Loyola, California

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Loyola is a census-designated place and an unincorporated town in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 3,478 at the 2000 census. The town is located between the cities of Cupertino and Los Altos Hills.

While Loyola is unfamiliar to locals, a variant name Loyola Corners is locally used. The name comes from the area's history as the proposed site for Santa Clara University before the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. If the plan had come to fruition, the university would have been located in the area of the present-day golf course on Country Club Drive. The Los Altos project succumbed to post-Earthquake delays and financing problems.

[edit] Geography

Loyola is located at 37°21′5″N, 122°6′2″W (37.351391, -122.100526)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.5 km² (1.7 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 3,478 people, 1,275 households, and 1,039 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 771.8/km² (2,003.9/mi²). There were 1,298 housing units at an average density of 288.0/km² (747.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 79.13% White, 0.35% African American, 0.14% Native American, 15.93% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.09% from other races, and 3.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.91% of the population.

There were 1,275 households out of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.4% were married couples living together, 4.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.5% were non-families. 14.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 3.8% from 18 to 24, 22.5% from 25 to 44, 34.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $140,617, and the median income for a family was $149,379. Males had a median income of $0 versus $69,306 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $68,730. None of the families and 0.8% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.