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The story so far

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Granite Hills is a census-designated place in San Diego County, California. The name is also applied to a neighborhood within the city limits of El Cajon in the eastern part of that city. The population of the CDP, which does not include the people living within the city of El Cajon, was 3,267 at the 2020 census, down from 3,035 at the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,035 to 3,267 (+8%). Half of its homes were built before 1967.

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Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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