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Santa Cruz City High School District (9-12), CA

49,685 Population
17.6 square miles 2,829.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Santa Cruz County: 39.8 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$63,075 ±$3,278 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Santa Cruz County: $56,941 ±$1,210
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$109,070 ±$9,509 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Santa Cruz County: $111,093 ±$2,734
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

11.9% ±1.6% (5,844  ±818) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Santa Cruz County: 11.6% 29,478 (±0.8% / ±1,994)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

22.6 minutes ±2 (455,875  ±27,377) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Santa Cruz County: 25.7 2,606,840 (±0.5 / ±77,774)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

20,951 ±591 Number of households
  • Santa Cruz County: 96,898 ±687
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.3 ±0.1 (48,410  ±1,677) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Santa Cruz County: 2.6 249,999 (±0 / ±262)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

4.8% ±1.5% (552  ±177) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Santa Cruz County: 4.6% † 2,924 (±0.7% / ±462)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

23,163 ±553 Number of housing units
  • Santa Cruz County: 106,977 ±177
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$1,007,200 ±$39,731 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Santa Cruz County: $1,027,500 ±$15,133
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

13% ±2.2% (6,397  ±1,090.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Santa Cruz County: 13.8% 36,309 (±0.8% / ±2,004)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

92.5% ±2.5% (34,100  ±1,367.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Santa Cruz County: 88.6% 158,482 (±1.6% / ±2,896.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
47% ±2.1% (17,336  ±920.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Santa Cruz County: 43.9% 78,603 (±1.1% / ±1,950.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

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

12.4% ±1.4% (6,135  ±724) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Santa Cruz County: 18% 47,705
  • about half the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

4.5% ±0.8% (1,867  ±318) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Santa Cruz County: 3.7% 8,035 (±0.3% / ±674)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
1,867 Total veterans ±318 1,738 Male ±304 129 Female ±84

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