Lathrop, CA

 

Lathrop, CA
Location in San Joaquin County and the state of California
Coordinates: 37°49′1″N 121°17′19″W / 37.81694, -121.28861
Country	United States
State	California
County	San Joaquin
Government
- Mayor	Kristy Sayles
Area
- City	sq mi (km²)
- Land	sq mi ( km²)
- Water	sq mi ( km²)
Elevation	ft ( m)
Population (2006)
- City
- Density	/sq mi (/km²)
Time zone	Pacific Standard Time Zone (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)
ZIP code	95330
Area code(s)	209
FIPS code	06-40704
GNIS feature ID	1658948

Lathrop is a city located in San Joaquin County, California. The population is currently 14,625. (2006)

Weather

Lathrop's average high temperature in January is 54 °F (12 °C) and the average low in January is 38 °F (3 °C). In July, the average high temperature is 94 °F and the average low in July is 61 °F. During the record breaking, hot temperatures in July 2006, an all time record high happened, 115 °F! Flooding from the San Joaquin River rarely happens because of good levee repairs.

Geography

Lathrop is located at 37°49′1″N, 121°17′19″W (37.816904, -121.288633)¹. The San Joaquin River is in the east side of Lathrop where the Mossdale development is. Lathrop's elevation is about 20 feet (7 m)

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 43.3 km² (16.7 mi²). 42.4 km² (16.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²) of it (2.03%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 10,445 people, 2,908 households, and 2,483 families residing in the city. The population density was 246.2/km² (637.6/mi²). There were 2,991 housing units at an average density of 70.5/km² (182.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 50.92% White, 4.49% African American, 1.21% Native American, 13.36% Asian (mostly Filipino), 0.54% Pacific Islander, 21.11% from other races, and 8.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 38.59% of the population.

There were 2,908 households out of which 51.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.9% were married couples living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.6% were non-families. 10.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.59 and the average family size was 3.82.

In the city the population was spread out with 34.8% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 6.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 103.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $55,037, and the median income for a family was $57,319. Males had a median income of $40,406 versus $27,028 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,032. About 7.7% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.6% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over.

City of Trees

Lathrop participates in the Sister City program and is tied to Baccara, Philippines.^{[citation needed]}

Economic Potential

Lathrop sits aside Interstate 5, one of the major freeways in California and the major north-south freeway along the entire West Coast. Lathrop is located in the metro triangle, which is bounded by the Bay Area, Stockton and Sacramento. Lathrop is centrally located within a 30-minute commute of Tracy, Manteca, Stockton, Lodi, Modesto, Livermore and Pleasanton.

The City of Lathrop has a seven mile (11 km) radius population of 105,893 with an average household income of $63,072.

Lathrop is strategically centered between the Stockton, Modesto and Tracy submarkets – all within a  miles ( km) radius with a combined current population of nearly 750,000 and an expectation that this number will approach 1 million within ten years.

Over 40,000 vehicles per day commute over the Altamont Pass into the Bay Area for employment. There is a strong demand for housing from the Bay Area as residents are moving to affordability.

New developments in Lathrop

River Islands at Lathrop Residential construction to begin in 05/06 11,000 residential units  acre ( km²) Employment Center 50 acres of town center 17,000 new jobs – 4 million square feet (370,000 m²) of non-residential development

Mossdale Village Residential construction is currently underway 2,500 units Master Planned Community Freeway Commercial – 27 acres at SWQ I-5/Louise--Grocery and big box opportunities for this site Nearly  square feet ( m²) of retail/office space

Central Lathrop Specific Plan  acre ( km²) site – west side of I-5, north of Louise Ave. Up to 6,800 dwelling units, including low density, medium density and high density Site for power center and other retail uses along west side of I-5 Nearly 4.5 million square feet of office commercial in Lathrop’s I-5 regional commercial corridor Entitlement hearing scheduled for October Annexation being pursue

Elementary Schools

• Joseph Widmer Jr. Elementary School
• Lathrop Elementary
• Mossdale Elementary (opening Fall 2007)

High Schools

Lathrop High (currently under construction)

External links

Official city web site: [1].

Coordinates: 37.816904° N 121.288633° W

Municipalities and communities of San Joaquin County, California
County seat: Stockton
Cities	Escalon | Lathrop | Lodi | Manteca | Ripon | Stockton | Tracy
CDPs	August | Country Club | Farmington | French Camp | Garden Acres | Kennedy | Lincoln Village | Linden | Lockeford | Morada | North Woodbridge | South Woodbridge | Taft Mosswood
Unincorporated communities	Banta | Mountain House | Victor

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