Overview
About Country Hills
Country Hills is the second largest community in Brea at 234.4 acres and the largest by address count, holding 1,341 addresses on 10.22 miles of street across sixty-two named roads. East Country Hills Road and North Associated Road carry 428 of those addresses between them. The parcel layer counts 971 parcels, 964 of them residential, and 472 of the addresses carry a unit designator, so the community mixes detached lots with attached and multifamily housing rather than running to one form. Lots go to a median of 0.121 acres and structures to a median of 2,020 square feet with three bedrooms.
Ten works from Brea's Art in Public Places collection stand inside the boundary, more than in any other community in the city: King Zimmerman's The Birds of 1975, Harold Pastorius's Wall Warp of 1976, Warped Cube of 1978 and Rock Wagon of 1979, Daniel J. Miller's Disc and Gerald Walburg's Two Plus One both from 1981, High Tech Totem by Jorg Dubin and Darrel Moore from 1987, Michael Anderson's Crossover of 1997 and Marker Monument of 2008, and Gared N. Smith's Water Tower. Country Hills Park sits inside the community at 180 North Associated Road, 6.21 lighted acres, and the tree inventory records 148 street trees. Brea Country Hills Elementary is 0.1 miles away with 498 students, Brea Olinda High 0.76 miles and Brea Junior High 1.37 miles.
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How Country Hills was built
The city counts 1,341 addresses on 234 acres, with most of the homes built between 1976 and 1984 and a typical size around 2,020 square feet. It mixes detached houses with attached ones, and roughly a third of the addresses carry a unit number, so a buyer is choosing between two quite different products under one neighborhood name. Ponderosa Homes and Brock Homes were among the builders. Country Hills Park runs to just over six acres on North Associated Road.
The street names were chosen to sell the word country and they commit to it completely. Apple Blossom, Cattail, Daisy, Strawberry, Wildflower, Morningflower and Acorn sit beside Waterwheel, Longbranch, Ambling, Wandering and Winding, and Dapplegray is a horse's color. Two literary imports slipped in as well, Sleepy Hollow and Heathcliff, which is Wuthering Heights arriving in a north Orange County hill tract.
By the Numbers
Country Hills by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Country Hills lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving Country Hills
Country Hills sits inside Brea Olinda Unified and holds its nearest campus almost at the boundary. Brea Country Hills Elementary is 0.1 miles away, Brea Olinda High 0.76 miles and Brea Junior High 1.37 miles. Enrollment below is the 2024-25 federal count. Attendance boundaries set the assignment, so confirm a specific address with the district.
9-12 · 1,676 students
9-12 · 41 students
7-8 · 921 students
K-6 · 649 students
K-6 · 544 students
K-6 · 504 students
K-6 · 498 students
K-6 · 460 students
K-6 · 434 students
K-6 · 13 students
FAQs
Common questions about Country Hills
How big is Country Hills?
234.4 acres against the boundary the City of Brea publishes, holding 1,341 addresses, the highest count of any of the city's 43 mapped communities, on 10.22 miles of street across sixty-two named roads.
What kind of housing is in Country Hills?
A mix. The parcel layer records 971 parcels, 964 of them residential, and 472 of the 1,341 addresses carry a unit designator. Lots run to a median of 0.121 acres with structures to a median of 2,020 square feet and three bedrooms.
When was Country Hills built?
The city zoned it as a planned community in 1973, covering 283 acres east of the Orange Freeway between Lambert Road and Birch Street. Tract 8825, the master map, was recorded in 1975 by Hall and Foreman, and the city's own tract files name Ponderosa as its developer. Fourteen further maps followed through 1980, several by VTN Consolidated. The parcel record dates most of the housing to 1976 and 1977.
How much public art is in Country Hills?
Ten works, more than in any other Brea community. They include King Zimmerman's The Birds from 1975, three Harold Pastorius pieces from 1976 to 1979, Daniel J. Miller's Disc and Gerald Walburg's Two Plus One from 1981, and Michael Anderson's Marker Monument from 2008.
Is there a park inside Country Hills?
Yes. Country Hills Park at 180 North Associated Road runs 6.21 lighted acres inside the boundary. The city built it in phases between 1978 and 1982 using the 1976 State Urban and Coastal Park Bond Act and the 1980 California Parklands Act, and the general plan carries 6.2 acres of the community as parks, recreation and open space.