The City of Santa Clarita encompasses the communities of Canyon Country, Newhall, Saugus and Valencia. The City is very family-friendly with schools that consistently rank in the top 10% in California.

With a population of just over 160,000 people, the City is the safest City of its size in Los Angeles County and the United States as published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The City is also economically stable with the lowest unemployment rate in Los Angeles County among cities with populations over 100,000

With a 2008 Median Income of $84,253 and a 2008 Average Household Income of $101,679, the City of Santa Clarita continues to grow with a well-educated workforce and a strong economic base.