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Live Oak, CA

16,866 Population
3.2 square miles 5,201.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$56,885 ±$4,424 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $55,717 ±$1,283
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$107,500 ±$12,267 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $109,266 ±$2,959
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

13.1% ±2.6% (2,183  ±467) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 11.2% 28,613 (±0.8% / ±2,134)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

22.8 minutes ±0.7 (170,655  ±21,465) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 26.6 2,807,385 (±0.7 / ±94,651)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

6,500 ±409 Number of households
  • the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 96,873 ±848
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.5 ±0.1 (16,026  ±1,184) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 2.6 251,642 (±0 / ±251)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

5.6% ±2.4% (229  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 4.6% † 2,947 (±0.6% / ±403)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

6,778 ±394 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 106,635 ±139
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$975,900 ±$63,461 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $1,015,200 ±$15,187
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

15.7% ±5.1% (2,623  ±870.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 14% 36,975 (±0.9% / ±2,324.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

90.4% ±3.7% (11,111  ±788.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 88.5% 159,011 (±1.7% / ±2,979.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
41.5% ±3.2% (5,099  ±493.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 43.6% 78,268 (±1.1% / ±1,948.8)
  • about 10 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

15.6% ±2.9% (2,626  ±516) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 17.7% 47,143
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

3.2% ±0.8% (444  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 4% 8,560 (±0.3% / ±615)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
444 Total veterans ±119 427 Male ±120 17 Female ±16

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