La Selva Beach, California - Demographics

Demographics

The 2010 United States Census reported that La Selva Beach had a population of 2,843. The population density was 536.8 people per square mile (207.2/km²). The racial makeup of La Selva Beach was 2,399 (84.4%) White, 27 (0.9%) African American, 23 (0.8%) Native American, 116 (4.1%) Asian, 3 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 146 (5.1%) from other races, and 129 (4.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 372 persons (13.1%).

The Census reported that 2,592 people (91.2% of the population) lived in households, 245 (8.6%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 6 (0.2%) were institutionalized.

There were 1,076 households, out of which 289 (26.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 592 (55.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 86 (8.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 56 (5.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 67 (6.2%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 13 (1.2%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 251 households (23.3%) were made up of individuals and 91 (8.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41. There were 734 families (68.2% of all households); the average family size was 2.80.

The population was spread out with 612 people (21.5%) under the age of 18, 228 people (8.0%) aged 18 to 24, 528 people (18.6%) aged 25 to 44, 1,049 people (36.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 426 people (15.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46.5 years. For every 100 females there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 males.

There were 1,376 housing units at an average density of 259.8 per square mile (100.3/km²), of which 727 (67.6%) were owner-occupied, and 349 (32.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.7%. 1,723 people (60.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 869 people (30.6%) lived in rental housing units.