Los Angeles Relocation Guide - Antevia

Public transportationThe Palmdale Transportation Center, recently completed in March 2005, is the centralmass transit center for the Antelope Valley. It serves as the transit hub for the AntelopeValley Transit Authority, the city's public bus system, as well as an Amtrak, GreyhoundBus, and commuter rail Metrolink station. A monorail between Palmdale Airport and thecenter is planned when the new commercial air terminal is finished. The station is alsodesignated a stop on the proposed California High Speed Rail System.AirportPalmdale's Airport, located upon Plant 42, is one of the largest in the world(geographically). Plant 42 has two runways, each over two miles in length. The PalmdaleRegional Airport (PMD) has a commercial air terminal owned and operated by LosAngeles World Airports (LAWA), a Los Angeles municipal department, although nocommercial air service is currently provided. Originally acquired by LAWA in 1966 to bedeveloped into "Palmdale Intercontinental Airport", intended to surpass the air traffic ofLAX, LAWA has since over the decades not developed its Palmdale airport lands tothese claims. Convincing airlines of the marketability of the airport has thus far beendifficult, perhaps because of the airline industry's "hub and spoke" system which tends toshun new airports in an effort to improve airline profitability. Additionally, many SanFernando Valley LA residents believe Palmdale's airport is too far away for their tastes.In reality, considering automobile travel time on congested freeways and streets, as wellas LAX passenger unloading/parking difficulties, Palmdale may offer the airlinepassenger a quicker ground transportation travel time from Sherman Oaks than thestandard LAX airport car trip down the San Diego 405 freeway.The movie "The Terminal" was filmed at the Palmdale Regional Airport.DemographicsAs of the census GR2 of 2000, there were 116,670 people, 34,285 households, and 28,113families residing in the city. The population density was 429.2/km² (1,111.6/mi²). Therewere 37,096 housing units at an average density of 136.5/km² (353.4/mi²). The racialmakeup of the city was 54.77% White, 14.50% African American, 1.03% NativeAmerican, 3.83% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander, 20.45% from other races, and 5.23%from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 37.71% of the population.There were 34,285 households out of which 54.6% had children under the age of 18living with them, 59.8% were married couples living together, 16.2% had a femalehouseholder with no husband present, and 18.0% were non-families. 13.9% of allhouseholds were made up of individuals and 3.8% had someone living alone who was 65years of age or older. The average household size was 3.40 and the average family sizewas 3.72.