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Santa Barbara, CA

87,519 Population
19.5 square miles 4,487 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 34.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$61,344 ±$5,282 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $44,769 ±$1,861
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $46,661 ±$225
$104,001 ±$15,706 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $90,894 ±$4,463
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $91,551 ±$471

14.5% ±3.8% (12,586  ±3,327) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 14.4% † 60,837 (±1.6% / ±6,795)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 12.2% 4,670,324 (±0.2% / ±66,972)

18.2 minutes ±2.6 (666,835  ±111,001) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 20.7 3,678,825 (±1.1 / ±227,752)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 28.3 436,695,300 (±0.1 / ±2,279,997)

Families

36,602 ±2,011 Number of households
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 150,851 ±1,781
  • California: 13,550,586 ±19,485
2.3 ±0.1 (85,556  ±131) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 2.8 420,771 (±0 / ±873)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 † 38,154,104 (±41 / ±-555,555,600)

1% ±0.8% (201  ±173) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 3.8% † 4,129 (±1% / ±1,028)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in California: 4.8% 453,850 (±0.1% / ±13,512)

Housing

39,008 ±2,069 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 160,910 ±324
  • California: 14,627,041 ±997

$1,666,000 ±$193,566 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $744,700 ±$38,177
  • more than double the amount in California: $715,900 ±$2,271

16% ±3.4% (14,009  ±2,945.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 16.9% 74,207 (±1.6% / ±7,077.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 11.1% 4,293,993 (±0.2% / ±58,514.1)

Social

90.6% ±4.5% (57,590  ±3,771.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 82.2% 228,959 (±2.7% / ±7,501.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,751,090 (±0.3% / ±80,766.1)
52.2% ±3.8% (33,169  ±2,790.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 37.1% 103,392 (±1.7% / ±4,819.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 37% 9,935,941 (±0.2% / ±52,591.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

20.4% ±2.9% (17,825  ±2,514) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 21.1% † 93,559 (±26,385.6% / ±5,570)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 26.7% † 10,428,025 (±380.3% / ±57,193)

3.3% ±1% (2,444  ±766) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 4.5% 15,486 (±0.4% / ±1,400)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.3% 1,292,737 (±0.1% / ±18,307)
2,444 Total veterans ±766 2,161 Male ±743 283 Female ±275

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