Tustin CA. Real Estate and City Info
Tustin, CA. is one of the original towns in Orange County. It was established in 1868 by a carriage maker named Columbus Tustin. Tustin has over 17,000 trees and is known as the city if Trees. Today, Tustin is a middle to upper middle class town with many housing tracts built in the 1960s and 1970s. In addition, many newer homes have been built in recent years in new community in south Tustin called Tustin Ranch.
The state in 2005 counted 25,927 housing units, of which 8,375 we're single family detached, 3,531 were single family attached (condos), 13,113 multiples unit apartments and 908 mobile homes. The 2000 census found that about 50 percent of Tustin's housing units were owner occupied, about 50 percent rentals. The 2000 census disclosed that 50 percent of all housing units in Tustin were built between 1960 and 1980 and 40 percent between 1980 and 2000.
The population is about 71,000, is expected to hit 103,000 within 10 years. The Median age of residents is 32. Those under age 21 make up about 30 percent of tie population in Tustin, CA.
The city of Tustin comprises of well maintained, three- and four- bedroom homes of one and two stories. On many streets, the shrubs and trees have had time to mature and fill out. The Centennial Park subdivision has some of the tallest pine trees in the county. Most of the home tracts have buried Utility lines. Walls around the tracts were built to dampen noise and channel traffic away from residential streets. Many neighborhoods are pleasant and attractive because the homes show a lot of care. Some lawns approach putting-green quality
The older homes tend to stucco of mixed colors and often concrete or composition shingle roofs. Reflecting the popular styles of today, the new homes and townhouses favor sandy stucco and tetra cotta roofs, Many new homes arc two-story. The older homes have larger lots than the new ones' the latter tend to fill their lots. Click here to view any home for sale in Tustin.
On the historic side, Tustin has an ''old town' that gives this city a community heart. Old Tustin is gradually remaking itself with small shops, eateries and boutiques that makes it a peasant area for pedestrians. An old lumber yard was replaced with shops, townhouses, apartment complex and new condos. Many of the older homes around the Old Town area have been remodeled or touched up over the recent years. The residential section of Tustin is not that big, all neighborhoods are within a few minutes drive of the downtown and each other.
On the other end of the age spectrum, Tustin Ranch is a newer comunity within the city limits of Tusin. Tustin Ranch broke ground in the early 1990’s and is master planned residential community with a mixture of single family detached homes, condominiums and rental apartment buildings.
The town is served by Tustin Unified School District. Which also takes in part of Irvine. In state comparisons almost all schools are scoring above the 50th percentile, some in the 90th percentile. District also serves unincorporated areas so it's hard to break out neighborhood scores. The Tustin school district has one magnet school, Tustin Memorial Academy. It offers a program that stresses fundamentals and a fast program for gifted kids. Tustin High School has a chamber orchestra of 35 players. In 2005 the group was invited to play at Carnegie Hall in New York City, a great honor. The community raised $66,000 to fund the trip and buy the students better violins.
Tustin has a Boys and Girls Club, and a YMCA that runs programs for kids after school. Usual activities and sports for kids and adults. Tustin also has a Library, Museum, Seniors center, Golf course, and Driving range. It also has about a dozen parks including a sports park with softball and soccer fields, tennis and basketball courts, playground.
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