West Puente Valley, California
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West Puente Valley (Template:Pronunciation) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northwest of La Puente. The population was 22,959 at the 2020 census, up from 22,636 at the 2010 census. The community is probably named for its location related to the city of La Puente.
Description
West Puente Valley is an unincorporated community located in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley, between Downtown Los Angeles and Pomona. The community is easily accessible to the San Gabriel River Freeway to the west, the San Bernardino Freeway to the north, and the Pomona Freeway to the south.
West Puente Valley is bounded by La Puente to the south and east, Baldwin Park to the northwest, West Covina to the northeast, and the San Gabriel River Freeway and the western boundary of City of Industry to the west. The community is mainly residential. The ZIP code that serves the community is 91744 and 91746.
Geography
West Puente Valley is located at Template:Coord (34.050838, -117.969783).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>
According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.5 km2), over 99% of it land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/>
Demographics
West Puente Valley first appeared as an unincorporated place in the 1970 U.S. census as part of the East San Gabriel Valley census county division;<ref name=1970CensusCA/> and as a census designated place in the 1980 United States census.<ref name=1980CensusCA/>
| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref> | Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> | % 2000 | % 2010 | Template:Partial |
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| White alone (NH) | 1,659 | 1,087 | 713 | 7.34% | 4.80% | 3.11% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 499 | 381 | 311 | 2.21% | 1.68% | 1.35% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 63 | 37 | 35 | 0.28% | 0.16% | 0.15% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 1,743 | 1,615 | 3,299 | 7.72% | 7.13% | 14.37% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 25 | 24 | 40 | 0.11% | 0.11% | 0.17% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 20 | 15 | 95 | 0.09% | 0.07% | 0.41% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 164 | 112 | 168 | 0.73% | 0.49% | 0.73% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 18,416 | 19,365 | 18,298 | 81.53% | 85.55% | 79.70% |
| Total | 22,589 | 22,636 | 22,959 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
2020
The 2020 United States census reported that West Puente Valley had a population of 22,959. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup was 14.6% White, 1.6% African American, 2.7% Native American, 14.7% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 43.8% from other races, and 22.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 79.7% of the population.<ref name=DP1>Template:Cite web</ref>
The census reported that 99.7% of the population lived in households, 0.3% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.1% were institutionalized.<ref name=DP1/>
There were 5,343 households, out of which 44.7% included children under the age of 18, 54.7% were married-couple households, 4.7% were cohabiting couple households, 26.3% had a female householder with no partner present, and 14.3% had a male householder with no partner present. 10.7% of households were one person, and 6.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 4.28.<ref name=DP1/> There were 4,620 families (86.5% of all households).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The age distribution was 21.3% under the age of 18, 10.5% aged 18 to 24, 26.8% aged 25 to 44, 26.0% aged 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65Template:Nbspyears of age or older. The median age was 37.8Template:Nbspyears. For every 100 females, there were 96.5 males.<ref name=DP1/>
There were 5,400 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 5,343 (98.9%) were occupied. Of these, 78.3% were owner-occupied, and 21.7% were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $86,692, and the per capita income was $26,071. About 9.4% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the poverty line.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010
At the 2010 census West Puente Valley had a population of 22,636. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of West Puente Valley was 11,383 (50.3%) White (4.8% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">Template:Cite web</ref> 471 (2.1%) African American, 256 (1.1%) Native American, 1,650 (7.3%) Asian, 28 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 7,945 (35.1%) from other races, and 903 (4.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 19,365 persons (85.5%).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The census reported that 22,549 people (99.6% of the population) lived in households, 82 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 5 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 4,788 households, 2,650 (55.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,930 (61.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 910 (19.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 403 (8.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 238 (5.0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 33 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 426 households (8.9%) were one person and 277 (5.8%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 4.71. There were 4,243 families (88.6% of households); the average family size was 4.73.
The age distribution was 6,325 people (27.9%) under the age of 18, 2,647 people (11.7%) aged 18 to 24, 6,154 people (27.2%) aged 25 to 44, 5,028 people (22.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,482 people (11.0%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 32.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.0 males.
There were 4,898 housing units at an average density of 2,779.6 per square mile, of the occupied units 3,887 (81.2%) were owner-occupied and 901 (18.8%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 2.1%. 18,419 people (81.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 4,130 people (18.2%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the 2010 United States Census, West Puente Valley had a median household income of $63,750, with 11.1% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov"/>
Politics
In the state legislature West Puente Valley is located in Template:Representative, and in Template:Representative.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Federally, West Puente Valley is located in California's 31st congressional district, which is represented by Democrat Gil Cisneros.
Education
West Puente Valley is being served by two school districts: The Bassett Unified School District on the western side and the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District on the eastern side.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
References
External links
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