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Santa Maria Joint Union High School District, CA

157,106 Population
565.9 square miles 277.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Santa Barbara County: 34.8 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$31,144 ±$2,480 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Santa Barbara County: $47,071 ±$2,300
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
$81,724 ±$8,639 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Santa Barbara County: $95,637 ±$4,131
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381

17.9% ±3.3% (27,620  ±5,243) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Santa Barbara County: 16.3% † 69,088 (±1.7% / ±7,205)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)

23.2 minutes ±0.7 (1,458,855  ±115,248) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Santa Barbara County: 20.7 3,712,600 (±0.8 / ±184,436)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)

Families

45,917 ±2,652 Number of households
  • Santa Barbara County: 150,509 ±2,418
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
3.4 ±0.2 (155,514  ±5,453) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Santa Barbara County: 2.8 421,034 (±0.1 / ±445)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960

9.5% ±3.2% (3,582  ±1,216) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Santa Barbara County: 5.7% † 6,204 (±1.4% / ±1,460)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)

Housing

47,816 ±2,699 Number of housing units
  • Santa Barbara County: 162,335 ±164
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124

$606,200 ±$17,396 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Santa Barbara County: $900,900 ±$53,968
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644

8% ±2.2% (12,429  ±3,376.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Santa Barbara County: 14.4% 63,408 (±1.3% / ±5,882.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)

Social

67.5% ±3.3% (60,797  ±4,075.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Santa Barbara County: 81.6% 226,548 (±2.7% / ±7,546.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
21.3% ±2.3% (19,145  ±2,252.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Santa Barbara County: 38.6% 107,080 (±1.9% / ±5,163.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)

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

28% ±2.5% (43,944  ±4,215) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Santa Barbara County: 22.5% 99,808
  • about the same as the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022

4.7% ±0.9% (5,045  ±951) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Santa Barbara County: 4% † 13,731 (±0.6% / ±1,911)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
5,045 Total veterans ±951 4,149 Male ±938 896 Female ±549

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