Sun Valley, Denver

Sun Valley is a central Denver neighborhood, bordered by I-25 on the east, Federal Blvd. on the west, 6th Avenue on the south and 20th Ave. on the north.

Neighborhood Characteristics

Much of Sun Valley’s population (94% according to the 2000 census) resides in 10 blocks dominated by publicly-subsidized housing. Only about 5% of the neighborhood's population live in owner occupied units. Much of the rest of the neighborhood consists of industrial areas, parks, city service buildings and Invesco Field at Mile High and its surrounding parking lots. According to the 2000 Census,Sun Valley’s population was 1,496 representing a 2.6% increase over the 1990 population. The census showed that children make up 54% of the population making Sun Valley the only Denver neighborhood where minors outnumber adults. [ [http://www.piton.org/Admin/Article/SunValley_Census2000_ED1.pdf Piton Foundation] . Retrieved on July 17 2007.]

Ethnic Demographics

Sun Valley population is 53% Latino in 2000, a decrease from 1990, when Latinos made up 69% of the neighborhood’s residents. The Census revealed that the African-American and Asian-American populations increased during this time.

Families

Sun Valley is overwhelmingly made up of families with children as 70% of all Sun Valley households were families with children less than 18. In large part the high number of children with families is due to the publicly subsidized housing dominant in the neighborhood which gives preference to low-income families [ [http://www.denverhousing.org/DHA/PDF/fact_sheet.pdf Denver Housing Authority] . Retrieved on July 17 2007.] . Indeed, the poverty rate in Sun Valley is five times higher than the city of Denver as a whole with 71.5% of its residents living in poverty compared with 14.3% of all Denverites. [ [http://www.piton.org/Admin/Article/SunValley_Income_Facts.pdf Piton Foundation] . Retrieved on July 17 2007.]

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