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Santa Cruz, CA

61,607 Population
12.7 square miles 4,835.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$55,676 ±$2,761 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $56,941 ±$1,210
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$115,475 ±$6,419 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $111,093 ±$2,734
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

17% ±2.1% (8,878  ±1,077) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 11.6% 29,478 (±0.8% / ±1,994)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

22.8 minutes ±2 (540,475  ±31,406) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 25.7 2,606,840 (±0.5 / ±77,774)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

21,713 ±685 Number of households
  • the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 96,898 ±687
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.3 ±0.1 (50,586  ±228) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 2.6 249,999 (±0 / ±262)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

2.1% ±1% (423  ±204) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 4.6% † 2,924 (±0.7% / ±462)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

23,888 ±712 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 106,977 ±177
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$1,209,000 ±$34,264 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $1,027,500 ±$15,133
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

27.9% ±2.3% (17,125  ±1,408.6) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 13.8% 36,309 (±0.8% / ±2,004)
  • more than double the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

95.2% ±3.2% (34,405  ±1,452.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 88.6% 158,482 (±1.6% / ±2,896.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
57.6% ±2.6% (20,833  ±1,089) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 43.9% 78,603 (±1.1% / ±1,950.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

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

13.1% ±1.4% (8,044  ±862) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 18% 47,705
  • about half the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

2.4% ±0.5% (1,307  ±270) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 3.7% 8,035 (±0.3% / ±674)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
1,307 Total veterans ±270 1,163 Male ±239 144 Female ±101

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