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Santa Cruz, CA

65,011 Population
12.7 square miles 5,102.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$41,594 ±$2,076 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $44,278 ±$1,031
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $38,576 ±$120
$86,618 ±$6,781 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $89,986 ±$2,417
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $78,672 ±$270

20.2% ±2.4% (11,094  ±1,326) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 11.9% 31,120 (±0.9% / ±2,390)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 12.6% 4,853,434 (±0.1% / ±39,919)

23.1 minutes ±1 (681,160  ±42,780) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 27.5 3,259,045 (±0.4 / ±76,684)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 29.8 498,276,585 (±0.1 / ±1,174,085)

Families

22,644 ±773 Number of households
  • the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 96,275 ±747
  • California: 13,103,114 ±18,542
2.4 ±0.1 (54,657  ±598) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 2.7 260,032 (±0 / ±838)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,521,288

1.8% ±0.7% (362  ±134) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 4.4% † 2,928 (±0.6% / ±404)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 4.8% 463,780 (±0.1% / ±5,839)

Housing

24,450 ±770 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 105,819 ±325
  • California: 14,210,945 ±1,339

$895,800 ±$18,067 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $787,000 ±$13,458
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $538,500 ±$1,127

29% ±2.4% (18,749  ±1,529.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 14.9% 40,366 (±0.9% / ±2,386.9)
  • more than double the rate in California: 12.4% 4,842,940 (±0.1% / ±30,091.1)

Social

95.3% ±3.2% (34,226  ±1,452.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 88.3% 159,224 (±1.6% / ±2,958.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 83.9% 22,378,605 (±0.2% / ±40,789.5)
54.3% ±2.5% (19,504  ±1,044.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 41.8% 75,435 (±1% / ±1,823.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 34.7% 9,256,873 (±0.1% / ±25,121.8)

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

13.7% ±1.3% (8,902  ±821) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 17.5% 47,899 (±0.7% / ±1,861)
  • about half the rate in California: 26.6% 10,463,818 (±0.1% / ±35,653)

3.2% ±0.6% (1,831  ±331) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 4.7% 10,391 (±0.3% / ±579)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 5% 1,525,746 (±0% / ±9,062)
1,831 Total veterans ±331 1,654 Male ±291 177 Female ±99

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