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Montecito, CA

8,823 Population
9.2 square miles 960.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.8 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 34.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$132,404 ±$16,172 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $46,679 ±$803
  • more than double the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$222,966 ±$11,686 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $95,977 ±$1,875
  • more than double the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

7.8% ±3.5% (600  ±273) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 13.8% 58,387 (±0.7% / ±3,052)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

18.3 minutes ±1.2 (41,665  ±7,630) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 20.8 3,691,250 (±0.4 / ±83,560)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

3,345 ±282 Number of households
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 148,960 ±803
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.3 ±0.1 (7,644  ±748) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 2.8 421,685 (±0 / ±344)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

3.7% ±3.7% (66  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 4.4% † 4,763 (±0.5% / ±537)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

4,143 ±248 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 159,766 ±144
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$2,000,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $735,700 ±$11,340
  • more than double the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

22.9% ±6.3% (2,015  ±576.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 16.1% 70,678 (±0.7% / ±3,135.1)
  • about double the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

98.3% ±3.4% (5,993  ±532.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 82.1% 228,713 (±1.2% / ±3,403.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
74.9% ±4.8% (4,564  ±475.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 35.9% 99,882 (±0.7% / ±2,065.4)
  • about double 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

10.5% ±2.8% (926  ±255) 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

6.3% ±2.1% (478  ±165) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 5% 17,154 (±0.3% / ±889)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
478 Total veterans ±165 408 Male ±154 70 Female ±67

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