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Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area

444,500 Population
2,733.9 square miles 162.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,071 ±$2,300 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$95,637 ±$4,131 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.3% ±1.7% (69,088  ±7,205) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.7 minutes ±0.8 (3,712,600  ±184,436) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

150,509 ±2,418 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.1 (421,034  ±445) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.7% ±1.4% (6,204  ±1,460) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

162,335 ±164 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$900,900 ±$53,968 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.4% ±1.3% (63,408  ±5,882.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

81.6% ±2.7% (226,548  ±7,546.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
38.6% ±1.9% (107,080  ±5,163.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

22.5% (99,808  ±6,766) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4% ±0.6% (13,731  ±1,911) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
13,731 Total veterans ±1,911 12,031 Male ±1,738 1,700 Female ±723

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