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Santa Monica, CA

91,103 Population
8.4 square miles 10,832.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$75,280 ±$8,674 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $40,569 ±$402
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $42,396 ±$233
$94,906 ±$20,668 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $82,503 ±$785
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $84,907 ±$542

13.8% ±3.5% (12,460  ±3,196) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 13.1% 1,677,468 (±0.3% / ±42,715)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12.3% 4,733,036 (±0.2% / ±68,101)

26 minutes ±0.9 (1,008,300  ±52,440) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 30.5 170,750,980 (±0.1 / ±521,111)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29.6 478,871,000 (±0.1 / ±1,246,675)

Families

45,541 ±2,714 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,452,780 ±12,478
  • California: 13,429,063 ±19,170
2 ±0.1 (89,478  ±835) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.9 12,764,914 (±0 / ±10,436)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 2.9 38,422,140

4.3% ±3.7% (1,035  ±901) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.2% 135,521 (±0.2% / ±6,275)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.9% 458,334 (±0.1% / ±13,293)

Housing

52,958 ±3,172 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,759,244 ±3,605
  • California: 14,512,149 ±1,218

$1,582,300 ±$231,221 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $748,700 ±$4,588
  • more than double the amount in California: $648,100 ±$2,021

16.6% ±3% (14,987  ±2,728.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 10.3% 1,322,082 (±0.2% / ±30,918.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 11.3% 4,371,473 (±0.1% / ±54,643.1)

Social

95.7% ±5.3% (69,740  ±4,648) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82.1% 7,467,254 (±0.5% / ±41,998.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.5% 22,724,990 (±0.3% / ±77,239)
71.1% ±4.5% (51,767  ±3,834.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 37.1% 3,372,140 (±0.3% / ±27,131.3)
  • about double the rate in California: 36.2% 9,737,817 (±0.2% / ±46,277.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

25.3% ±3.9% (23,057  ±3,513) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.6% 4,231,132 (±0.2% / ±30,124)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 26.6% 10,451,810 (±0.1% / ±54,396)

2.9% ±1.3% (2,256  ±997) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3% 307,791 (±0.1% / ±8,951)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.4% 1,342,337 (±0.1% / ±18,280)
2,256 Total veterans ±997 2,206 Male ±984 50 Female ±83

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