census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the
Victor Valley
The Victor Valley is a valley in the Mojave Desert and subregion of the Inland Empire, in San Bernardino County in Southern California.
It is located east of the Mojave's Antelope Valley, north of the Cajon Pass and the San Bernardino Valley, n ...
of the
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert (; ; ) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States. Named for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous Mohave people, it is located pr ...
, within
San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County ( ), officially the County of San Bernardino and sometimes abbreviated as S.B. County, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area. As of th ...
,
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
. It is located along the
Mojave River
The Mojave River is an intermittent river in the eastern San Bernardino Mountains and the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Most of its flow is underground, while its surface channels remain dry most of the ti ...
.
Geography
Spring Valley Lake sits at an elevation of .
According to the
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ...
, the CDP covers an area of 3.4 square miles (8.7 km), 3.0 square miles (7.8 km) of it land, and 0.3 square miles (0.9 km) of it (10.15%) water.
Demographics
The 2020 United States census reported that Spring Valley Lake had a population of 9,598. The population density was . The racial makeup of Spring Valley Lake was 60.5%
White
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...
, 6.4%
African American
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Pacific Islander
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, 10.0% from other races, and 15.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 27.4% of the population.
The census reported that 99.9% of the population lived in households and 0.1% were institutionalized.
There were 3,511 households, out of which 32.7% included children under the age of 18, 54.8% were married-couple households, 4.7% were
cohabiting
Cohabitation is an arrangement where people who are not legally married live together as a couple. They are often involved in a romantic or sexually intimate relationship on a long-term or permanent basis. Such arrangements have become incr ...
couple households, 24.6% had a female householder with no partner present, and 15.9% had a male householder with no partner present. 20.8% of households were one person, and 10.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.73. There were 2,614
families
Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as ...
(74.5% of all households).
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 65years of age or older. The median age was 40.0years. For every 100 females, there were 93.5 males.
There were 4,130 housing units at an average density of , of which 3,511 (85.0%) were occupied. Of these, 78.7% were owner-occupied, and 21.3% were occupied by renters.