South Whittier, California

Geography

South Whittier is located at (33.934724, -118.030800).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.3 square miles (13.8 km), over 99% of it land.

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, South Whittier has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.

Demographics

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South Whittier first appeared as an unincorporated place in the 1970 U.S. census as part of the Whittier census county division; and as a census designated place in the 1980 United States census.

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that South Whittier had a population of 56,415. The population density was 10,568.6 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup was 26.2% White, 1.5% African American, 2.5% Native American, 5.0% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 40.6% from other races, and 24.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 79.9% of the population.

The census reported that 99.5% of the population lived in households, 0.5% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 15,430 households, out of which 44.2% included children under the age of 18, 53.2% were married-couple households, 7.0% were cohabiting couple households, 25.0% had a female householder with no partner present, and 14.7% had a male householder with no partner present. 13.0% of households were one person, and 6.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.64.

The age distribution was 23.5% under the age of 18, 10.7% aged 18 to 24, 28.4% aged 25 to 44, 25.2% aged 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 35.8years. For every 100 females, there were 97.2 males.

There were 15,825 housing units at an average density of 2,964.6 /mi2, of which 15,430 (97.5%) were occupied. Of these, 64.3% were owner-occupied, and 35.7% were occupied by renters.

In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $98,974, and the per capita income was $32,460. About 7.4% of families and 8.4% of the population were below the poverty line.

2010

At the 2010 census South Whittier had a population of 57,156. The population density was 10,691.8 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of South Whittier was 33,663 (58.9%) White (16.7% Non-Hispanic White), 859 (1.5%) African American, 743 (1.3%) Native American, 2,305 (4.0%) Asian, 147 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 17,085 (29.9%) from other races, and 2,354 (4.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 44,094 persons (77.1%).

The census reported that 56,859 people (99.5% of the population) lived in households, 282 (0.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 15 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 15,067 households, 7,647 (50.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 8,500 (56.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 2,678 (17.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,276 (8.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 979 (6.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 110 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 1,943 households (12.9%) were one person and 810 (5.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.77. There were 12,454 families (82.7% of households); the average family size was 4.05.

The age distribution was 16,274 people (28.5%) under the age of 18, 6,637 people (11.6%) aged 18 to 24, 16,369 people (28.6%) aged 25 to 44, 12,891 people (22.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 4,985 people (8.7%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 32.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.0 males.

There were 15,600 housing units at an average density of 2,918.2 per square mile, of the occupied units 9,563 (63.5%) were owner-occupied and 5,504 (36.5%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.7%. 36,050 people (63.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 20,809 people (36.4%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, South Whittier had a median household income of $65,815, with 11.4% of the population living below the federal poverty line.

Government

In the California State Legislature, South Whittier is in , and in .

In the United States House of Representatives, South Whittier is in .

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) operates the Norwalk Station in Norwalk, serving South Whittier. In addition the department operates the Whittier Substation in South Whittier.

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