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Watsonville, CA

51,968 Population
6.8 square miles 7,657.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$27,296 ±$1,535 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $55,717 ±$1,283
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$74,785 ±$6,675 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $109,266 ±$2,959
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

15.2% ±2.8% (7,804  ±1,444) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 11.2% 28,613 (±0.8% / ±2,134)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

26.8 minutes ±1.8 (538,015  ±43,292) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 26.6 2,807,385 (±0.7 / ±94,651)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

15,267 ±619 Number of households
  • the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 96,873 ±848
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
3.4 ±0.1 (51,171  ±60) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 2.6 251,642 (±0 / ±251)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

8.2% ±2.4% (997  ±300) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 4.6% † 2,947 (±0.6% / ±403)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

15,792 ±672 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 106,635 ±139
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$657,700 ±$20,435 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $1,015,200 ±$15,187
  • a little less than the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

7.1% ±1.6% (3,627  ±809.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 14% 36,975 (±0.9% / ±2,324.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

65.5% ±3.9% (20,370  ±1,332.3) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 88.5% 159,011 (±1.7% / ±2,979.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
12.7% ±1.6% (3,959  ±505.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 43.6% 78,268 (±1.1% / ±1,948.8)
  • about one-third of 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

35.1% ±2.2% (18,235  ±1,154) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 17.7% 47,143
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

2.5% ±0.7% (904  ±241) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 4% 8,560 (±0.3% / ±615)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
904 Total veterans ±241 860 Male ±243 44 Female ±50

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