Laguna West-Lakeside, Elk Grove, California
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Laguna West-Lakeside is an area located on the west side of the city of Elk Grove in Sacramento County, California. The population was 8,414 at the 2000 census.
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[edit] Geography
Laguna West-Lakeside is located at (, 38.418153, -121.469192)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.8 km² (2.2 mi²). 5.5 km² (2.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (4.93%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 8,414 people, 3,032 households, and 2,277 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,532.4/km² (3,971.3/mi²). There were 3,127 housing units at an average density of 569.5/km² (1,475.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 54.43% White, 10.42% African American, 0.32% Native American, 20.99% Asian, 0.45% Pacific Islander, 5.23% from other races, and 8.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.20% of the population.
There were 3,032 households out of which 43.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.4% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.9% were non-families. 17.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.20.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 29.0% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 43.3% from 25 to 44, 16.9% from 45 to 64, and 5.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $76,404, and the median income for a family was $82,992. Males had a median income of $56,078 versus $43,341 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $30,272. About 3.1% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Laguna West - a Master Planned Community and Model of New Urbanism
Laguna West was designed by Peter Calthorpe and using New Urbanism principles. Design features in Laguna West include features such as the following:
- Pedestrian friendly neighborhoods that encourage walking
- A town center
- A nature/riparian zone
- Houses that have small front yards and driveways that are short or behind the house, use of alleyways.
- Streets that are designed to create calm and encourage slow driving by creating narrower streets or putting tree planter boxes on one side of the street, to discourage high speed thoroughfare-type driving.
[edit] External links
- Ground Photos
- Maps and aerial photos
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- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
