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Montecito, CA

8,529 Population
9.2 square miles 928.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.4 ±7.3 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 34.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in California: 37.3 ±0.1

Economics

$127,544 ±$16,300 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $44,635 ±$796
  • more than double the amount in California: $45,591 ±$149
$212,154 ±$17,069 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $92,332 ±$1,889
  • more than double the amount in California: $91,905 ±$277

7.8% ±3.3% (577  ±254) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 13.5% 57,513 (±0.7% / ±3,095)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 12.1% 4,685,272 (±0.1% / ±38,720)

18.4 minutes ±1.1 (38,635  ±7,805) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 20.9 3,795,270 (±0.3 / ±78,377)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in California: 29.2 463,270,940 (±0.1 / ±1,077,551)

Families

3,251 ±333 Number of households
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 148,032 ±766
  • California: 13,315,822 ±16,341
2.3 ±0.1 (7,402  ±832) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 2.9 423,618 (±0 / ±359)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,493,080

5% ±4.4% (83  ±75) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 4.7% † 5,115 (±0.5% / ±525)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 460,360 (±0.1% / ±5,836)

Housing

4,140 ±324 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 158,807 ±147
  • California: 14,424,442 ±2,741

$2,000,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $714,800 ±$13,337
  • more than double the amount in California: $659,300 ±$1,011

22% ±6.8% (1,865  ±,604.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 17.1% 75,099 (±0.8% / ±3,349.9)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 11.6% 4,529,708 (±0.1% / ±25,480.9)

Social

97.8% ±12.9% (5,684  ±,530.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 82.1% 228,191 (±1.2% / ±3,376.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.4% 22,656,988 (±0.2% / ±42,808.6)
76% ±4.2% (4,420  ±,479.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 35.7% 99,143 (±0.8% / ±2,119.8)
  • more than double 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

10.8% ±2.9% (918  ±261) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 22.2% 98,821
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 26.5% 10,442,880

5.8% ±2.2% (423  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 5.3% 18,093 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.7% 1,415,562 (±0% / ±11,195)
423 Total veterans ±164 411 Male ±162 12 Female ±15

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