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Santa Barbara Unified School District, CA

79,779 Population
23.1 square miles 3,457.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Santa Barbara County: 34.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$63,919 ±$6,497 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Santa Barbara County: $43,604 ±$1,556
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$101,465 ±$7,906 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Santa Barbara County: $91,197 ±$4,173
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

11.8% ±3.1% (9,328  ±2,468) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Santa Barbara County: 15.4% † 64,816 (±1.8% / ±7,720)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

16.1 minutes ±0.9 (553,305  ±59,284) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Santa Barbara County: 22.1 3,862,170 (±1.1 / ±220,697)
  • about half the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

35,081 ±2,091 Number of households
  • Santa Barbara County: 150,932 ±2,147
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.2 ±0.2 (77,398  ±2,754) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Santa Barbara County: 2.8 417,508 (±0 / ±540)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

2.2% ±1.7% (451  ±346) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Santa Barbara County: 3.3% † 3,500 (±1.1% / ±1,232)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

37,313 ±2,205 Number of housing units
  • Santa Barbara County: 161,890 ±210
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$1,605,100 ±$106,181 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Santa Barbara County: $780,700 ±$55,371
  • more than double the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

14.4% ±3.4% (11,361  ±2,744.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Santa Barbara County: 14.3% † 62,346 (±1.6% / ±6,808.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

89.5% ±4.9% (53,968  ±3,902.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Santa Barbara County: 81.3% 225,126 (±2.7% / ±7,472)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
52% ±4% (31,381  ±2,806.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Santa Barbara County: 36.1% 100,000 (±1.8% / ±4,884.4)
  • about 1.4 times 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

21.9% ±3.7% (17,471  ±3,015) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Santa Barbara County: 22.3% 98,211
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

3.8% ±1.2% (2,530  ±783) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Santa Barbara County: 4.5% † 15,446 (±0.6% / ±1,938)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
2,530 Total veterans ±783 2,470 Male ±769 60 Female ±113

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