Squirrel Mountain Valley, California

Squirrel Mountain Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in the southern Sierra Nevadas, in Kern County, California, United States. Squirrel Mountain Valley is located in the Lake Isabella area Template:Convert northeast of Bodfish,<ref name=CGN>Template:California's Geographic Names</ref> at an elevation of Template:Convert.<ref name=gnis /> The population was 760 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Squirrel Mountain Valley is located at Template:Coord.<ref name=gnis />

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, all of it land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/> At the 2010 census, the CDP had an total area of Template:Convert, all of it land.<ref name=2010CensusCA>Template:Cite web</ref>

Demographics

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Squirrel Mountain Valley had a population of 760. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Squirrel Mountain Valley was 652 (85.8%) White, 3 (0.4%) African American, 29 (3.8%) Native American, 7 (0.9%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 18 (2.4%) from other races, and 51 (6.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 50 persons (6.6%).<ref name=DP1>Template:Cite web</ref>

The whole population lived in households. There were 344 households, out of which 61 (17.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 165 (48.0%) were married-couple households, 34 (9.9%) were cohabiting couple households, 79 (23.0%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 66 (19.2%) had a male householder with no partner present. 101 households (29.4%) were one person, and 75 (21.8%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.21.<ref name=DP1/> There were 217 families (63.1% of all households).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The age distribution was 122 people (16.1%) under the age of 18, 29 people (3.8%) aged 18 to 24, 138 people (18.2%) aged 25 to 44, 194 people (25.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 277 people (36.4%) who were 65Template:Nbspyears of age or older. The median age was 57.0Template:Nbspyears. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 403 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 344 (85.4%) were occupied. Of these, 293 (85.2%) were owner-occupied, and 51 (14.8%) were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>

2010

View of the Squirrel Mountain Valley community from the north side of Lake Isabella.

At the 2010 census Squirrel Mountain Valley had a population of 547. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Squirrel Mountain Valley was 509 (93.1%) White, 2 (0.4%) African American, 9 (1.6%) Native American, 1 (0.2%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 13 (2.4%) from other races, and 13 (2.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22 people (4.0%).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.

There were 255 households, 38 (14.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 162 (63.5%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 9 (3.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 13 (5.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 5 (2.0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 2 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 63 households (24.7%) were one person and 43 (16.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.15. There were 184 families (72.2% of households); the average family size was 2.51.

The age distribution was 68 people (12.4%) under the age of 18, 22 people (4.0%) aged 18 to 24, 58 people (10.6%) aged 25 to 44, 209 people (38.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 190 people (34.7%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 58.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.6 males.

There were 304 housing units at an average density of 426.1 per square mile, of the occupied units 230 (90.2%) were owner-occupied and 25 (9.8%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 16.7%. 488 people (89.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 59 people (10.8%) lived in rental housing units.

2000

At the 2000 census, the median household income was $42,083 and the median family income was $52,875. Males had a median income of $62,656 versus $49,000 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $31,909. None of the families and 2.5% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 5.8% of those over 64.<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref>