Santa Barbara County * Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metro
6.0K
Population
$114.1K
Median income
per household
$1.2M
Home value
12.1%
Poverty rate
What stands out
5 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Housing stretch: typical home values are about 10.6× the median household income.
Median household income
$114.1K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$74.2K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$1.2M
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
47.0%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
32.2%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
22.3%
Below 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
10.6×
Above typical 3-5x ratio
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
| Income bracket | Share of households |
|---|---|
| < $50k | 23.9% |
| $50–100k | 14.8% |
| $100–200k | 32.9% |
| $200k+ | 28.4% |
Owner-occupied vs renter-occupied housing (ACS).
| Tenure | Percent |
|---|---|
| Owners | 68.9% |
| Renters | 31.1% |
6 of 6 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (adult prevalence).
Obesity
25.6%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
11.4%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
10.5%
U.S.
13.1%
1 of 3 metrics better than U.S.
100+ Mbps coverage
96.0%
U.S.
89.6%
Gigabit ready
40.7%
U.S.
46.1%
5G available
67.6%
U.S.
77.4%
Education metrics come from ACS 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs).
Bachelor's degree+ (age 25+)
35.3%
U.S.
35.7%
ZIP-level estimates can have higher margins of error than county/state totals; treat small differences as noise.
How this ZIP compares to other ZIP codes nationwide.
4 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 18
56.2%
Tract 19.05
32.6%
Tract 19.07
6%
Tract 19.08
5.2%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area and should be treated as geographic coverage, not address-level assignment.
CA-24
100%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
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