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West Santa Cruz CCD, Santa Cruz County, CA

4,446 Population
112.5 square miles 39.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Santa Cruz County: 39.6 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$57,732 ±$7,033 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Santa Cruz County: $55,717 ±$1,283
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$154,914 ±$25,966 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Santa Cruz County: $109,266 ±$2,959
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

8.7% ±5.8% (380  ±259) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Santa Cruz County: 11.2% 28,613 (±0.8% / ±2,134)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

36.7 minutes ±17.6 (62,255  ±33,584) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Santa Cruz County: 26.6 2,807,385 (±0.7 / ±94,651)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

1,396 ±145 Number of households
  • Santa Cruz County: 96,873 ±848
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.8 ±0.3 (3,950  ±586) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Santa Cruz County: 2.6 251,642 (±0 / ±251)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

2.8% ±2% (29  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Santa Cruz County: 4.6% † 2,947 (±0.6% / ±403)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

1,537 ±135 Number of housing units
  • Santa Cruz County: 106,635 ±139
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$1,067,200 ±$57,500 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Santa Cruz County: $1,015,200 ±$15,187
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

13% ±5.8% (578  ±267.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Santa Cruz County: 14% 36,975 (±0.9% / ±2,324.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

91.6% ±17.2% (3,039  ±395.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Santa Cruz County: 88.5% 159,011 (±1.7% / ±2,979.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
45.1% ±2.1% (1,498  ±215.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Santa Cruz County: 43.6% 78,268 (±1.1% / ±1,948.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

16.5% ±5.6% (735  ±267) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Santa Cruz County: 17.7% 47,143
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

4.2% ±1.2% (154  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Santa Cruz County: 4% 8,560 (±0.3% / ±615)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
154 Total veterans ±48 149 Male ±49 5 Female ±8

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