Norwalk

Norwalk is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 105,549 at the 2010 census and an estimated 103,949 in 2019. It is the 58th most densely-populated city in California. The area known as "Norwalk" was first home to the Shoshonean Native American tribe. In February 1958, two military aircraft, a Douglas C-118A military transport and a U.S. Navy P2V-5F Neptune patrol bomber, collided over Norwalk. Forty-seven servicemen were killed, as was a civilian-year-old woman on the ground who was hit by falling debris. A plaque commemorating the accident was erected by the American Legion in 1961 at the spot of the accident, today the mini-mall at the corner of Firestone Boulevard and Pioneer Boulevard. Norwalk's sister cities are Morelia in the Mexican state of Michoacán, and Hermosillo, in the Mexico state of Sonora. The city is located at 33°5425N 118°33° (906914W118).According to the United States Census Bureau, Norwalk was founded in the late 19th century by the Sproul Brothers, who purchased 463 acres (1.87 km²) of land at $11 an acre ($2,700/km²) in an area called Corazón de los Valles, or "Heart of the Valleys" In 1874, the name was recorded officially as Norwalk, and it was incorporated as a town in 1957.

History

The area known as "Norwalk" was first home to the Shoshonean Native American tribe. D.D. Johnston pioneered the first school system in Norwalk in 1880. Of the 50 local families reported in the 1900 census, most were associated with farming or with the dairy industry. In February 1958, two military aircraft, a Douglas C-118A military transport and a U.S. Navy P2V-5F Neptune patrol bomber collided over Norwalk at night. Forty-seven servicemen were killed, as was a civilian 23-year-old woman on the ground who was hit by falling debris. A plaque commemorating the disaster and erected by the American Legion in 1961 marks the spot of the accident, today a mini-mall at the corner of Firestone Boulevard and Pioneer Boulevard. The Hargitt House Museum, located at 12426 Mapledale, was donated to the people of Norwalk by Charles ("Chun") and Ida Hargit. In 1891, the Hargett House was built in the architectural style of Victorian Eastlake. Many of the dairy farmers who settled in Nor walk during the early part of the 20th century were Dutch. In the late 1760s, settlers and missions flourished under Spanish rule with the famous El Camino Real trail traversing the area. In 1784, Manuel Nieto, a Spanish soldier, received a Spanish land grant (Rancho Los Nietos) in 1784 that included Norwalk.

Geography

Norwalk is located at 33°5425N 118°50W (33.906914, -118.083398) It is bordered by Downey to the northwest, Bellflower to the southwest, Cerritos and Artesia to the south, and Santa Fe Springs and Whittier to the north and east. The city has a total area of 25.243 km² (10 sq mi) of which 9.707 square miles (25.14 km²) of it is land and 0.039 sq miles (0.10 km² of it) is water. It is located in the San Diego County, California, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates Norwalk has a population of 2,788. It has a latitude and longitude of 33.5425 N 118.50 W. It lies in the eastern part of the Santa Fe Desert, in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, and in the mountains of San Diego and San Diego counties. It was named after Norwalk, New Mexico, where it was founded in the 18th century. Norwalk was the site of the first recorded European settlement in the 17th century, and is located on the banks of the Los Angeles River. In the early 1900s, the city was known as "Norwalk, California" and was known for its white-sand beaches. The town is now known as Norwalk and has a reputation for being one of the most beautiful places in the state.

Demographics

The 2010 United States Census reported that Norwalk had a population of 105,549. The racial makeup of Norwalk was 52,089 (49.4%) White (12.3% Non-Hispanic White), 4,593 (4.4%), African American, 1,213 (1.1%) Native American, 12,700 (12,0%) Asian (5.3%) There were 27,554 housing units at an average density of 2,845.5 per square mile (1,098.7/km²), of which 17,671 were owner-occupied, and 9,459 (34.9%) were occupied by renters. The city's median household income was $60,770 in 2009-2013, with 12.9% of the population living below the federal poverty line. The average household size was 3.83, with 22,583 families (83.2% of all households) making up the city's population. The median age was 32.5 years, with 29,164 people (27.6%) under the age of 18, 12.4% aged 18 to 24, 30,138 people (28.6) aged 25 to 44, 23,790 people (22.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 10,431 people (9.9) who were 65 years of age or older. There were 1,712 (6.3) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 178 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships.

Government and infrastructure

Norwalk operates under a Council/Manager form of government, established by the Charter of the City of Norwalk which was drafted in 1957. The five-member City Council acts as the city's chief policy-making body. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department provides police services. The 162-acre (0.66 km²) Metropolitan State Hospital, a psychiatric and mental health facility operated by the California Department of State Hospitals, is located in Norwalk. The U.S. Postal Service operates the Norwalk Post Office at 14011 Clarkdale Avenue and the Paddison Square Post office at 12415 Norwalk Boulevard. In the United States House of Representatives, Norwalk is in California's 38th congressional district, represented by Democrats Linda Sánchez and Kelly Seyarto. In California's State Assembly, it is split between the 57th Assembly District and the 58th Assembly districts. The Recorder's Office is responsible for recording legal documents which determine ownership of real property and maintains files of birth, death and marriage records. The office issues approximately 75,000 marriage licenses and processes 125,000 fictitious business name filings annually. It serves the public and other County departments such as the Assessor, Health Services, Public Social Services and Public Social services. It processes 2 million real and personal property documents and 750,000 birth,Death and Marriage records annually and services approximately 2,000 customers daily. The city's most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report shows the city had $78.2 million in Revenues, $79.1 million in Expenditures, $107.2million in Total Assets, $48.7 million in Total Liabilities, and $54.8 million in Cash and Investments.

Transportation

Three freeways travel through the city. Los Angeles MTA ("Metro") provides both bus and rail service from Norwalk. Long Beach Transit provides service to the Metro Green Line Station via Studebaker Road from Long Beach. Metrolink Orange County Line and 91 Line trains connect Norwalk with Orange County, Riverside County, and Downtown Los Angeles. The Santa Ana Freeway and San Gabriel River Freeway pass through and intersect just above its northern edge. The Century Freeway (I-105) ends in Norwalk at Studebakers Road. Norwalk Transit serves Norwalk and its adjacent communities. Six bus lines operate in Nor walk and adjacent cities, including Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, La Mirada and Whittier. The Metro C Line (formerly the Green Line) light rail provides service from the Norwalk C Line station to LAX (via shuttle from Aviation Station) and Redondo Beach. Express routes also connect to Disneyland, El Monte Bus Station, Long Beach and downtown Los Angeles, among other places. The Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs station is at the center of the city's downtown area. The city is home to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which is located on the corner of Santa Fe Springs Road and Santa Monica Boulevard. The L.A. County Sheriff's Department is based in the city of Norwalk, California. The Los Angeles Police Department is located in the nearby city of Santa Monica. The LAPD is based at the Santa Monica Police Station.

Economy

According to the City's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: the city's three largest employers. The city's economy is based on the economy. The top employers are: construction, manufacturing, and finance, according to the report. The economy is also based on construction, finance, and manufacturing. The City's top employer is the construction industry, followed by finance, then manufacturing and finally, the finance industry. The largest employers are all based outside of the city, with a total of more than 1,000 employees. The biggest employers are based in the state of New York, New York City, and New Jersey. The most popular employers are located in New York state, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, with more than 100 employees in each of those states. The number of employees in New Jersey is the highest in the U.S. and the second-highest in the world. New Jersey has the highest percentage of its residents living in the United States. The state has the lowest percentage of residents living outside of New Jersey and the highest proportion of residents in New England. The U.N. has the most residents in the country, and the lowest rate of residents who live in New Hampshire and the United Kingdom. New York is the largest city in the nation in terms of the number of people who live outside the city of New Hampshire, with 1.2 million people living in New Zealand and the third-highest rate is New York State.

Education

Cerritos College is a public community college serving an area of 52 square miles (130 km²) of southeastern Los Angeles county. The college offers degrees and certificates in 87 areas of study in nine divisions. Norwalk is served by the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District, headquartered at 12820 Pioneer Boulevard in Norwalk, as well as the Little Lake City School District headquartered in Santa Fe Springs. Certain areas of Norwalk are served. by the ABC Unified school District, based in Cerritos, and others by the Whittier Union High School District. Among the several parochial schools in Nor walk are Saint John of God School (Roman Catholic), Pioneer Baptist School (Baptist Christian), and Saint Linus School (Roman Catholic). It also contains The California distinguished school J.B. Morrison Elementary Magnet School. It is home to the University of California, Los Angeles, which is a member of the prestigious California State University system. The University of Southern California is a constituent school of the Los Angeles City College system, which offers a variety of programs and degrees. It also offers a number of other programs and certificates. It was founded in 1955 and is one of the first community colleges in the state of California. It offers a wide range of majors and minors, including business, math, science, nursing, and social science. It has over 1,200 students who complete their course of studies each year. The community college is located on the campus of the College of the Canyons, a private college in Los Angeles.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Norwalk, Los Angeles County, California = 1. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 52. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 10. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Norwalk = 6.2 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 102,773 individuals with a median age of 31.8 age the population grows by 1.12% in Norwalk, Los Angeles County, California population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 10,708.66 residents per square mile of area (4,134.55/km²). There are average 3.9 people per household in the 26,474 households with an average household income of $59,273 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 13.30% of the available work force and has dropped -6.24% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 14.22%. The number of physicians in Norwalk per 100,000 population = 213.2.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Norwalk = 14.5 inches and the annual snowfall = 0 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 28. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 281. 82 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 45.5 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 46, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Norwalk, Los Angeles County, California which are owned by the occupant = 63.84%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 50 years with median home cost = $258,590 and home appreciation of -14.15%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $7.73 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $4,786 per student. There are 25.1 students for each teacher in the school. 10695.81% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 8.06% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 2.53% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).