Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley is an

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, United States. It is identified as one of several small communities with a combined population of 24,402 forming the unincorporated town of Aptos by the local Chamber of Commerce along with: * Aptos Village * Cabrillo *

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, south of State Route 1, west of Aptos Creek * Rio Del Mar, south of State Route 1, from Aptos Creek southeast to Seascape * Seascape, south of State Route 1, centered on Seascape Beach Resort For statistical purposes, the

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has defined Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley as a

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(CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name. The population was 2,383 as of the 2020 United States census.

Geography

Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley is located at (36.960860, -121.831386). According to the

, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.36%) is water.

Demographics

2020 census

The 2020 United States census reported that Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley had a population of 2,383. The population density was . The racial makeup of Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley was 72.2%

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, 0.8%

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, 1.3% Native American, 1.8% Asian, 0.0%

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, 11.8% from other races, and 12.1% from two or more races.

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of any race were 22.9% of the population. The census reported that 99.5% of the population lived in households, 0.5% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized. There were 903 households, out of which 24.0% included children under the age of 18, 54.2% were married-couple households, 6.9% were

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couple households, 24.5% had a female householder with no partner present, and 14.5% had a male householder with no partner present. 20.3% of households were one person, and 13.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.63. There were 635

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 ...

(70.3% of all households). The age distribution was 14.7% under the age of 18, 8.1% aged 18 to 24, 19.9% aged 25 to 44, 30.3% aged 45 to 64, and 26.9% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 51.4years. For every 100 females, there were 94.8 males. There were 956 housing units at an average density of , of which 903 (94.5%) were occupied. Of these, 80.2% were owner-occupied, and 19.8% were occupied by renters. In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $154,591, and the

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was $76,597. About 1.1% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the poverty line.

Government

In the

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, Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley is in , and in . In the

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, Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley is in .

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Santa Cruz County, California Aptos, California Census-designated places in California

Geography

Demographics

2020 census

Government

See also

References