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Santa Barbara, CA

87,291 Population
19.5 square miles 4,479 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 34.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$65,269 ±$6,638 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $47,071 ±$2,300
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
$106,800 ±$16,536 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $95,637 ±$4,131
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381

15.2% ±4.1% (13,183  ±3,596) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 16.3% † 69,088 (±1.7% / ±7,205)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)

17 minutes ±0.9 (632,635  ±71,934) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 20.7 3,712,600 (±0.8 / ±184,436)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)

Families

36,779 ±2,020 Number of households
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 150,509 ±2,418
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
2.3 ±0.1 (85,099  ±92) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 2.8 421,034 (±0.1 / ±445)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960

5.8% ±3.1% (1,142  ±612) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 5.7% † 6,204 (±1.4% / ±1,460)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)

Housing

41,372 ±2,576 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 162,335 ±164
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124

$1,732,200 ±$179,377 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $900,900 ±$53,968
  • more than double the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644

14.1% ±3.8% (12,164  ±3,302.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 14.4% 63,408 (±1.3% / ±5,882.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)

Social

89.4% ±5.6% (58,368  ±4,420.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 81.6% 226,548 (±2.7% / ±7,546.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
55.2% ±4.7% (36,029  ±3,453.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 38.6% 107,080 (±1.9% / ±5,163.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)

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

20.2% ±4% (17,591  ±3,521) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 22.5% 99,808
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022

3.3% ±1.1% (2,373  ±811) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 4% † 13,731 (±0.6% / ±1,911)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
2,373 Total veterans ±811 2,281 Male ±800 92 Female ±111

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