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Watsonville, CA

51,712 Population
6.8 square miles 7,620 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,021 ±$1,373 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $56,941 ±$1,210
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,393 ±$5,682 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $111,093 ±$2,734
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.7% ±2.3% (7,535  ±1,196) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 11.6% 29,478 (±0.8% / ±1,994)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.1 minutes ±1.2 (511,760  ±33,655) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 25.7 2,606,840 (±0.5 / ±77,774)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

15,151 ±578 Number of households
  • the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 96,898 ±687
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.4 ±0.1 (50,868  ±48) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 2.6 249,999 (±0 / ±262)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.4% ±2.1% (882  ±259) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 4.6% † 2,924 (±0.7% / ±462)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,790 ±622 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 106,977 ±177
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$686,000 ±$24,605 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: $1,027,500 ±$15,133
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.3% ±1.4% (3,236  ±701.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 13.8% 36,309 (±0.8% / ±2,004)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

65.2% ±3.8% (20,277  ±1,245.5) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 88.6% 158,482 (±1.6% / ±2,896.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.4% ±1.3% (3,850  ±421.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 43.9% 78,603 (±1.1% / ±1,950.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

35.5% ±2.3% (18,335  ±1,163) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 18% 47,705
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.1% ±0.5% (780  ±200) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area: 3.7% 8,035 (±0.3% / ±674)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
780 Total veterans ±200 746 Male ±189 34 Female ±40

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