The entire region was subdivided and sold to home builders in 1902, with the Atwater Village portion being named as such due to its proximity to the Los Angeles River.

The location between the Los Angeles and Glendale city cores made it a highly sought after residential neighborhood beginning in the 1920s.

[5] Here are the five-year findings as reported by American Community Survey in 2013: Census tract 1883 had a median income of $31,111 and was 37.8% non-Hispanic white, 34.1% Hispanic, 20.2% Asian, 1.6% Pacific Islander and 1.1% black.

[8] The 2000 U.S. census counted 14,888 residents in the 1.78-square-mile Atwater Village neighborhood—or 8,379 people per square mile, an average population density for the city.

Mexico (27.2%) and the Philippines (20.4%) were the most common places of birth for the 49.3% of the residents who were born abroad—a high percentage, compared to the city at large.

[11] Street and other boundary limits are the Ventura Freeway on the north, San Fernando Boulevard on the east, and the Los Angeles River on the south and west.

[8] 22% of Atwater Park residents aged 25 and older held a four-year degree by 2000, an average figure for both the city and the county.

A number of film locations in Atwater Village were used for Quentin Tarantino's movie Pulp Fiction, including the house of Lance (Eric Stoltz) and his wife, Jody (Rosanna Arquette).

[17] Atwater Village has been used recently as a setting in HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (the basketball court in North Atwater Park was used as the court in Michigan where Magic Johnson battled a romantic rival during a trip back home after college and before his rookie season), in the first episode of the final season of USA's Westworld (exteriors where Aaron Paul attempts to rescue his daughter) and in the first season of This Fool on Hulu (exterior flashback scene).