Soda Bay is a
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
Lake County,
California
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.
It is located on
Clear Lake east-southeast of
Lakeport,
at an elevation of .
The population was 1,163 at the 2020 census.
A resort at the place, called Soda Bay Springs, could by 1910 accommodate 150 guests.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , all of which is land.
Demographics
The
2020 United States census reported that Soda Bay had a population of 1,163. The population density was . The racial makeup of Soda Bay was 843 (72.5%)
White
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, 28 (2.4%)
African American
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, 33 (2.8%)
Native American, 30 (2.6%)
Asian, 0 (0.0%)
Pacific Islander
Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the list of islands in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Islands. As an ethnic group, ethnic/race (human categorization), racial term, it is used to describe th ...
, 100 (8.6%) from
other races, and 129 (11.1%) from two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino
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of any race were 182 persons (15.6%).
The whole population lived in households. There were 524 households, out of which 91 (17.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 195 (37.2%) were married-couple households, 42 (8.0%) 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, 152 (29.0%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 135 (25.8%) had a male householder with no partner present. 213 households (40.6%) were one person, and 111 (21.2%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.22.
[ There were 261 ]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 ...
(49.8% of all households).[
There were 710 housing units at an average density of , of which 524 (73.8%) were occupied. Of these, 399 (76.1%) were owner-occupied, and 125 (23.9%) were occupied by renters.][
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References
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Census-designated places in Lake County, California
Census-designated places in California
Neighborhoods in Lake County, California