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Pajaro Valley Joint Unified School District, CA

115,658 Population
155.9 square miles 741.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Santa Cruz County: 40.5 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,210 ±$3,062 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Santa Cruz County: $57,078 ±$2,580
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$98,328 ±$6,592 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Santa Cruz County: $107,893 ±$6,523
  • about the same as the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.8% ±3.8% (15,855  ±4,488) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Santa Cruz County: 11.8% † 29,707 (±2% / ±4,957)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27 minutes ±0.5 (1,117,300  ±57,148) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Santa Cruz County: 25.7 2,606,840 (±0.5 / ±77,774)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

36,585 ±2,422 Number of households
  • Santa Cruz County: 97,918 ±1,914
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.1 ±0.3 (113,633  ±6,614) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Santa Cruz County: 2.5 245,954 (±0.1 / ±221)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.6% ±2.7% (1,033  ±610) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Santa Cruz County: 3.3% † 2,076 (±1.4% / ±879)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

39,896 ±2,185 Number of housing units
  • Santa Cruz County: 107,654 ±96
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$866,900 ±$47,697 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Santa Cruz County: $985,800 ±$34,535
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.2% ±2.1% (8,183  ±2,469.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Santa Cruz County: 12.5% † 32,405 (±1.5% / ±3,917)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

73.9% ±3.2% (55,782  ±3,874.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Santa Cruz County: 87.9% 156,316 (±3.4% / ±6,066.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26.8% ±2.7% (20,251  ±2,311.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Santa Cruz County: 44.1% 78,470 (±2.4% / ±4,207.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)
  • about three-quarters of 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

27.2% ±3% (31,431  ±3,904) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Santa Cruz County: 16.9% 44,458
  • about the same as the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.1% ±0.8% (2,705  ±686) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Santa Cruz County: 3.1% † 6,806 (±0.5% / ±1,145)
  • about three-quarters 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)
2,705 Total veterans ±686 2,360 Male ±657 345 Female ±246

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