Valencia is a neighborhood of
Santa Clarita in
Los Angeles County,
California. It is located in the northwestern corner of the
Santa Clarita Valley adjacent to
Interstate 5. A formerly independent
planned community, it was one of the four unincorporated communities (along with
Saugus,
Newhall, and
Canyon Country) that merged to create the city of
Santa Clarita, California, in 1987. As of 2010, the population of the 91355 zip code was 32,605 and the estimated median household income was $88,744. In 2006, Santa Clarita was ranked as one of the top 100 places to live by
Money magazine. Valencia is home to the
Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park and the adjacent
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor water park.