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Demographic
Information
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Land Area (Sq. Mi.):
4.3 |
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Population:
50,594 |
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African American:
5.6%
Asian American:
17.7%
Hispanic:
48.9%
White:
27.3%
Other: 0.5% |
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Median Housing Value:
$690,000
(average of
west south valley as per Southland Regional Association of
Realtors) |
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Number of Households:
13,655 |
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Winnetka, just east of Canoga Park, is a rather
small Southwest Valley community. There's a park that is used year-round for city
softball leagues, but Winnetka also has a colorful history thanks to its founder,
Charles Weeks.
Weeks came to the area to build his "Garden Community" after
the first world war. His "Weeks Colony" was to be a collection of
single-acre poultry farms owned by citizens of "high moral character and
purpose." The promoter began selling tracts in 1922, and although it never
became the utopian paradise he envisioned, Winnetka did become, and remains, a comfortable
place to live. |
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