Sun Village is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is in the eastern Antelope Valley at an elevation of . The center of Sun Village may be considered to be Palmdale Boulevard and 87th Street East as noted at the Los Angeles County Assessors office. As of the 2020 census the population of Sun Village was 12,345, up from 11,565 at the 2010 census.
Sun Village has been awarded federal, state, and county grants for the community based on this Avenue U boundary. There is a movement from the Sun Village Town Council to rebrand the area with the Sun Village name, which fell out of popularity in the early 1980s. New road signage erected around 2011 now labels Sun Village as a unique community.
In 2007, the Sun Village and Littlerock town councils formed a Community Standard District together, and it was approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
On September 3, 2014, officials from Sun Village and the city of Palmdale gathered at the Palmdale City Council Chamber to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in which Palmdale removed its sphere of influence from Sun Village.
Sun Village residents, as in many other Antelope Valley communities, take part in local pageants and parades. The community operates its own local chamber of commerce and town council.
History
Sun Village was originally named Western Mojave Desert by the Native Americans. In the 1930's the Afroamerican Melvin Ray Grubbs moved to this area and established the first black community in the Antelope Valley. In 1939 he bought 1000 acres of land east of Palmdale. The first baptist church was opened in 1950.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which were listed as water.<br> 1860–1870 1880-1890<br> 1900 1910 1920<br> 1930 1940 1950<br> 1960 1970 1980<br> 1990 2000 2010<br> 2020
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!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|3,180
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,123
|27.50%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.20%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|739
|style='background: #ffffe6; |536
|6.39%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.34%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|43
|style='background: #ffffe6; |27
|0.37%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.22%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|94
|style='background: #ffffe6; |73
|0.81%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.59%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|14
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|9
|style='background: #ffffe6; |45
|0.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.36%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|175
|style='background: #ffffe6; |234
|1.51%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.90%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|7,311
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,302
|63.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |75.35%
|-
|Total
|11,565
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12,345
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Sun Village had a population of 12,345. The median age was 34.3 years. 26.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 12.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 104.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.3 males.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 3,229 households in Sun Village, of which 42.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 53.2% were married-couple households, 18.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 20.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 14.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
QuickFacts also reports that 1,907 (57.1%) of households spoke a language other than English at home, 877 people (7.1%) were under the age of 5, and 5,778 people (46.8%) were between the ages of 18 and 64. reported that Sun Village had a population of 11,565. The population density was . The racial makeup of Sun Village was 6,806 (58.8%) White (27.5% Non-Hispanic White), 809 (7.0%) African American, 167 (1.4%) Native American, 129 (1.1%) Asian, 24 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 3,113 (26.9%) from other races, and 517 (4.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7,311 persons (63.2%).
The Census reported that out of 11,565 people, 11,565 (100%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 1,502 households that (50.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,788 (59.5%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 391 (13.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 251 (8.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 206 (6.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 20 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 406 households (13.5%) were made up of individuals, and 137 (4.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 8.85. There were 2,430 families (80.9% of all households); the average family size was 12.18.
The population was spread out, with 3,583 people (31.0%) under the age of 18, 1,339 people (11.6%) aged 18 to 24, 2,715 people (23.5%) aged 25 to 44, 2,939 people (25.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 989 people (8.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.0 males.
There were 3,343 housing units at an average density of , of which 2,238 (66.95%) were owner-occupied, and 765 (33.05%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.4%.
Mapping L.A.
According to Mapping L.A., Mexican and German were the most common ancestries in 2000. Mexico and El Salvador were the most common foreign places of birth.
Education
Sun Village is served by one elementary school district and one high school district: Keppel Union Elementary School District<!--ELM 19440--> and Antelope Valley Union Joint High School District<!--SEC 02820-->.
Keppel Union School District has two schools that serve grades K-8 and one school that serves grades 5-8:
- Daisy Gibson Elementary, which is located on the northern side of Sun Village, on Palmdale Boulevard.
- Antelope Elementary, which is located in the center, on Avenue S.
- Keppel Academy, located on the southern boundary, on Avenue U.
The Antelope Valley Union High School District has a high school that serves Sun Village and surrounding towns, Littlerock High School, built in 1989.
References
External links
- September 3, 2014 Palmdale, California Signs MOU with Sun Village, Ca
- LATimes.Com – MAPPING L.A. > Antelope Valley > Sun Village