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Santa Barbara, CA Urban Area

194,950 Population
54.8 square miles 3,557.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$57,644 ±$3,068 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$100,323 ±$7,485 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14.8% ±2.3% (26,461  ±4,278) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

17.9 minutes ±1 (1,413,600  ±114,889) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

76,421 ±2,918 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (176,928  ±5,909) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

1.8% ±1% (984  ±519) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

83,045 ±2,846 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$1,537,100 ±$76,597 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

20.5% ±2.2% (39,724  ±4,343.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

89.8% ±3.2% (115,032  ±5,449.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
49.4% ±2.5% (63,313  ±3,746.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

20.8% ±1.9% (40,557  ±3,958) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

3.1% ±0.7% (5,127  ±1,130) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,127 Total veterans ±1,130 4,810 Male ±1,056 317 Female ±337

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