Franklin Avenue, which runs east–west, acts as the main commercial artery in the neighborhood.

Ventura Village is entirely located within Minneapolis City Council Ward 6,[3] represented by Jamal Osman.

[4] 58.6% of residents were at least a high school graduate (or equivalent), and 14.5% had earned a bachelor's degree or higher.

[5] 37.3% of the population were foreign-born residents, and 57.6% spoke a language other than English at home.

According to the American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2016-2020), the top non-English languages spoken in Ventura Village were Spanish (spoken by 18.2% of the population), Somali (6.1%), Oromo (2.2%), Amharic (1.7%), and Vietnamese (1.3%).