Census Reporter

Santa Barbara, CA

91,357 Population
19.5 square miles 4,684.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 34.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in California: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$52,079 ±$4,782 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $38,805 ±$1,447
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $39,393 ±$177
$73,974 ±$8,420 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $75,653 ±$4,506
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $80,440 ±$313

9.7% ±2.7% (8,678  ±2,380) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 12% † 50,817 (±1.4% / ±5,755)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 11.8% 4,552,837 (±0.2% / ±67,995)

16.6 minutes ±1.1 (779,010  ±70,624) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 21.3 4,243,360 (±0.6 / ±174,333)
  • about half the figure in California: 30.7 538,138,130 (±0.1 / ±2,278,526)

Families

38,674 ±2,334 Number of households
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 146,466 ±2,271
  • California: 13,157,873 ±23,844
2.3 ±0.1 (89,953  ±589) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 2.9 425,386 (±0.1 / ±2,311)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,685,702 (±0)

3.9% ±3.1% (923  ±743) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 4.5% † 4,973 (±1.1% / ±1,207)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.7% 450,971 (±0.1% / ±10,955)

Housing

41,215 ±2,335 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 159,286 ±800
  • California: 14,367,012 ±1,286

$1,163,900 ±$64,723 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $593,800 ±$38,493
  • about double the amount in California: $568,500 ±$2,502

24.9% ±5.6% (22,628  ±5,066.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 19.5% 85,889 (±1.7% / ±7,465.3)
  • more than double the rate in California: 12% 4,689,828 (±0.2% / ±63,097.7)

Social

85.4% ±4.3% (54,401  ±3,842) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 81.3% 226,159 (±2.6% / ±7,362.6)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84% 22,636,359 (±0.3% / ±78,234.5)
51.6% ±3.8% (32,899  ±2,899.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 34.5% 96,042 (±1.6% / ±4,501.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 35% 9,428,484 (±0.2% / ±44,753.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

21.9% ±3.8% (20,025  ±3,473) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 23.7% 105,855 (±1.3% / ±5,727)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,564,220 (±0.1% / ±55,357)

3.5% ±1% (2,599  ±756) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 5.5% 18,918 (±0.5% / ±1,707)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.8% 1,471,467 (±0.1% / ±19,838)
2,599 Total veterans ±756 2,551 Male ±754 48 Female ±78

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