TUSTIN CA
Date: 09/29/2015
Tustin is a city located in Orange County, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the census of 2010, Tustin had a population of 75,540. The city is located next to the county seat, Santa Ana, and does not include the Tustin Foothills.
Because of a top 10% ranking in per capita and one of the shortest commutes in Southern California, the city was chosen in 2009 by Forbes as one of the top 25 towns to live well in America.
History
Members of the Tongva and Juane%uFFFDo/Luise%uFFFDo nations long inhabited this area. After the 1769 expedition of Gaspar de Portol%uFFFD, a Spanish expedition led by Father Junipero Serra named the area Vallejo de Santa Ana (Valley of Saint Anne). On November 1, 1776, Mission San Juan Capistrano became the area's first permanent European settlement in Alta California, New Spain.
In 1801, the Spanish Empire granted 62,500 acres (253 km2) to Jose Antonio Yorba, which he named Rancho San Antonio. Yorba's great rancho included the lands where the cities of Olive, Orange, Villa Park, Santa Ana, Tustin, Costa Mesa and Newport Beach stand today. Smaller ranchos evolved from this large rancho including the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana.
After the Mexican-American war, Alta California became part of the United States and American settlers arrived in this area. Columbus Tustin, a carriage maker from Northern California, founded the city in the 1870s on 1,300 acres (5 km%uFFFD) of land from the former Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The city was incorporated in 1927 with a population of about 900. During World War II, a Navy anti-submarine airship base (later to become a Marine Corps helicopter station) was established in unincorporated land south of the city; the two dirigible hangars are among the largest wooden structures ever built and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and ASCE List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks. Suburban growth after the war resulted in increased population, annexation of nearby unincorporated land including the base, and development of orchards and farmland into housing tracts and shopping malls.
Geography
Tustin is located at 33%uFFFD44'23?N 117%uFFFD48'49?W? / ?33.739618%uFFFDN 117.813533%uFFFDW. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.1 square miles (28.7 km%uFFFD)
It is bordered by Irvine on the south and east, Orange and the census designated Tustin Foothills on the north, and Santa Ana on the west.
Climate
Tustin has a Mediterranean climate (K%uFFFDppen climate classification Csa).
Climate data for Tustin | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high %uFFFDF (%uFFFDC) | 70 (21) |
71 (22) |
72 (22) |
75 (24) |
77 (25) |
80 (27) |
85 (29) |
87 (31) |
85 (29) |
80 (27) |
76 (24) |
70 (21) |
78 (26) |
Average low %uFFFDF (%uFFFDC) | 47 (8) |
48 (9) |
50 (10) |
53 (12) |
58 (14) |
61 (16) |
65 (18) |
67 (19) |
63 (17) |
57 (14) |
50 (10) |
46 (8) |
56 (13) |
Precipitation inches (mm) | 2.96 (75.2) |
3.07 (78) |
2.79 (70.9) |
.77 (19.6) |
.28 (7.1) |
.10 (2.5) |
.01 (0.3) |
.14 (3.6) |
.34 (8.6) |
.40 (10.2) |
1.22 (31) |
1.79 (45.5) |
13.87 (352.3) |
Source: NOAA |
Economy
Top employers
According to the City's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:
# | Employer | # of employees |
---|---|---|
1 | Tustin Unified School District | 1,100 |
2 | Rockwell Collins | 600 |
3 | Ricoh | 500 |
4 | Costco | 450 |
5 | Safmarine | 400 |
6 | GE Power Electronics | 330 |
7 | City of Tustin | 300 |
8 | Tustin Hospital | 291 |
9 | Toshiba | 300 |
10 | MicroVention | 300 |
11 | Balboa Water Group | 253 |
12 | Kleen Impressions | 250 |
13 | Warner Systems | 250 |
Education
Primary and secondary education in Tustin and surrounding unincorporated areas is overseen by the Tustin Unified School District. Tustin High School is a California Distinguished School, as is Foothill High School (Santa Ana, California). Tustin High School is also well-known regionally for its strong Model United Nations program. Many university-bound high school graduates attend nearby University of California, Irvine.
Neighborhood districts
Points of interest
- The Market Place, formerly known as Tustin Market Place (official website)
- Jamestown Village Center (official website)
- The District at Tustin Legacy (official website)
- Enderle Center (official website)
- Marconi Automotive Museum (official website)
- Old Town Tustin (official website)