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Sunset Beach California is an Orange County neighborhood and is part of the Huntington Beach coastal community. Sunset Beach was founded in late 1905, but was only developed fifteen years later during the discovery of the Huntington Beach Oil Field. Based on the most recent census in 2010 Sunset Beach was annexed as part of Huntington Beach during that last census time period. Because Sunset Beach was consumed by Huntington Beach all of Sunset Beach’s approx 1000 inhabitants are considered as part of the city of Huntington Beach moving forward.
Based on the 2010 census the Sunset Beach neighborhood encompassed an area of of two tenths of a square mile. Almost all of that 20% of a square mile is Sunset Beach land but the area does have some marshy areas not considered land. Currently, Sunset Beach does not posses a residential mail delivery service and is not currently serviced by the USPS. Alternatively, Sunset Beach residents drive to the main Post Office and get their mail from there designated post office boxes. The main Post Office, where most Sunset Beach residence pick up their mail, is adorned with an award winning mural painted in reverence to the surrounding beauty of Sunset Beach.
Other than the Huntington USPS, the Sunset Beach community enjoys the protection of the Huntington Beach Police department. Sunset Beach is also served by the Sunset Beach Sanitary District which is supervised by Huntington Beach local government representatives. As recorded by the 2010 US census Sunset Beach housed an a population of approximately 1000 people. Extrapolating that information further the pop density was approximately 5 thousand people per square mile. Other information recorded in that last census, the ethnic makeup of Sunset Beach was about 90% Caucasian. Other groups accounted for approximately 5% Asian, and 2% identifying their heritage as “other.” Rounding out the total makeup of Sunset Beach, a fraction of 1% of the population was; African American, Native American, and Pacific Islander respectfully.
More information uncovered about Sunset Beach shows that the neighborhood was comprised 100% out of homes, where there were no other living quarters present in Sunset Beach. The census also shows that there were over 500+ households where 14% of these household were home to children. It is also documented that Sunset Beach households made up of opposite-sex married couples were approximately 35%. In Sunset Beach, approximately 4% recorded the household having a female head of house and conversely approx 5% had a male recorded as head of household with no female spouse present. Drawing conclusions on the Sunset Beach census data is is clear that of the approximate 230 family units the average size of each family unit is a little more than 2 and a half people.
The composition of the Sunset Beach populations was relatively diverse where approximately 11% were under 18 years old, about 8% with ages ranging from 18 to 24 years old, about 30% with age ranges from 25 to 44 years old, roughly 38% with ages from 45 to 64 years old, an roughly 15% aged 65 + years of age. Sunset Beach was also noted as having a high average age as approximately 47 years old. Based on the Sunset Beach population breakdown there are 20% more male residence than female residence. There were approximately 650 residential dwellings in Sunset Beach rounding out an average population density of 3300 per sq mi. Of the total dwellings in Sunset Beach 42% are considered owner-occupied, and roughly 58% were renter occupied. Miscellaneous Sunset Beach housing statistics record that the homeowner vacancy rate was approx 5%, and rental vacancy rate roughly 9%.
Sunset Beach has a lively atmosphere and is home to a handful of eating establishments and watering holes. These restaurants and bars include Nadine’s Irish Mist, Brix, Mother’s, Turcs, Don The Beachcomber and The Harbor House Cafe. Other notable businesses include BJ Surfboards and other beach centric businesses. Sunset Beach boasts one of the widest sandy beaches in all of Southern California. Traversing north and south set back slightly behind the sand is popular Green Belt and grassy area where many people walk their dogs and enjoy the Sunset Beach area. Bordering the South side of Sunset Beach is the famous Bolsa Chica Beach. Directly to the East of Sunset Beach lies a serene bay front neighborhood of Huntington Harbor.
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