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Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area

274,255 Population
445.1 square miles 616.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$42,131 ±$1,943 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $37,124 ±$161
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$86,941 ±$5,013 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $75,277 ±$317
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

12.3% ±2% (32,097  ±5,241) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in California: 12.8% 4,969,326 (±0.2% / ±62,249)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

27.4 minutes ±0.9 (3,338,565  ±174,502) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 30.2 525,695,390 (±0.1 / ±2,353,182)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

94,994 ±2,034 Number of households
  • California: 13,072,122 ±21,485
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.8 ±0.1 (261,180  ±1,740) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 3 38,731,195
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

5.1% ±1.5% (3,539  ±1,060) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.7% 454,027 (±0.1% / ±11,738)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

106,718 ±635 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,277,867 ±1,010
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$815,100 ±$22,034 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $546,800 ±$2,008
  • more than double the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

17.6% ±2% (47,677  ±5,470) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 12.5% 4,882,022 (±0.1% / ±55,698.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

86.3% ±3.3% (156,018  ±6,026.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 83.8% 22,460,627 (±0.3% / ±72,265.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
40.1% ±1.9% (72,541  ±3,531.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 34.2% 9,171,076 (±0.2% / ±45,281.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

17.4% ±1.6% (47,604  ±4,397) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 26.9% 10,625,980 (±0.1% / ±51,558)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

4.8% ±0.7% (10,719  ±1,480) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in California: 5.1% 1,538,797 (±0.1% / ±17,814)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
10,719 Total veterans ±1,480 10,036 Male ±1,384 683 Female ±495

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