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Santa Barbara, CA

91,940 Population
19.5 square miles 4,717.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2016 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 33.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 36.4 ±0.2

Economics

$39,565 ±$3,342 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $31,217 ±$1,072
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $33,389 ±$138
$67,593 ±$6,107 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $67,436 ±$3,312
  • about the same as the amount in California: $67,739 ±$356

15.8% ±4% (14,442  ±3,671) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 13.9% † 59,709 (±1.7% / ±7,422)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 14.4% 5,525,524 (±0.2% / ±66,544)

15.9 minutes ±1.4 (683,745  ±72,552) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 19.6 3,898,805 (±0.9 / ±218,772)
  • about half the figure in California: 29.4 496,073,120 (±0.1 / ±2,066,309)

Families

36,514 ±1,421 Number of households
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 142,449 ±2,099
  • California: 12,944,178 ±15,703
2.5 ±0.1 (90,506  ±650) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 3 426,157 (±0.1 / ±1,878)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 3 38,436,448

3.1% ±2% (700  ±457) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 4.7% † 5,226 (±1.2% / ±1,340)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.9% 471,829 (±0.1% / ±11,201)

Housing

40,335 ±1,752 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 155,962 ±633
  • California: 14,061,375 ±838

$1,033,700 ±$68,664 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $531,200 ±$44,383
  • more than double the amount in California: $477,500 ±$1,663

17.3% ±3.4% (15,738  ±3,068.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 19.7% 86,949 (±1.6% / ±7,162.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 13.4% 5,188,623 (±0.2% / ±62,959.9)

Social

87.2% ±4.8% (56,334  ±3,694.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 80.2% 221,323 (±2.6% / ±7,079.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 82.4% 21,685,578 (±0.3% / ±72,049.2)
48.7% ±3.7% (31,447  ±2,666.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 32.4% 89,313 (±1.5% / ±3,995.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 32.9% 8,660,470 (±0.2% / ±42,025.9)

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

23.6% ±3.4% (21,667  ±3,160) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 24.6% 109,791 (±1.2% / ±5,517)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 27.2% 10,677,663 (±0.1% / ±46,799)

4.6% ±1.1% (3,454  ±833) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 6.5% 22,212 (±0.5% / ±1,753)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 5.4% 1,624,519 (±0.1% / ±22,622)
3,454 Total veterans ±833 3,289 Male ±852 165 Female ±167

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