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Santa Cruz County (South & Coastal)--Santa Cruz City PUMA, CA

111,497 Population
39.5 square miles 2,822 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$63,270 ±$4,931 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$109,748 ±$8,403 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.5% ±2% (10,505  ±2,083) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.3 minutes ±1.7 (1,142,215  ±124,482) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

44,928 ±2,163 Number of households
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (98,009  ±4,356) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

1.7% ±1% (531  ±322) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

51,435 ±2,041 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$1,117,000 ±$67,489 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17.8% ±2.5% (19,764  ±2,889.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.9% ±4% (69,908  ±4,140.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
54.3% ±3.5% (40,406  ±3,056.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

24.2% ±2.3% (27,257  ±2,617.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about half the rate in California: 44.4% 16,478,818 (±0.2% / ±54,452.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

10.3% ±1.6% (11,448  ±1,817) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.6% ±0.9% (2,560  ±825) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,560 Total veterans ±825 2,274 Male ±741 286 Female ±357

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