It is bordered by Emerald Hills and Market Street on the north, Lincoln Park and Euclid Avenue to the West, Encanto to the east, and Alta Vista and National City, California, to the south.

The resident and San Diego real estate entrepreneur Astor Basmajian donated part of the property to Valencia Park Elementary (playground area).

After returning from the war, Astor continued his business and later moved to Ohio and California, where he remained the rest of his life, living out the "American Dream."

With the great influx of Filipino immigrants joining the United States Navy,[1] especially from the Vietnam War era on to the 1990s, many Filipinos inhabited the Southeast San Diego neighborhoods of Alta Vista, Bay Terraces, Paradise Hills, Shelltown, Skyline Hills, and Valencia Park, both for the relatively affordable housing prices and its proximity to Naval Base San Diego.

Current demographics for the neighborhood are as follows: people of Hispanic heritage make up 52.6%, followed by African-Americans at 26.4%, then Asians at 15.6%, non-Hispanic Whites at 3.4%, Mixed Race at 2.0%, and others at 0.1%.