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Watsonville, CA Urban Area

69,089 Population
14.7 square miles 4,700.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,070 ±$3,170 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$78,686 ±$12,990 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.3% ±5.3% (11,208  ±3,658) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.8 minutes ±1 (677,950  ±42,601) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

20,420 ±1,672 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.3 ±0.3 (67,873  ±3,667) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3% ±2.8% (446  ±413) 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

21,414 ±1,669 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$679,200 ±$67,077 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6.6% ±3.1% (4,535  ±2,156.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

64.9% ±4.8% (28,232  ±2,791) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
14% ±2.9% (6,092  ±1,334.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of 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

34.6% ±3.7% (23,917  ±2,879) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.8% ±0.8% (901  ±413) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
901 Total veterans ±413 781 Male ±411 120 Female ±145

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