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Renting an Apartment in Oceanside

What You Should Know

Oceanside is a city in northern San Diego County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 161,029. Together with Vista and Carlsbad, it makes up the Tri-City area. The city is just south of Camp Pendleton, the largest U.S. Marine Corps base in the world. The city was first encountered by European explorers in 1769 and was incorporated on July 3, 1888.
Geography

Oceanside is at 33�12′42″N, 117�19′33″W (33.211566, -117.325701)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 107.7 km� (41.6 mi�). 105.1 km� (40.6 mi�) of it is land and 2.5 km� (1.0 mi�) of it (2.36%) is water.


Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 161,029 people, 56,488 households, and 39,259 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,531.7/km� (3,967.2/mi�). There were 59,581 housing units at an average density of 566.7/km� (1,467.9/mi�). The racial makeup of the city was 53.6% White, 5.9% African American, 0.4% Native American or Alaskan Native, 5.4% Asian, 1.2% Pacific Islander, .1% from another race alone, and 3.2% from two races. 30.2% of the population is Latino of any race. These figures have been adjusted to include the percentages of the population of a particular race, but not latino in order for the percentages to add up to 100% whereas the census does not differentiate latinos and therefore the percentages add up to more than 100%.

The area around Oceanside High School was, along with the neighborhood around San Diego High School, the site of the first Samoan communities on the mainland.

There were 56,488 households out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.33.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.6% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $46,301, and the median income for a family was $52,232. Males had a median income of $34,772 versus $27,962 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,329. About 8.2% of families and 11.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.

Housing

According to estimates by the San Diego Association of Governments, the median household income of Oceanside in 2005 was $61,792 (not adjusted for inflation). When adjusted for inflation (1999 dollars; comparable to Census data above), the median household income was $50,177.

On June 13th 2005, the Wall Street Journal rated Oceanside as the number one vacation home market in the country.

Schools

The two high schools in Oceanside are El Camino High School and Oceanside High School. The three middle schools are Jefferson Middle School, Lincoln Middle School, and Martin Luther King Middle School. Cesar Chavez Middle School is currently under construction on Old Grove Road and is not set to open up until 2007.

Attractions

The Oceanside Pier, first built in 1888, (and now in its sixth incarnation) is the longest wooden pier on the western United States coastline at 1,954 feet (596m).

Oceanside is home to Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, one of the Alta California missions.

The bungalow house featured in Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise, is located on South Pacific Street, which is one street up from the Oceanside Strand, a section of residential houses along the coastline.

From June 20 through June 28, 1997, a record 221,000 fans watched the X Games III held in San Diego and Oceanside. The surfing competition took place at the Oceanside Harbor Beach.

The California Surf Museum is located on 223 North Coast Highway, a.k.a. Hill Street, in downtown Oceanside.

Every fourth of July thousands of Oceansidians and people from the surrounding communities flock to the Pier to watch a spectacular fireworks show.


Mount Ecclesia

Oceanside is also known for the nature grounds of Mount Ecclesia, The Rosicrucian Fellowship international headquarters founded in Oceanside in 1911. This is also the location of its Spiritual Healing Temple.

It is located at a picturesque location in southern California, situated upon the promontory of a high mesa. Mount Ecclesia was launched in October 28, 1911, through a ceremony of ground-breaking which consisted in planting a large Cross with the initials C.R.C. (meaning Christian Rose Cross, the head of the spiritual Rosicrucian Order) painted in gilt letters on the three upper ends and with a climbing rose. The Healing Temple "The Ecclesia" was erected, for the purpose of affording more powerful means for the healing of disease, and dedicated on December 25, 1920. Spiritual Healing meetings are held in this holy place at a regular time each day by the Probationers who have consecrated their lives to this work.

In 1989, the restoration of Mount Ecclesia "old landmarks" was outlined and effort is being made for the buildings to comply with Oceanside's earthquake secure construction rules. As it was purposed by its founder, Max Heindel, Mount Ecclesia is being prepared to become a Spiritual Center in the world as an effort "to unite and harmonize each with the others by teaching a religion that is both scientific and artistic, and to gather all churches into one great Christian Brotherhood." (Historical Notes: October 28, 1911

Famous Oceanside residents

* Denise Richards - Actress who starred in Starship Troopers, Wild Things and The World Is Not Enough. Graduated from El Camino High School in 1989.
* Junior Seau - NFL linebacker who played for the San Diego Chargers for 13 years, before being traded to the Miami Dolphins in 2003. Graduated from Oceanside High School with letters in football, basketball, and track. (Other NFL players from Oceanside include Joe Salave’a who plays for the Washington Redskins. Quite a few Oceanside football players have been selected in the first round of the NFL draft. This list includes Willie Buchanon, selected by the Green Bay Packers, Bill Sandifer, selected by the San Francisco 49ers, Bryant Westbrook, selected by the Detroit Lions, and Michael Booker, selected by the Atlanta Falcons. Several of Seau's relatives have been murdered in Oceanside.)
* Rear Admiral (Ret.) Richard Lyon - One of the first 10 Navy Seals (formerly called "Scouts and Raiders"), and the first Special Warfare Officer to attain that rank. He served as mayor of the city in the 1990s.
* Bobbi DePorter - Founder of the internationally-acclaimed SuperCamp program, and President of the Quantum Learning Network.
* Barbara Mandrell - Country singer and former Miss Oceanside.