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Santa Barbara, CA

91,852 Population
19.5 square miles 4,712.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2015 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 34 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 36.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,086 ±$3,221 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $31,311 ±$1,137
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $31,587 ±$129
$64,414 ±$5,445 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $63,625 ±$2,418
  • about the same as the amount in California: $64,500 ±$395

13.2% ±3.2% (11,957  ±2,891) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 15.8% 67,085 (±1.5% / ±6,189)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 15.3% 5,891,678 (±0.2% / ±66,827)

18.3 minutes ±2.2 (855,375  ±116,652) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 20.1 3,955,000 (±0.8 / ±179,958)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in California: 28.9 480,921,445 (±0.1 / ±2,218,611)

Families

36,016 ±2,044 Number of households
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 144,261 ±1,953
  • California: 12,896,357 ±19,487
2.5 ±0.1 (90,452  ±626) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 2.9 424,531 (±0 / ±1,792)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 3 38,323,824

2.6% ±1.7% (550  ±363) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 3.3% † 3,626 (±0.7% / ±716)
  • about half the rate in California: 5% 478,813 (±0.1% / ±12,151)

Housing

38,246 ±2,101 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 155,143 ±623
  • California: 13,988,399 ±649

$952,600 ±$62,347 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $547,600 ±$34,367
  • more than double the amount in California: $449,100 ±$1,441

18.4% ±3.4% (16,804  ±3,100.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 19% 83,666 (±1.7% / ±7,249.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 13.5% 5,228,811 (±0.1% / ±56,076.1)

Social

84.8% ±3.9% (54,228  ±3,611.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 80% 219,228 (±2.3% / ±6,217.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 82.2% 21,441,753 (±0.3% / ±65,631.8)
48.4% ±3.3% (30,962  ±2,601.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 33.2% 90,990 (±1.4% / ±3,896.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 32.3% 8,415,690 (±0.2% / ±41,081.9)

37.5% ±1.8% (31,820  ±1,517.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2015 5-year data
  • a little less than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 39.6% 161,280 (±0.6% / ±2,445)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 43.9% 15,767,634 (±0.1% / ±38,740.3)

21.2% ±2.9% (19,441  ±2,693) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 23.1% 102,706 (±1% / ±4,587)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 27.3% 10,688,336 (±0.1% / ±47,464)

5.9% ±1.8% (4,518  ±1,399) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 6.5% † 22,193 (±0.7% / ±2,249)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 5.5% 1,644,215 (±0.1% / ±18,788)
4,518 Total veterans ±1,399 4,169 Male ±1,233 349 Female ±319

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