Alondra Park (pronunciationⓘ), also known as El Camino Village, is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States.
It is the unincorporated area north of Alondra Community Regional Park and El Camino College.
It is east of Lawndale, south of Hawthorne, west of Gardena, and north of Torrance.
Urbanized cement-lined Dominguez Creek bisects a portion of Alondra Park.
Alondra Park is located about two miles (3 km) southeast of Hawthorne.
[citation needed] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2).
[16] The 2010 United States census[20] reported that Alondra Park had a population of 8,592.
There were 2,818 housing units at an average density of 2,465.9 per square mile (952.1/km2), of which 1,362 (50.1%) were owner-occupied, and 1,357 (49.9%) were occupied by renters.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Alondra Park had a median household income of $54,484, with 20.7% of the population living below the federal poverty line.
[23][24] In the California State Legislature, Alondra Park is in the 35th Senate District, represented by Democrat Laura Richardson, and in the 66th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Al Muratsuchi.
El Camino College is partially inside Alondra Park,[27] while the remainder is in Torrance.
The current Satow building, dedicated on February 26, 1977, was named after a Japanese American in the community.