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About Spring Valley
Spring Valley is an unincorporated township, in Clark County, Nevada, United
States located two miles west of the Las Vegas Strip. The population was 117,390
at the 2000 census, and was estimated to be 167,115 in 2005.
Pardee Homes began developing a master-planned housing community called Spring
Valley southwest of Las Vegas in the mid-1970s. By 1981, residents grouped
together to solicit the Clark County Commission to create an unincorporated
town, which it did that May. The town originally encompassed just one square
mile – it now occupies much of the southwest quarter of the Las Vegas Valley.
The predomanant boundaries of Spring Valley are Sahara Avenue on the north,
Decatur Boulevard on the east, Warm Springs Road on the south and Hualapai Way
on the west.
The area mostly consists of housing subdivisions, with strip malls lining the
large boulevards that connect suburban Las Vegas to the Strip. The northern part
of Spring Valley includes areas of rural-estate zoning, with large parcels of
land on 1/64 square mile blocks. The southern part of Spring Valley is quickly
developing – just 15 years ago, very little south of Tropicana Avenue was
developed within Spring Valley.
A large park, Desert Breeze Park, is located in the north-central part of the
town.
Its municipal government is the Clark County Commission, which has seven members
from across Southern Nevada (and none who reside in Spring Valley, as of 2006).
A five-member Town Advisory Board offers advisory opinions on zoning and
business matters to the commission, but the commission is not obligated to
respond or be held to those suggestions.
Spring Valley is the home of tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, as
well as Sacramento Kings owners George and Gavin Maloof. The Sultan of Brunei
used to keep a residence there, and Carrot Top has his Las Vegas residence in
the area.
As of the census of 2000, there were 117,390 people, 47,964 households, and
29,929 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,358.6/km
(3,519.4/mi). There were 52,870 housing units at an average density of 611.9/km
(1,585.0/mi). The racial makeup of the CDP was 72.60% White, 5.29% African
American, 0.60% Native American, 11.21% Asian, 0.48% Pacific Islander, 5.14%
from other races, and 4.67% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any
race were 13.77% of the population.
There were 47,964 households out of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 37.6% were non-families. 25.9% of all
households were made up of individuals and 5.9% had someone living alone who was
65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average
family size was 2.98.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 21.2% under the age of 18, 9.4%
from 18 to 24, 33.7% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there
were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.4 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $48,563, and the median income
for a family was $55,021. Males had a median income of $37,068 versus $28,288
for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $26,321. About 4.8% of
families and 6.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.9%
of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.