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Santa Monica, CA

90,740 Population
8.4 square miles 10,790.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$99,996 ±$8,815 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $48,297 ±$412
  • about double the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
$130,928 ±$14,213 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $96,405 ±$980
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381

8% ±2.4% (7,090  ±2,172) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.4% 1,577,387 (±0.3% / ±37,640)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)

24.9 minutes ±1.4 (771,310  ±59,531) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 29.5 152,295,600 (±0.1 / ±584,790)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

49,229 ±2,597 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,583,939 ±11,287
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
1.8 ±0.1 (88,849  ±68) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8 12,669,142 (±0 / ±1,609)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960

5.7% ±3.9% (1,278  ±883) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3.9% 124,721 (±0.2% / ±6,786)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)

Housing

54,322 ±3,205 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,870,148 ±946
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124

$1,755,500 ±$135,078 Median value of owner-occupied housing units * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about double the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $871,300 ±$1,892
  • more than double the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

11.7% ±3.3% (10,455  ±2,968.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 9.3% 1,185,489 (±0.2% / ±29,446.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)

Social

95.1% ±6.9% (71,870  ±5,851.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82.8% 7,605,430 (±0.5% / ±46,909.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
73.9% ±6.1% (55,895  ±5,085.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 39% 3,584,880 (±0.3% / ±31,412.7)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)

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

23.8% ±3.6% (21,587  ±3,248) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 33.4% 4,318,347
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022

2.4% ±1.1% (1,907  ±864) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.7% 282,350 (±0.1% / ±8,840)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
1,907 Total veterans ±864 1,907 Male ±864 N/A Female ±225

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