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Santa Barbara, CA

92,099 Population
19.5 square miles 4,725.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 33.8 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 36.5 ±0.2

Economics

$50,377 ±$3,981 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $35,090 ±$1,259
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $35,046 ±$168
$79,740 ±$8,815 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $71,106 ±$2,060
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $71,805 ±$294

13.9% ±3.1% (12,706  ±2,815) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 14.5% † 61,985 (±1.7% / ±7,067)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 13.3% 5,160,208 (±0.2% / ±71,947)

16.9 minutes ±1.1 (866,455  ±76,154) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 19.5 3,931,340 (±0.6 / ±163,795)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in California: 29.8 512,692,140 (±0.1 / ±2,043,214)

Families

40,145 ±2,149 Number of households
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 147,466 ±1,981
  • California: 13,005,097 ±17,539
2.3 ±0.1 (90,726  ±497) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 2.9 428,332 (±0 / ±2,092)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 3 38,718,791

2.4% ±1.7% (535  ±381) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 4.1% † 4,528 (±1.1% / ±1,174)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.8% 468,957 (±0.1% / ±11,405)

Housing

42,769 ±2,103 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 157,049 ±714
  • California: 14,177,270 ±934

$1,037,400 ±$64,694 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $567,600 ±$43,640
  • about double the amount in California: $509,400 ±$2,199

23.1% ±4.3% (21,177  ±3,899.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 20.2% 89,673 (±1.6% / ±6,945)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 13% 5,076,653 (±0.2% / ±65,525)

Social

88.5% ±4.7% (60,002  ±4,161.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 80.8% 223,868 (±2.5% / ±7,011)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 83.3% 22,229,971 (±0.3% / ±72,665.4)
54.4% ±3.8% (36,875  ±3,074.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 35.2% 97,660 (±1.6% / ±4,472.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 33.7% 8,976,247 (±0.2% / ±45,115.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2016 5-year data

18.5% ±2.9% (17,044  ±2,667) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 22.5% 100,826 (±1.3% / ±5,910)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 27% 10,653,414 (±0.1% / ±47,294)

4.7% ±1.5% (3,742  ±1,171) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 6.2% † 21,571 (±0.7% / ±2,391)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 5.2% 1,564,913 (±0.1% / ±17,321)
3,742 Total veterans ±1,171 3,491 Male ±1,033 251 Female ±256

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