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Santa Barbara, CA Urban Area

202,039 Population
54.8 square miles 3,686.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$60,398 ±$4,219 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$103,415 ±$7,568 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.4% ±2.5% (32,384  ±4,823) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.5 minutes ±1 (1,333,060  ±114,492) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

75,438 ±2,918 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (184,183  ±5,936) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.8% ±1.2% (1,443  ±635) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

83,430 ±2,921 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$1,585,100 ±$84,887 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

20.6% ±2.3% (41,424  ±4,747.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.5% ±3.4% (118,175  ±5,972) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
54.6% ±2.9% (71,330  ±4,442.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

18.5% ±2.1% (37,456  ±4,389) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.7% ±0.7% (4,553  ±1,168) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,553 Total veterans ±1,168 4,461 Male ±1,160 92 Female ±111

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