Valley Acres, California

Valley Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Valley Acres is located 5.2 miles (8.4 km) north-northeast of Taft,^[4] at an elevation of 420 feet (128.02 m).^[2] The population was 504 at the 2020 census, down from 527 at the 2010 census.

Valley Acres
Unincorporated Community Census Designated Place
Location in Kern County and the state of California
Valley Acres Location in the United States
Coordinates: 35°12′22″N 119°24′24″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Kern
Government
• Senate	Shannon Grove (R)
• Assembly	Stan Ellis (R)
• U. S. Congress	Vince Fong (R)
Area [1]
• Total	4.123 sq mi (10.677 km2)
• Land	4.123 sq mi (10.677 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation [2]	420 ft (128 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	504
• Density	120/sq mi (47/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	93268
Area code	661
FIPS code	06-81722
GNIS feature ID	1661615

Geography

Valley Acres is located at 35°12′22″N 119°24′24″W.^[2]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.1 square miles (10.62 km²), all of it land.

History

The community was founded in 1937.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2000	512		—
2010	527		2.9%
2020	504		−4.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[5] 1860–1870[6][7] 1880-1890[8] 1900[9] 1910[10] 1920[11] 1930[12] 1940[13] 1950[14] 1960[15] 1970[16] 1980[17] 1990[18] 2000[19] 2010[20]

Valley Acres first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. Census.^[19]

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Valley Acres had a population of 504. The population density was 122.2 inhabitants per square mile (47.2/km²). The racial makeup of Valley Acres was 336 (66.7%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 19 (3.8%) Native American, 2 (0.4%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 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%).^[21]

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 cohabiting 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.^[21] There were 123 families (73.2% of all households).^[22]

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 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 126.0 males.^[21]

There were 188 housing units at an average density of 45.6 units per square mile (17.6 units/km²), of which 168 (89.4%) were occupied. Of these, 136 (81.0%) were owner-occupied, and 32 (19.0%) were occupied by renters.^[21]