Santa Cruz County * Santa Cruz-Watsonville metro
82.8K
Population
$91.1K
Median income
per household
$808.9K
Home value
13.8%
Poverty rate
What stands out
3 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Housing stretch: typical home values are about 8.9× the median household income.
Median household income
$91.1K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$35.1K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$808.9K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
56.7%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
30.0%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
25.3%
Approaching 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
8.9×
Above typical 3-5x ratio
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
3 of 6 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (adult prevalence).
Obesity
31.1%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
13.1%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
13.0%
U.S.
13.1%
2 of 3 metrics better than U.S.
Best available speed
1,000Mbps
Gigabit speeds reported
100+ Mbps coverage
97.9%
U.S.
85.3%
Gigabit ready
47.1%
U.S.
8.6%
5G available
77.0%
U.S.
77.4%
Education metrics come from ACS 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs).
Bachelor's degree+ (age 25+)
18.5%
U.S.
35.7%
ZIP-level estimates can have higher margins of error than county/state totals; treat small differences as noise.
School districts
12 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 1233
20.9%
Tract 1224.01
20%
Tract 1223
12%
Tract 1224.02
8.8%
Tract 102.02
7.9%
Others (7)
23.6%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
CA-19
51.8%
CA-18
48.2%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology