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Montecito, CA

9,031 Population
9.2 square miles 983.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 34.6 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$135,431 ±$18,569 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $48,028 ±$926
  • more than double the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$231,005 ±$9,799 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $98,161 ±$2,430
  • more than double the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

8.3% ±2.9% (648  ±235) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 14.7% 62,400 (±0.8% / ±3,327)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

18.4 minutes ±1.2 (38,505  ±7,483) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 20.9 3,641,540 (±0.4 / ±93,099)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

3,390 ±278 Number of households
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 149,608 ±835
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.3 ±0.1 (7,802  ±662) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 2.8 420,825 (±0 / ±326)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

3.1% ±2.8% (54  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 4.6% † 4,979 (±0.5% / ±585)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

4,092 ±269 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 160,592 ±195
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$2,000,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $790,700 ±$17,571
  • more than double the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

21.4% ±6% (1,923  ±559.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 15.2% 66,912 (±0.7% / ±2,956.9)
  • about double the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

98.4% ±4.4% (6,079  ±531.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 81.9% 227,962 (±1.2% / ±3,345.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
76.3% ±5.2% (4,717  ±476.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 36.8% 102,469 (±0.7% / ±1,993.2)
  • more than double the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

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

10.2% ±2.7% (925  ±251) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 22.2% 98,422
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

5.8% ±1.8% (448  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 4.6% 15,770 (±0.3% / ±890)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
448 Total veterans ±144 396 Male ±149 52 Female ±50

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