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Isla Vista, CA

13,717 Population
0.6 square miles 24,884.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.2 ±0.2 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 34.5 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$13,289 ±$1,525 Per capita income
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $46,679 ±$803
  • about one-quarter of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$24,428 ±$5,820 Median household income
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $95,977 ±$1,875
  • about one-quarter of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

69.3% ±4.1% (8,312  ±863) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 13.8% 58,387 (±0.7% / ±3,052)
  • more than double the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

15.8 minutes ±1.4 (92,190  ±14,246) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 20.8 3,691,250 (±0.4 / ±83,560)
  • about half the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

4,589 ±319 Number of households
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 148,960 ±803
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.6 ±0.1 (11,995  ±1,023) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 2.8 421,685 (±0 / ±344)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

0.2% ±0.3% (14  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 4.4% † 4,763 (±0.5% / ±537)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

5,166 ±330 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 159,766 ±144
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$1,241,700 ±$710,895 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $735,700 ±$11,340
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

69.7% ±5.5% (9,545  ±1,040.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 16.1% 70,678 (±0.7% / ±3,135.1)
  • more than double the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

90.6% ±22.7% (1,544  ±273.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 82.1% 228,713 (±1.2% / ±3,403.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
40.8% ±5.6% (695  ±155.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 35.9% 99,882 (±0.7% / ±2,065.4)
  • about 10 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

11.7% ±2.4% (1,602  ±353) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 22.1% 98,143
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

0.8% ±0.5% (100  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 5% 17,154 (±0.3% / ±889)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
100 Total veterans ±64 96 Male ±65 4 Female ±8

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