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Santa Cruz, CA

60,953 Population
12.7 square miles 4,784.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$54,688 ±$2,466 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $55,717 ±$1,283
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$111,427 ±$6,728 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $109,266 ±$2,959
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

17.6% ±2.5% (9,106  ±1,271) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 11.2% 28,613 (±0.8% / ±2,134)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

22.7 minutes ±1.2 (552,615  ±38,129) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 26.6 2,807,385 (±0.7 / ±94,651)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

21,669 ±670 Number of households
  • the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 96,873 ±848
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.3 ±0.1 (50,447  ±237) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 2.6 251,642 (±0 / ±251)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

2.4% ±1% (472  ±190) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 4.6% † 2,947 (±0.6% / ±403)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

23,778 ±619 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 106,635 ±139
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$1,180,100 ±$25,583 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $1,015,200 ±$15,187
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

29.4% ±2.6% (17,804  ±1,556.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 14% 36,975 (±0.9% / ±2,324.2)
  • more than double the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

95.1% ±3.4% (33,682  ±1,400.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 88.5% 159,011 (±1.7% / ±2,979.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
57.8% ±2.6% (20,449  ±1,037.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 43.6% 78,268 (±1.1% / ±1,948.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

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

12.9% ±1.2% (7,831  ±718) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 17.7% 47,143
  • about half the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

2.5% ±0.5% (1,337  ±278) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 4% 8,560 (±0.3% / ±615)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
1,337 Total veterans ±278 1,233 Male ±259 104 Female ±74

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