Valley Acres, California

Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Valley Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Valley Acres is located Template:Convert north-northeast of Taft,<ref name=CGN>Template:California's Geographic Names</ref> at an elevation of Template:Convert.<ref name=gnis /> The population was 504 at the 2020 census, down from 527 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Valley Acres 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.

History

The community was founded in 1937.<ref name=CGN />

Demographics

Valley Acres first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.<ref name=2000CensusCA/>

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Valley Acres had a population of 504. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Valley Acres was 336 (66.7%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 19 (3.8%) Native American, 2 (0.4%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 89 (17.7%) from other races, and 58 (11.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 156 persons (31.0%).<ref name=DP1>Template:Cite web</ref>

The whole population lived in households. There were 168 households, out of which 47 (28.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 97 (57.7%) were married-couple households, 8 (4.8%) were cohabiting couple households, 25 (14.9%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 38 (22.6%) had a male householder with no partner present. 38 households (22.6%) were one person, and 13 (7.7%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.0.<ref name=DP1/> There were 123 families (73.2% of all households).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The age distribution was 139 people (27.6%) under the age of 18, 62 people (12.3%) aged 18 to 24, 112 people (22.2%) aged 25 to 44, 140 people (27.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 51 people (10.1%) who were 65Template:Nbspyears of age or older. The median age was 32.4Template:Nbspyears. For every 100 females, there were 126.0 males.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 188 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 168 (89.4%) were occupied. Of these, 136 (81.0%) were owner-occupied, and 32 (19.0%) were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>