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Santa Barbara, CA

88,252 Population
19.5 square miles 4,524.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 34.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$57,042 ±$5,456 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $41,636 ±$1,670
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $42,396 ±$233
$90,711 ±$9,816 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $84,846 ±$4,078
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $84,907 ±$542

15.7% ±3.7% (13,686  ±3,234) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 15.8% † 67,029 (±1.7% / ±7,193)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 12.3% 4,733,036 (±0.2% / ±68,101)

16.5 minutes ±1.9 (560,530  ±80,646) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 19.7 3,324,410 (±0.8 / ±179,704)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in California: 27.6 385,992,600 (±0.1 / ±2,410,052)

Families

35,676 ±1,921 Number of households
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 150,550 ±2,185
  • California: 13,429,063 ±19,170
2.4 ±0.1 (86,681  ±881) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 2.8 423,297 (±0.1 / ±3,041)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,422,140

5.4% ±3% (1,186  ±678) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 5% † 5,431 (±1.3% / ±1,385)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.9% 458,334 (±0.1% / ±13,293)

Housing

37,875 ±2,181 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 159,771 ±1,090
  • California: 14,512,149 ±1,218

$1,476,800 ±$134,753 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $669,000 ±$29,237
  • more than double the amount in California: $648,100 ±$2,021

13.7% ±2.8% (11,946  ±2,435.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 17.2% † 76,013 (±1.7% / ±7,628.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 11.3% 4,371,473 (±0.1% / ±54,643.1)

Social

87.4% ±4.8% (55,371  ±3,740.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 82.4% 231,052 (±2.6% / ±7,188)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.5% 22,724,990 (±0.3% / ±77,239)
49.7% ±3.8% (31,505  ±2,729) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 36.3% 101,747 (±1.6% / ±4,409.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 36.2% 9,737,817 (±0.2% / ±46,277.1)

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

22.9% ±3.4% (20,240  ±2,995) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 22.1% 98,557 (±1.2% / ±5,134)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 26.6% 10,451,810 (±0.1% / ±54,396)

4.1% ±1% (3,025  ±752) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 5.3% † 18,132 (±0.6% / ±1,950)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.4% 1,342,337 (±0.1% / ±18,280)
3,025 Total veterans ±752 2,764 Male ±731 261 Female ±203

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