East Richmond Heights is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. Its population was 3,460 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Situated at the north end of the Berkeley Hills, East Richmond Heights overlooks the northern part of the San Francisco Bay. This small residential community is bordered by El Cerrito to the south, with the Richmond Heights neighborhood of Richmond to the west, and Wildcat Canyon Regional Park to the north and east.
Arlington Boulevard, a major north–south thoroughfare traversing the Berkeley and El Cerrito portions of the Berkeley Hills, runs through the center of the community and terminates at its north end. Interstate 80 is located about one-half mile to the west, and provides access to the community via its Solano and McBryde Avenue exits.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of , all of it land.
Government and municipal services
Police services for the community are provided by the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office Bay Station. Traffic services are handled by the California Highway Patrol. The county contracts with the adjacent city of Richmond to provide fire fighting services. Garbage, recycling, and compost collection are provided by Republic Services. Mail delivered to addresses within the community are addressed to the city of Richmond or El Cerrito depending on their location within the CDP. Nonetheless, these addresses are not located within Richmond or El Cerrito.
The East Richmond Heights Municipal Advisory Council (ERHMAC), a council of community residents established by the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, advises the board on issues of concern to the community.
Education
It is in the West Contra Costa Unified School District.
East Richmond Heights is home to Mira Vista Elementary School, which is part of the school district. Additionally, Adams Middle School (now closed), a portion of Serra Adult School (now West County Mandarin School) and Saint David School are also located within the CDP. Also, one of the country's oldest cooperative elementary schools, Crestmont School, is located within the CDP on Arlington Boulevard.
Commerce
This mostly residential community is home to a few small retail businesses including a market and laundromat.
Demographics
East Richmond Heights first appeared as a census-designated place in the 1990 United States census.
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|1,971
|1,816
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,819
|58.71%
|55.37%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |52.57%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|460
|380
|style='background: #ffffe6; |309
|13.70%
|11.59%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.93%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|15
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6
|0.45%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.17%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|358
|394
|style='background: #ffffe6; |459
|10.66%
|12.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13.27%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|15
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13
|0.45%
|0.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.38%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|15
|16
|style='background: #ffffe6; |38
|0.45%
|0.49%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.10%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|165
|200
|style='background: #ffffe6; |305
|4.92%
|6.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.82%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|358
|465
|style='background: #ffffe6; |511
|10.66%
|14.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14.77%
|-
|Total
|3,357
|3,280
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,460
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, East Richmond Heights had a population of 3,460 and a population density of . The median age was 47.0 years. 17.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 24.0% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 94.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males age 18 and over.
98.8% of residents lived in urban areas and 1.2% lived in rural areas. The census reported that 99.4% of the population lived in households, 0.3% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.3% were institutionalized.