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Santa Barbara, CA

91,330 Population
19.5 square miles 4,683.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 34 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$42,082 ±$3,739 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $37,172 ±$1,215
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $37,124 ±$161
$78,381 ±$6,626 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $77,472 ±$3,718
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $75,277 ±$317

11.9% ±2.7% (10,709  ±2,396) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 12.5% † 53,461 (±1.4% / ±5,855)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 12.8% 4,969,326 (±0.2% / ±62,249)

19.5 minutes ±2.8 (842,250  ±128,950) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 22.1 4,233,490 (±0.9 / ±196,346)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 30.2 525,695,390 (±0.1 / ±2,353,182)

Families

35,647 ±1,738 Number of households
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 146,224 ±2,369
  • California: 13,072,122 ±21,485
2.5 ±0.1 (90,013  ±479) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 2.9 426,767 (±0.1 / ±2,844)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 3 38,731,195

5.1% ±3.8% (1,124  ±849) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 5.3% † 5,730 (±1.4% / ±1,463)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.7% 454,027 (±0.1% / ±11,738)

Housing

38,577 ±1,841 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 158,315 ±985
  • California: 14,277,867 ±1,010

$1,089,000 ±$55,429 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $629,400 ±$34,071
  • about double the amount in California: $546,800 ±$2,008

16.5% ±3% (14,813  ±2,661.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 18.9% 83,286 (±1.5% / ±6,444.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 12.5% 4,882,022 (±0.1% / ±55,698.9)

Social

84.6% ±4.8% (53,558  ±3,812.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 81.5% 225,787 (±2.5% / ±6,987.9)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 83.8% 22,460,627 (±0.3% / ±72,265.5)
45.2% ±3.8% (28,605  ±2,689.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 34.8% 96,420 (±1.6% / ±4,454.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 34.2% 9,171,076 (±0.2% / ±45,281.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

26.1% ±3.3% (23,794  ±2,976) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 23% 102,497 (±1.1% / ±4,896)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 26.9% 10,625,980 (±0.1% / ±51,558)

4.1% ±1% (3,098  ±770) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 5.8% 19,857 (±0.5% / ±1,801)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 5.1% 1,538,797 (±0.1% / ±17,814)
3,098 Total veterans ±770 3,062 Male ±763 36 Female ±58

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