Santa Clarita Census Data — What we Actually Know
Santa Clarita is one of the more popular suburbs located in the Los Angeles county. However, how much do we actually know about Santa Clarita?
We all have our assumptions on basic facts within our community such as the majority race, the average price of houses, the household size, etc., but very little people actually look into these valuable details. Today I utilized the website, Censusreporter.org to learn more about my Santa Clarita community.
Santa Clarita, as mentioned prior, is one of the more popular suburbs in the Los Angeles county. At the time of this collected data, there were 212,975 people residing in SCV. I fully believe that this number will continue to rise as Santa Clarita has become even more appealing and there is more housing becoming readily available practically every month.
Santa Clarita has become a pretty pricey place to live, so it was no suprise that the median household income was $97,904. With the average price of houses costing $500k, people have to find ways to afford these luxuries with high paying jobs. In my personal experience, I find that there are a lot of people in SCV who work as higher ups and provide such salary for their household. In regards to advocation for people to fill out these census forms, it is vitally important for people to do so because relators and housing communities look at these numbers. If they see that the majority of people are making quite a bit of money, they will increase the prices of houses and rent. You want your household income amount to be heard as well, in order to be taken accounted for in major decisions such as these.
Upon seeing this data, I was not surprised at all. You can see this white majority everywhere. In classrooms, grocery stores, schools, churches, and any public space you go to. When the Black Lives Matter movement started up, it was a very pivotal moment for our community and we saw our black populace coming together. For me, it was really in this moment that I realized that our black population is not as large as we think.
Out of all the data presented, I was most fascinated by this set. Although we live in the United States of America and accept diversity, we often forget that many of the people in our community were in fact not born here. Out of the 10% asian population in SCV, 38.7% were not born in the USA. Out of the 35% hispanic population in SCV, 48% were not born in the USA. It was really eye opening to see that only by a little bit, are the minority races in SCV actually born in the USA.
Upon the surprising result of quite a bit of SCV’s minority population not being born in the USA, I was surprised to see how high the English only language at home percentage was, that being 69% for children 5–17 and 64% adults 18+. It makes sense that for children, they were more likely born in the USA and are a language link for their parents. They are more pushed to learn English in order to help out and translate.
One of the most important numerical data sets we have seen in quite a while and checked on daily was the COVID-19 numbers. At first, that’s all we had besides hearing the word “pandemic.” Every day it would be more numbers — more deaths, more reported positive cases, more people unemployed, more hospital’s capacity levels, etc. Although many think we have gotten through the pandemic, we still haven’t. With the delta variant arising, COVID-19 is still very prevalent in our society. Currently, the Los Angeles county, in which Santa Clarita resides in, has reported 24,737 positive COVID-19 cases.
