Brown (1816–1884), widow of John Brown the abolitionist, her daughters Sarah and Ellen, and the husband of the latter, James Fablinger. All are buried in Madronia Cemetery.[10]
- Michael Burry (born 1971), physician and hedge fund manager
- Stephanie Elam (born 1974), news anchor (CNN, NBC)
- Joan Fontaine (1917–2013), Oscar-winning actress
- Devon Graye (born 1987), actor (Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh)
- Steve Harwell (1967–2023), lead singer of the band Smash Mouth
- Olivia de Havilland (1916–2020), Oscar-winning actress
- Dan Janjigian (born 1972), actor and bobsledder
- Eesha Khare (born 1995), inventor
- Ernest Konnyu (born 1937), Republican Congressman who resided in Saratoga while in office.[35]
- Anil Kumar (born 1958), management consultant who pled guilty to insider trading
- Sam Liccardo (born 1970), politician (mayor of San Jose)
- Beth Lisick (born 1968), spoken-word artist, leader of the band The Beth Lisick Ordeal, and author[36]
- Patrick Marleau (born 1979), former San Jose Sharks player
- Fresno Scraper
- Mekenna Melvin (born 1985), actress
- Pranav Mistry, (born 1981), Indian-born computer scientist and inventor
- Joe Murray (born 1961), Emmy-winning animator, best known as the creator of Rocko's Modern Life and Camp Lazlo.
- Anil Raj (1984–2019), humanitarian activist, killed in terror attack in Kabul in 2019 while working for U.N.
- James Rumbaugh (born 1947), computer scientist
- Dan Rusanowsky (born 1960), radio broadcaster
- Vincent Sheu (born 1990), Rubik's Cube speedsolver
- Ed Solomon (born 1960), screenwriter (Men in Black)
- Steven Spielberg (born 1946), filmmaker (graduated from Saratoga High, having attended it for his senior year)
- Mark Suciu (born 1992), professional skateboarder
- Vienna Teng (born 1978), singer
- Joe Thornton (born 1979), former San Jose Sharks captain
- Lance Guest (born 1960), actor
- Kerri Walsh(born 1978), Gold Medal-winning Olympian (beach volleyballer)
- James Williamson (born 1949), electronics engineer and guitarist of the Stooges
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- ^ Kaplan, Michael (December 3, 2022). "No girlfriend! Spielberg's classmates reveal fictions in 'Fabelmans'". New York Post. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
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