Belmont, California






City in California, United States



















































































Belmont, California
City
City of Belmont

Official seal of Belmont, California
Seal

Location of Belmont in San Mateo County, California.
Location of Belmont in San Mateo County, California.



Belmont, California is located in the United States

Belmont, California

Belmont, California



Location in the United States

Coordinates: 37°31′5″N 122°17′30″W / 37.51806°N 122.29167°W / 37.51806; -122.29167Coordinates: 37°31′5″N 122°17′30″W / 37.51806°N 122.29167°W / 37.51806; -122.29167
Country United States
State California
County San Mateo
Incorporated October 29, 1926[1]
Area
[2]

 • Total 4.64 sq mi (12.02 km2)
 • Land 4.63 sq mi (12.00 km2)
 • Water 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)  0.19%
Elevation
[3]

43 ft (13 m)
Population
(2010)[4]

 • Total 25,835
 • Estimate 
(2016)[5]

27,081
 • Density 5,843.98/sq mi (2,256.45/km2)
Time zone
UTC-8 (Pacific)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
94002
Area code 650

FIPS code
06-05108

GNIS feature IDs

1658029, 2409826
Website www.belmont.gov



City limits and streets in 1937


Belmont is a city in San Mateo County in the U.S. state of California. It is in the San Francisco Bay Area, on the San Francisco Peninsula halfway between San Francisco and San Jose. It was originally part of Rancho de las Pulgas, for which one of its main roads, the Alameda de las Pulgas, is named. The city was incorporated in 1926. Its population was 25,835 at the 2010 census.


Ralston Hall is a historic landmark built by Bank of California founder, William Chapman Ralston, on the campus of Notre Dame de Namur University. It was built around a villa formerly owned by Count Cipriani, an Italian aristocrat. The locally famous "Waterdog Lake" is also located in the foothills and highlands of Belmont.


One of two[citation needed] surviving structures from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition is on Belmont Avenue (the other is the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco). The building was brought to Belmont by E.D. Swift shortly after the exposition closed in 1915. Swift owned a large amount of land in the area.


Belmont has attracted national attention for a smoking ordinance passed in January 2009 which bans smoking in all businesses and multi-story apartments and condominiums; the ordinance has been described as one of the strictest in the nation.




Contents






  • 1 Etymology


  • 2 Geography


  • 3 Demographics


    • 3.1 2010


    • 3.2 2000




  • 4 Government


    • 4.1 Federal and state representation


    • 4.2 Facilities


    • 4.3 Smoking policy




  • 5 Economy


    • 5.1 Top employers




  • 6 Sister cities


  • 7 See also


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





Etymology


The name seems to derive from the Italian "bel monte," which means "beautiful mountain." It was allegedly named such because of its "symmetrically rounded eminence" nearby.[6]



Geography





Train station in Belmont


Belmont is located at 37°31′5″N 122°17′30″W / 37.51806°N 122.29167°W / 37.51806; -122.29167 (37.518087, -122.291673).[7]


According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.20 square miles (10.9 km2) of which 4.6 square miles (12 km2) is land and 0.19% is water.



Demographics













































































Historical population
Census Pop.

1880 202
1930 984
1940 1,229 24.9%
1950 5,567 353.0%
1960 15,996 187.3%
1970 23,538 47.1%
1980 24,505 4.1%
1990 24,127 −1.5%
2000 25,123 4.1%
2010 25,835 2.8%
Est. 2016 27,081 [5] 4.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[8]


2010


The 2010 United States Census[9] reported that Belmont had a population of 25,835. The population density was 5,579.8 people per square mile (2,154.4/km²). The racial makeup of Belmont was 17,455 (67.6%) White, 420 (1.6%) African American, 72 (0.3%) Native American, 5,151 (19.9%) Asian, 198 (0.8%) Pacific Islander, 964 (3.7%) from other races, and 1,572 (6.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,977 persons (11.5%).


The Census reported that 25,321 people (98.0% of the population) lived in households, 394 (1.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 120 (0.5%) were institutionalized.


There were 10,575 households, out of which 3,251 (30.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 5,630 (53.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 830 (7.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 391 (3.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 510 (4.8%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 96 (0.9%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 2,904 households (27.5%) were made up of individuals and 997 (9.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39. There were 6,851 families (64.8% of all households); the average family size was 2.95.


The population was spread out with 5,395 people (20.9%) under the age of 18, 1,668 people (6.5%) aged 18 to 24, 7,645 people (29.6%) aged 25 to 44, 7,284 people (28.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 3,843 people (14.9%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males.


There were 11,028 housing units at an average density of 2,381.8 per square mile (919.6/km²), of which 6,280 (59.4%) were owner-occupied, and 4,295 (42.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.2%. 16,473 people (63.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 8,848 people (34.2%) lived in rental housing units.



2000


As of the census[10] of 2000, there were 25,123 people, 10,418 households, and 6,542 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,551.1 people per square mile (2,141.3/km²). There were 10,577 housing units at an average density of 2,337.1 per square mile (901.5/km²).


There were 10,418 households out of which 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.6% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.2% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.89.


In the city, the population was spread out with 19.3% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 35.9% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males.


According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $99,739, and the median income for a family was $122,515.[11] Males had a median income of $63,281 versus $46,957 for females. The per capita income for the city was $42,812. About 1.7% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 and over.


In May 2009, Belmont was ranked 11th on Forbes list of "America's Top 25 Towns to Live Well."[12]



Government



Federal and state representation


In the California State Legislature, Belmont is in the 13th Senate District, represented by Democrat Jerry Hill, and in the 22nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Kevin Mullin.[13]


Federally, Belmont is in California's 14th congressional district, represented by Democrat Jackie Speier.[14]


According to the California Secretary of State, as of February 10, 2019, Belmont has 15,827 registered voters. Of those, 7,678 (48.5%) are registered Democrats, 2,540 (16%) are registered Republicans, and 4,994 (31.6%) have declined to state a political party.[15]



Facilities


The city is served by the Belmont Public Library of the San Mateo County Libraries, a member of the Peninsula Library System.


The city has a number of parks. This includes Twin Pines Park, Waterdog Lake Open Space,[16] Semeria Park and Davey Glen Park.


Child education is provided by public and private facilities. Students in Belmont are eligible to receive public schooling through two school districts:[17] Belmont-Redwood Shores School District (kindergarten through middle school)[18] and Sequoia Union High School District (high school).[19] There are also several private schools.[17] The private Charles Armstrong School specializes in language-based learning differences, such as dyslexia.


The city's largest hotel is Hyatt House, which in an apartment hotel and caters mostly to a business clientele, due to its proximity to Oracle headquarters.



Smoking policy


In January 2009, Belmont adopted an ordinance that bans smoking in city parks, all businesses, and all multi-story apartments and condominiums. The policy, which has been described as perhaps the strictest anti-smoking law in the nation, was the result of a group of retirees lobbying the city to stop secondhand smoke from drifting into their apartments from neighboring places. Public health advocates consider the ordinance to be a new front in a national battle against tobacco; officials from the American Lung Association of California said "Belmont broke through this invisible barrier in the sense that it addressed drifting smoke in housing as a public health issue."[20]



Economy



Top employers


According to the city's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[21] the top employers in the city are:


























































#
Employer
# of Employees
1

Oracle
500 to 999
2

Cengage Learning
250 to 499
3

Volkswagen Group of America Electronics Research Lab
100 to 249
4

Nikon Precision
100 to 249
5

Safeway
100 to 249
6

Autobahn Motors
100 to 249
7
Silverado Senior Living
100 to 249
8
Carlmont Gardens
75 to 100
9
Lunardi's
75 to 100
10

Jameco Electronics
75 to 100


Sister cities




  • Belgium Blason namur prov.svgNamur, Belgium


  • United States Belmont, Massachusetts, United States



See also




References





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  5. ^ ab "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.


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  7. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.


  8. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.


  9. ^ "2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Belmont city". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 12, 2014.


  10. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved 2008-01-31.


  11. ^ American FactFinder. Factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.


  12. ^ Woolsey, Matt. "In Depth: America's Top 25 Towns To Live Well". Forbes.


  13. ^ "Statewide Database". UC Regents. Retrieved December 29, 2014.


  14. ^ "California's 14th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved March 13, 2013.


  15. ^ "CA Secretary of State – Report of Registration – February 10, 2019" (PDF). ca.gov. Retrieved March 12, 2019.


  16. ^ "Waterdog trail map".


  17. ^ ab "Belmont, CA Schools".


  18. ^ "Belmont-Redwood Shores School District". Archived from the original on June 26, 2012.


  19. ^ "Sequoia Union High School District". Archived from the original on October 16, 2012.


  20. ^ McKinley, Jesse. "Smoking Ban Hits Home. Truly." The New York Times, January 26, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-01-26.


  21. ^ City of Belmont CAFR Archived April 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine




External links








  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata

  • Belmont information resource from the Belmont Chamber of Commerce

  • Belmont Public Library - a branch of the San Mateo County Library










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