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Watsonville CCD, Santa Cruz County, CA

78,013 Population
101.8 square miles 766.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Santa Cruz County: 39.2 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in California: 37.3 ±0.1

Economics

$33,252 ±$1,658 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Santa Cruz County: $52,887 ±$1,202
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $45,591 ±$149
$85,020 ±$5,482 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Santa Cruz County: $104,409 ±$3,173
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $91,905 ±$277

12.7% ±1.9% (9,760  ±1,460) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Santa Cruz County: 11.4% 29,302 (±0.9% / ±2,356)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 12.1% 4,685,272 (±0.1% / ±38,720)

26.8 minutes ±1.5 (839,525  ±57,368) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Santa Cruz County: 26.7 2,891,645 (±0.7 / ±94,063)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29.2 463,270,940 (±0.1 / ±1,077,551)

Families

23,412 ±742 Number of households
  • Santa Cruz County: 96,487 ±790
  • California: 13,315,822 ±16,341
3.3 ±0.1 (76,797  ±1,312) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Santa Cruz County: 2.6 254,755 (±0 / ±264)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,493,080

7.6% ±1.7% (1,338  ±307) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Santa Cruz County: 4.6% † 2,958 (±0.7% / ±421)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.8% 460,360 (±0.1% / ±5,836)

Housing

25,040 ±738 Number of housing units
  • Santa Cruz County: 106,433 ±131
  • California: 14,424,442 ±2,741

$695,700 ±$18,544 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Santa Cruz County: $951,300 ±$18,150
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $659,300 ±$1,011

7.5% ±1.2% (5,763  ±,962.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Santa Cruz County: 15.2% 40,536 (±0.9% / ±2,426.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 11.6% 4,529,708 (±0.1% / ±25,480.9)

Social

71.2% ±3% (35,045  ±1,690.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Santa Cruz County: 88.7% 159,830 (±1.7% / ±3,060.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 84.4% 22,656,988 (±0.2% / ±42,808.6)
18.6% ±1.4% (9,173  ±,726.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Santa Cruz County: 42.5% 76,537 (±1.1% / ±1,951)
  • about half the rate in California: 35.9% 9,626,973 (±0.1% / ±27,977.4)

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

32.1% ±1.5% (25,060  ±1,247) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Santa Cruz County: 17.4% 46,723
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 26.5% 10,442,880

3.2% ±0.6% (1,816  ±370) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Santa Cruz County: 4.2% 9,165 (±0.3% / ±671)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.7% 1,415,562 (±0% / ±11,195)
1,816 Total veterans ±370 1,681 Male ±337 135 Female ±87

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