Day Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The population was 3,410 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Day Valley is located at (37.008820, -121.856544).
According to the United States Census Bureau, 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
Day Valley first appeared as an unincorporated community in the 1990 United States census.
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|2,884
|2,734
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,474
|80.40%
|80.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |72.55%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|17
|15
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16
|0.47%
|0.44%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.47%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|28
|18
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13
|0.78%
|0.53%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.38%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|58
|80
|style='background: #ffffe6; |91
|1.62%
|2.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.67%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|8
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |22
|0.22%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.65%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|73
|88
|style='background: #ffffe6; |153
|2.04%
|2.58%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.49%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|519
|470
|style='background: #ffffe6; |641
|14.47%
|13.79%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18.80%
|-
|Total
|3,587
|3,409
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,410
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Day Valley had a population of 3,410. The population density was . 39.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 61.0% lived in rural areas.
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.
Government
In the California State Legislature, Day Valley is in , and in .
In the United States House of Representatives, 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.