Valley Acres is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. Valley Acres is located north-northeast of Taft, at an elevation of . The population was 527 at the 2010 census, up from 512 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Valley Acres is located at . According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land.

History

The community was founded in 1937.

Demographics

Valley Acres first appeared as a

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in the 2000 U.S. Census.

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Valley Acres had a population of 504. The population density was . The racial makeup of Valley Acres was 336 (66.7%)

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, 0 (0.0%)

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, 19 (3.8%) Native American, 2 (0.4%) Asian, 0 (0.0%)

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, 89 (17.7%) from other races, and 58 (11.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 156 persons (31.0%). The whole population lived in households. There were 168 households, out of which 47 (28.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 97 (57.7%) were married-couple households, 8 (4.8%) were

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couple households, 25 (14.9%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 38 (22.6%) had a male householder with no partner present. 38 households (22.6%) were one person, and 13 (7.7%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.0. There were 123

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(73.2% of all households). The age distribution was 139 people (27.6%) under the age of 18, 62 people (12.3%) aged 18 to 24, 112 people (22.2%) aged 25 to 44, 140 people (27.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 51 people (10.1%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 32.4years. For every 100 females, there were 126.0 males. There were 188 housing units at an average density of , of which 168 (89.4%) were occupied. Of these, 136 (81.0%) were owner-occupied, and 32 (19.0%) were occupied by renters.

References

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