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Carpinteria, CA

13,100 Population
2.6 square miles 5,061 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 34.5 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$52,711 ±$4,293 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $46,679 ±$803
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$104,233 ±$16,338 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $95,977 ±$1,875
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

6% ±3% (779  ±389) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 13.8% 58,387 (±0.7% / ±3,052)
  • about half the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

23.3 minutes ±1.8 (129,880  ±14,051) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 20.8 3,691,250 (±0.4 / ±83,560)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

5,111 ±336 Number of households
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 148,960 ±803
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.6 ±0.2 (13,053  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 2.8 421,685 (±0 / ±344)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

6.1% ±4.2% (164  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 4.4% † 4,763 (±0.5% / ±537)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

6,032 ±390 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 159,766 ±144
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$965,200 ±$77,708 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $735,700 ±$11,340
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

8.5% ±2.9% (1,096  ±373.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 16.1% 70,678 (±0.7% / ±3,135.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

85.6% ±5.8% (8,152  ±631.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 82.1% 228,713 (±1.2% / ±3,403.3)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
44.6% ±4.3% (4,250  ±443.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 35.9% 99,882 (±0.7% / ±2,065.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

22.9% ±3.6% (2,995  ±470) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 22.1% 98,143
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

5.4% ±1.9% (571  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 5% 17,154 (±0.3% / ±889)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
571 Total veterans ±204 558 Male ±203 13 Female ±21

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