Census Reporter

Santa Barbara, CA

90,911 Population
19.5 square miles 4,660.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 33.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$49,666 ±$2,305 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $38,141 ±$632
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $38,576 ±$120
$81,618 ±$3,653 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $78,925 ±$1,565
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $78,672 ±$270

12.3% ±1.4% (11,106  ±1,296) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 12.9% 54,621 (±0.7% / ±3,008)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 12.6% 4,853,434 (±0.1% / ±39,919)

17.2 minutes ±0.7 (753,450  ±37,166) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 20.6 3,953,710 (±0.4 / ±92,433)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in California: 29.8 498,276,585 (±0.1 / ±1,174,085)

Families

37,806 ±816 Number of households
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 148,309 ±891
  • California: 13,103,114 ±18,542
2.4 ±0.1 (89,527  ±333) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 2.9 424,277 (±0 / ±1,034)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,521,288

4% ±1.2% (884  ±273) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 4.6% 5,048 (±0.4% / ±426)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 463,780 (±0.1% / ±5,839)

Housing

40,238 ±836 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 159,317 ±449
  • California: 14,210,945 ±1,339

$1,082,300 ±$30,479 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $610,300 ±$18,043
  • about double the amount in California: $538,500 ±$1,127

18.1% ±1.7% (16,290  ±1,504) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 18.4% 80,726 (±0.7% / ±3,010.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 12.4% 4,842,940 (±0.1% / ±30,091.1)

Social

87.8% ±2.6% (56,832  ±1,878.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 81.8% 225,959 (±1.2% / ±3,338.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 83.9% 22,378,605 (±0.2% / ±40,789.5)
50.1% ±1.9% (32,460  ±1,306) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 35% 96,547 (±0.7% / ±1,972.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 34.7% 9,256,873 (±0.1% / ±25,121.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

21.6% ±1.5% (19,595  ±1,370) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 22.7% 100,908 (±0.5% / ±2,254)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 26.6% 10,463,818 (±0.1% / ±35,653)

4.4% ±0.6% (3,335  ±459) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 5.8% 19,824 (±0.3% / ±961)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 5% 1,525,746 (±0% / ±9,062)
3,335 Total veterans ±459 3,186 Male ±441 149 Female ±82

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