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Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area

273,213 Population
445.1 square miles 613.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 37 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$46,714 ±$2,540 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $39,393 ±$177
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$89,269 ±$7,688 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $80,440 ±$313
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

10.1% ±1.7% (26,448  ±4,458) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 11.8% 4,552,837 (±0.2% / ±67,995)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

30.4 minutes ±1.2 (3,846,045  ±195,403) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in California: 30.7 538,138,130 (±0.1 / ±2,278,526)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

97,710 ±2,076 Number of households
  • California: 13,157,873 ±23,844
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.7 ±0.1 (259,629  ±1,945) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,685,702 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

2.6% ±1% (1,749  ±680) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.7% 450,971 (±0.1% / ±10,955)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

107,137 ±734 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,367,012 ±1,286
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$839,500 ±$25,889 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $568,500 ±$2,502
  • more than double the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

13.5% ±1.7% (36,511  ±4,630) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,689,828 (±0.2% / ±63,097.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

87.5% ±3.5% (158,452  ±6,346.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84% 22,636,359 (±0.3% / ±78,234.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
43.8% ±2.4% (79,378  ±4,362.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 35% 9,428,484 (±0.2% / ±44,753.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

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

17.6% ±1.4% (48,148  ±3,864) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,564,220 (±0.1% / ±55,357)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

4.5% ±0.7% (9,848  ±1,493) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 1,471,467 (±0.1% / ±19,838)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
9,848 Total veterans ±1,493 8,754 Male ±1,378 1,094 Female ±577

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