Doyle is a census-designated place in Lassen County, California. It is located southeast of Susanville, at an elevation of 4275 feet (1303 m). Doyle had a population of 678 at the 2010 census. It is located northwest of Reno, Nevada. The ZIP Code is 96109. The community is inside area code 530. Its population is 536 as of the 2020 census, down from 678 from the 2010 census.
Oscar Doyle settled at the site in the 1870s and donated land for the town. The first post office at Doyle opened in 1908. The town lost 33 homes in the Beckwourth Complex Fire in July 2021.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.1 square miles (15.8 km), over 99% of which is land.
Doyle has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb), according to the Köppen climate classification system. Due to its relative aridity, it nearly qualifies as having a steppe climate (BSk).
Doyle first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.
The 2020 United States census reported that Doyle had a population of 536. The population density was . The racial makeup of Doyle was 435 (81.2%) White, 9 (1.7%) African American, 10 (1.9%) Native American, 4 (0.7%) Asian, 1 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 14 (2.6%) from other races, and 63 (11.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 37 persons (6.9%).
The whole population lived in households. There were 235 households, out of which 52 (22.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 110 (46.8%) were married-couple households, 26 (11.1%) were cohabiting couple households, 39 (16.6%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 60 (25.5%) had a male householder with no partner present. 71 households (30.2%) were one person, and 34 (14.5%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.28. There were 142 families (60.4% of all households).
The age distribution was 108 people (20.1%) under the age of 18, 22 people (4.1%) aged 18 to 24, 120 people (22.4%) aged 25 to 44, 141 people (26.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 145 people (27.1%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 49.4years. For every 100 females, there were 121.5 males.
There were 271 housing units at an average density of , of which 235 (86.7%) were occupied. Of these, 174 (74.0%) were owner-occupied, and 61 (26.0%) were occupied by renters.
In the state legislature, Doyle is in , and .
Federally, Doyle is in .