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Santa Cruz, CA

64,605 Population
12.7 square miles 5,070.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.7 ±1.5 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.5
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$42,348 ±$4,171 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $46,714 ±$2,540
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $39,393 ±$177
$90,855 ±$13,302 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $89,269 ±$7,688
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $80,440 ±$313

17.5% ±4.7% (9,520  ±2,565) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 10.1% † 26,448 (±1.7% / ±4,458)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 11.8% 4,552,837 (±0.2% / ±67,995)

23.6 minutes ±0.9 (711,170  ±35,219) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 27.7 3,398,045 (±0.6 / ±91,016)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29.8 509,970,415 (±0.1 / ±1,354,876)

Families

22,166 ±1,882 Number of households
  • the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 97,710 ±2,076
  • California: 13,157,873 ±23,844
2.4 ±0.2 (53,926  ±1,657) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 2.7 259,629 (±0.1 / ±1,945)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,685,702 (±0)

1.6% ±1.2% (355  ±261) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 2.6% † 1,749 (±1% / ±680)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 4.7% 450,971 (±0.1% / ±10,955)

Housing

24,029 ±1,956 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 107,137 ±734
  • California: 14,367,012 ±1,286

$945,600 ±$41,713 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $839,500 ±$25,889
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $568,500 ±$2,502

28.1% ±4.3% (18,116  ±2,746.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 13.5% † 36,511 (±1.7% / ±4,630)
  • more than double the rate in California: 12% 4,689,828 (±0.2% / ±63,097.7)

Social

94.8% ±6.5% (33,206  ±2,952.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 87.5% 158,452 (±3.5% / ±6,346.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84% 22,636,359 (±0.3% / ±78,234.5)
54.9% ±5.1% (19,216  ±2,087.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 43.8% 79,378 (±2.4% / ±4,362.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 35% 9,428,484 (±0.2% / ±44,753.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

14.1% ±2.9% (9,078  ±1,863) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 17.6% 48,148 (±1.4% / ±3,864)
  • about half the rate in California: 26.7% 10,564,220 (±0.1% / ±55,357)

3.5% ±1.2% (1,946  ±666) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 4.5% † 9,848 (±0.7% / ±1,493)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.8% 1,471,467 (±0.1% / ±19,838)
1,946 Total veterans ±666 1,815 Male ±635 131 Female ±204

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