Callender, California
Census-designated place in California, United States
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Callender is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.[3] Callender is located along California State Route 1 south of Arroyo Grande. The population was 1,282 at the 2020 census.
Callender | |
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Location of Callender in San Luis Obispo County, California. | |
  Callender Position in California.  Callender Callender (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 35°03′11″N 120°35′47″W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County | San Luis Obispo |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.29 sq mi (5.92 km2) |
| • Land | 2.29 sq mi (5.92 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) 0% |
| Elevation | 102 ft (31 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,282 |
| • Density | 560.7/sq mi (216.49/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Area code | 805 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 252865; 2582956 |
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 2.3 square miles (5.9 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
Callender first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.[19]
2020 census
The 2020 United States census reported that Callender had a population of 1,282. The population density was 560.8 inhabitants per square mile (216.5/km2). The racial makeup of Callender was 864 (67.4%) White, 10 (0.8%) African American, 24 (1.9%) Native American, 37 (2.9%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 106 (8.3%) from other races, and 241 (18.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 392 persons (30.6%).[20]
The census reported that 1,266 people (98.8% of the population) lived in households, 16 (1.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.[20]
There were 449 households, out of which 127 (28.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 244 (54.3%) were married-couple households, 39 (8.7%) were cohabiting couple households, 96 (21.4%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 70 (15.6%) had a male householder with no partner present. 93 households (20.7%) were one person, and 47 (10.5%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.82.[20] There were 317 families (70.6% of all households).[21]
The age distribution was 255 people (19.9%) under the age of 18, 97 people (7.6%) aged 18 to 24, 272 people (21.2%) aged 25 to 44, 360 people (28.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 298 people (23.2%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.5 males.[20]
There were 490 housing units at an average density of 214.3 units per square mile (82.7 units/km2), of which 449 (91.6%) were occupied. Of these, 291 (64.8%) were owner-occupied, and 158 (35.2%) were occupied by renters.[20]
Education
It is in the Lucia Mar Unified School District.[22]