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Santa Monica, CA

89,939 Population
8.4 square miles 10,695.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$94,986 ±$9,934 Per capita income
  • about double the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $46,589 ±$379
  • about double the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$109,503 ±$11,935 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $91,960 ±$779
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

10% ±2.8% (8,900  ±2,522) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.6% 1,585,798 (±0.3% / ±38,842)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

25.8 minutes ±1.2 (859,170  ±58,500) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 29.9 158,071,870 (±0.1 / ±561,489)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

48,189 ±3,143 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,542,998 ±10,740
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
1.8 ±0.1 (87,909  ±78) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8 12,545,130 (±0 / ±2,416)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

4.6% ±2.4% (976  ±522) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.2% 130,398 (±0.2% / ±7,499)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

53,580 ±3,537 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,828,892 ±863
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$1,810,200 ±$127,244 Median value of owner-occupied housing units * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • more than double the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $825,300 ±$2,278
  • more than double the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

10.4% ±2.9% (9,282  ±2,605.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 9.3% 1,173,921 (±0.3% / ±32,630.1)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

96.4% ±6.5% (72,388  ±5,768) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82.7% 7,495,534 (±0.5% / ±45,581.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
71.9% ±5.9% (53,984  ±4,976.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.5% 3,487,205 (±0.3% / ±29,272.7)
  • nearly double 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

22.7% ±3.9% (20,418  ±3,542) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.9% 4,207,484
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

2.1% ±0.8% (1,608  ±661) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8% 287,466 (±0.1% / ±8,605)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
1,608 Total veterans ±661 1,136 Male ±459 472 Female ±385

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