Day Valley is a

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(CDP) in Santa Cruz County,

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, United States. The population was 3,410 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Day Valley is located at (37.008820, -121.856544). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , most of which is forest and meadows, with a creek at the crossroads of Valencia Rd. and Day Valley Rd.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Day Valley had a population of 3,410. The population density was . The racial makeup of Day Valley was 75.2%

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, 0.6%

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, 1.1% Native American, 2.7% Asian, 0.0%

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, 8.2% from other races, and 12.2% from two or more races.

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of any race were 18.8% of the population. The census reported that 99.1% of the population lived in households, 0.6% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.2% were institutionalized. There were 1,254 households, out of which 22.1% included children under the age of 18, 55.8% were married-couple households, 7.0% were

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couple households, 22.3% had a female householder with no partner present, and 14.8% had a male householder with no partner present. 20.4% of households were one person, and 13.2% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.7. There were 896

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(71.5% of all households). The age distribution was 17.0% under the age of 18, 5.6% aged 18 to 24, 21.3% aged 25 to 44, 26.5% aged 45 to 64, and 29.6% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 50.5years. For every 100 females, there were 97.8 males. There were 1,349 housing units at an average density of , of which 1,254 (93.0%) were occupied. Of these, 74.5% were owner-occupied, and 25.5% were occupied by renters. In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $150,256, and the

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was $62,813. About 5.5% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the poverty line.

Government

In the

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, Day Valley is in , and in . In the

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, Day Valley is in .

Local history

Many early settlers to Day Valley (including some members of the Day and Cox families) are buried in a small cemetery in the Forest and Meadows neighborhood, at the corner of Meadow Road and Downing Drive. Cox Road and Day Valley Road are named after these families.

References

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