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Spring Valley Lake, California

Census-designated place in California, United States

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Spring Valley Lake is a census-designated place in the Victor Valley of the Mojave Desert, within San Bernardino County, California. It is located along the Mojave River. As of the 2020 census, Spring Valley Lake had a population of 9,598.

01Geography

Spring Valley Lake sits at an elevation of 2,779 feet (847 m).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 3.4 square miles (8.7 km2), 3.0 square miles (7.8 km2) of it land, and 0.3 square miles (0.9 km2) of it (10.15%) water.

02Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
20108,220,
20209,59816.8%
U.S. Decennial Census
1850-1870 1880-1890
1900 1910 1920
1930 1940 1950
1960 1970 1980
1990 2000 2010

Spring Valley Lake first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Spring Valley Lake had a population of 9,598 and a population density of 3,173.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,225.4/km2).

The median age was 40.0 years. The age distribution was 23.3% under the age of 18, 8.3% aged 18 to 24, 24.5% aged 25 to 44, 25.7% aged 45 to 64, and 18.2% who were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 93.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.6 males age 18 and over.

The census reported that 99.9% of the population lived in households, 0.1% were institutionalized, and 100.0% lived in urban areas while 0.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 3,511 households in Spring Valley Lake, of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 54.8% were married-couple households, 4.7% were cohabiting couple households, 15.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73. There were 2,614 families (74.5% of all households).

There were 4,130 housing units, of which 3,511 (85.0%) were occupied and 15.0% were vacant. Of occupied units, 78.7% were owner-occupied and 21.3% were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 6.3% and the rental vacancy rate was 13.4%.

Racial composition as of the 2020 census
RaceNumberPercent
White5,80260.5%
Black or African American6126.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native890.9%
Asian6707.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander250.3%
Some other race96310.0%
Two or more races1,43715.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)2,62827.4%

03Education

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