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Santa Maria, CA

109,985 Population
22.8 square miles 4,821.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.1 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 34.9 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$25,173 ±$2,084 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $43,604 ±$1,556
  • about half the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$77,564 ±$8,952 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $91,197 ±$4,173
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

19.8% ±4.3% (21,579  ±4,688) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 15.4% † 64,816 (±1.8% / ±7,720)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

22.1 minutes ±0.7 (1,005,680  ±40,722) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 20.9 3,795,270 (±0.3 / ±78,377)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 29.2 463,270,940 (±0.1 / ±1,077,551)

Families

28,422 ±1,879 Number of households
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 150,932 ±2,147
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
3.8 ±0.3 (108,477  ±61) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 2.8 417,508 (±0 / ±540)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in California: 2.8 † 38,073,200 (±40.6 / ±-555,555,600)

4.7% ±2.2% (1,328  ±639) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 3.3% † 3,500 (±1.1% / ±1,232)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

29,659 ±1,944 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 161,890 ±210
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$536,400 ±$28,913 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: $780,700 ±$55,371
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

8.2% ±3.2% (8,984  ±3,501.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 14.3% † 62,346 (±1.6% / ±6,808.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

62.8% ±4.8% (38,138  ±3,361.9) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 81.3% 225,126 (±2.7% / ±7,472)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
16.8% ±2.9% (10,197  ±1,835.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 36.1% 100,000 (±1.8% / ±4,884.4)
  • about half the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

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

32.1% ±3.3% (35,278  ±3,676) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 22.3% † 98,211 (±28,022.3% / ±6,305)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 27.3% † 10,640,017 (±,389.3% / ±60,440)

3.7% ±1.1% (2,753  ±804) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area: 4.5% † 15,446 (±0.6% / ±1,938)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
2,753 Total veterans ±804 2,580 Male ±748 173 Female ±184

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