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California·Santa Barbara County
24 tracts·95K people·$532K median·4,187/mi²
Hispanic 79 · White 14 · Asian 4 · Multiracial 2 · Black 1 · Other 0
Married couple 49 · Other 34 · Living alone 18
Santa Maria 40 · Los Angeles 3 · Orcutt 3 · Santa Barbara 3 · San Luis Obispo 3 · Elsewhere 48
Manufacturing 37 · Health 24 · Retail 16 · Professional 10 · Leisure 8 · Public admin 2 · Other 3
Construction · maintenance 28 · Management · business · science · arts 23 · Service 20 · Sales · office 16 · Production · transport 13
Drive alone 71 · Carpool 37 · Work from home 4 · Transit 2 · Walk 1 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Santa Maria is $531,700 (Census ACS) — 1.2× the US median of $458,812.
Santa Maria has 110,462 residents across 21 census tracts and 17 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 29.3; the population is 79.1% Hispanic or Latino, 13.8% White, 4.2% Asian, 1.7% Multiracial, 0.8% Black and 0.4% Other; the average household has 3.7 people; 15.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 17.3% (Census ACS).
Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) Elementary (40%), Jimenez Roberto and Dr. Francisco Elementary (31%) and Sanchez (David J.) Elementary (26%) lead the elementary schools; Kunst (Tommie) Junior High (26%), El Camino Junior High (17%) and Fesler (Isaac) Junior High (14%) lead the middle schools; Pioneer Valley High (37%) and Santa Maria High (29%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,925/month, 22% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Santa Maria is $84,746 a year, 2% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Santa Maria, median rent is $1,925/month and the median home value is $531,700 (Census ACS).
Santa Maria reported 6.1 violent crimes and 23.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 72°F; winter lows average 42°F; there are 199 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 14 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Santa Maria are drought (99), earthquake (95) and wildfire (95), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.42g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
Santa Maria scores 14.3 out of 20 on the EPA National Walkability Index, vs a US average of 12.3; 1.4% of workers walk to work (EPA Smart Location Database; Census ACS).