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Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area

443,837 Population
2,733.9 square miles 162.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$44,769 ±$1,861 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$90,894 ±$4,463 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

14.4% ±1.6% (60,837  ±6,795) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

20.7 minutes ±1.1 (3,678,825  ±227,752) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

150,851 ±1,781 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.8 ±0 (420,771  ±873) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

3.8% ±1% (4,129  ±1,028) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

160,910 ±324 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$744,700 ±$38,177 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

16.9% ±1.6% (74,207  ±7,077.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

82.2% ±2.7% (228,959  ±7,501.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
37.1% ±1.7% (103,392  ±4,819.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

21.1% (93,559  ±5,570) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

4.5% ±0.4% (15,486  ±1,400) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
15,486 Total veterans ±1,400 14,368 Male ±1,335 1,118 Female ±494

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