La Presa (Spanish for "The Dam") is a census-designated place (CDP) in the East County region of San Diego County, California, United States. The population was 35,033 at the 2020 census, up from 34,169 at the 2010 census.
La Presa belonged to the neighboring Spring Valley CDP from its inception in 1970 through 1990. It is still considered part of Spring Valley in informal usage and addresses in the CDP continue to use the name Spring Valley. It was named after Sweetwater Dam.
La Presa is served by a 91977 ZIP Code, which is considered Spring Valley according to the USPS.
La Presa is located at (32.712057, -117.003862). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of . of it is land and of it (8.67%) is water.
La Presa first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.
As of the 2020 census, La Presa had a population of 35,033. The population density was . 100.0% of residents lived in urban areas and 0.0% lived in rural areas.
The census reported that 99.3% of residents lived in households, 0.5% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.2% were institutionalized.
There were 10,486 households; 40.7% had children under the age of 18, 50.7% were married-couple households, 6.8% were cohabiting couple households, 26.5% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present, and 16.0% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. About 15.5% of households were made up of individuals and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.32. There were 8,230 families (78.5% of all households).
24.1% of residents were under the age of 18, 9.7% were aged 18 to 24, 27.9% were aged 25 to 44, 24.3% were aged 45 to 64, and 14.0% were 65years of age or older. The median age was 36.2years. For every 100 females, there were 96.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.3 males.
There were 10,734 housing units at an average density of , of which 10,486 (97.7%) were occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.7% and the rental vacancy rate was 2.3%; 63.6% of occupied units were owner-occupied and 36.4% were renter-occupied.
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $88,479, and the per capita income was $36,663. About 6.6% of families and 9.9% of the population were below the poverty line.
At the 2010 census La Presa had a population of 34,169. The population density was . The racial makeup of La Presa was 9,045 (24.0%) White, 4,428 (13.0%) African American, 282 (0.8%) Native American, 3,958 (10.5%) Asian, 410 (1.2%) Pacific Islander, 8,238 (24.1%) from other races, and 2,535 (7.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 19,279 persons (51.1%).
The census reported that 33,924 people (99.3% of the population) lived in households, 154 (0.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 91 (0.3%) were institutionalized.
There were 10,178 households, 4,708 (46.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 5,270 (51.8%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,885 (18.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 784 (7.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 640 (6.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 85 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 1,625 households (16.0%) were one person and 705 (6.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.33. There were 7,939 families (78.0% of households); the average family size was 3.69.
The age distribution was 9,584 people (28.0%) under the age of 18, 3,692 people (10.8%) aged 18 to 24, 9,287 people (27.2%) aged 25 to 44, 8,015 people (23.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 3,591 people (10.5%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 32.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males.
There were 10,711 housing units at an average density of 1,780.0 per square mile, of the occupied units 6,338 (62.3%) were owner-occupied and 3,840 (37.7%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.7%. 20,565 people (60.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 13,359 people (39.1%) lived in rental housing units.
In the California State Legislature, La Presa is in , and in .
In the United States House of Representatives, La Presa is in .