Anaheim Hills

Anaheim Hills is a residential community encompassing the eastern portions of the city of Anaheim, in Orange County, California. Community members often refer to their suburb as "the Hills." It covers an area just south of the 91 freeway to the Orange, California City Border. Its western border is the 55 freeway and its eastern border extends to Gypsum Canyon and the Riverside County Line. Most homeowners belong to two different homeowners associations: the first focuses on the City's residential development, while the second maintains the landscaping and decorative street lighting that greatly differentiate Anaheim Hills from the rest of Anaheim. The City of Anaheim maintains a police substation and community center along Santa Ana Canyon Road.

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The school system has performed well in stardardized testing, and has performed above average when comparing their test results to 100 schools of similar demographics, and it is part of the Orange Unified School District. Anaheim Hills' middle school, El Rancho Charter School, has placed first in the Southern California state Science Olympiad competition for nine consecutive years.

Although residents typically identify themselves as living in "Anaheim Hills" (as opposed to "Anaheim"), the name is not accepted by the United States Postal Service for use in a mailing address; only "Anaheim" is acceptable.

Anaheim Hills contains many communities calling home to residences worth several million dollars, including Peralta Hills, Hidden Canyon, Copa de Oro, Viewpointe, Vista del Sol, Pointe Premier (highest point in Anaheim Hills), and the soon-to-be-built Village of Fiesole and Villa Palatino. Not all areas in Anaheim Hills boast homes worth millions of dallars; many areas in nearby Anaheim contain homes of much lesser value, which is what makes Anaheim Hills distictly different from its counterpart, Anaheim.

Anaheim Hills has a population of 62,302 residents and has a total land area of 14.9 square miles. The median home in Anaheim Hills is valued at $994,000 as of May 2006, which far exceeds the national average and Orange County median home price. The demographics for Anaheim Hills' population is 73% Caucasian/White, 20% Asian, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Other. The average household income is $102,000 which is above the average income in Orange County. The average home size is 2,997 square feet and the average lot size is 9,120 square feet.

Anaheim Hills has several distinct features that make it a unique community. First, it is set in the rolling hills that line the Santa Ana Mountain Range, which creates for great views of surrounding Orange County basins. It is also known for its expensive price tags and mansions that fill almost every hillside in Anaheim Hills. The Hills also boast the safest zip code in Orange County, the 92808 zip code, which makes Anaheim Hills virtually crime free area that will virtually never see any crime within its limits. It also has one of Orange Counties largest outdoor plazas, The Anaheim Hills Festival which houses 200 stores, restaurants, and other services. Anaheim Hills is comprised of two zip codes, 92807 which serves the western portions of Anaheim Hills, and 92808 which serves the eastern portion of Anaheim Hills. Not all parts of the 92807 zip code are included in Anaheim Hills. Only those residents that live south of the 91 freeway in the 92807 zip code are in the Anaheim Hills vicinity.