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Santa Barbara, CA

86,495 Population
19.5 square miles 4,438.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 34.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$64,392 ±$6,337 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $43,604 ±$1,556
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$100,041 ±$10,264 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $91,197 ±$4,173
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

12.8% ±3.1% (11,020  ±2,677) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 15.4% † 64,816 (±1.8% / ±7,720)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

15.9 minutes ±0.9 (586,500  ±57,835) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 22.1 3,862,170 (±1.1 / ±220,697)
  • about half the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

38,553 ±2,003 Number of households
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 150,932 ±2,147
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.2 ±0.1 (83,487  ±116) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 2.8 417,508 (±0 / ±540)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 † 38,073,200 (±40.6 / ±-555,555,600)

2.1% ±1.6% (451  ±346) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 3.3% † 3,500 (±1.1% / ±1,232)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

41,318 ±2,120 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 161,890 ±210
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$1,635,700 ±$124,338 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $780,700 ±$55,371
  • more than double the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

13.6% ±3.3% (11,643  ±2,796.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 14.3% † 62,346 (±1.6% / ±6,808.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

88.4% ±5.3% (58,646  ±4,158) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 81.3% 225,126 (±2.7% / ±7,472)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
49.5% ±3.9% (32,855  ±2,874.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 36.1% 100,000 (±1.8% / ±4,884.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

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

22.8% ±3.6% (19,686  ±3,117) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 22.3% † 98,211 (±28,022.3% / ±6,305)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 27.3% † 10,640,017 (±,389.3% / ±60,440)

3.7% ±1% (2,689  ±755) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 4.5% † 15,446 (±0.6% / ±1,938)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
2,689 Total veterans ±755 2,593 Male ±742 96 Female ±127

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