What is the population of Santa Barbara, California?

The population of Santa Barbara, California is 82,698.

What is the median household income in Santa Barbara, California?

The median household income in Santa Barbara, California is $101,202, compared to the U.S. median of $78,145.

The median home price in Santa Barbara, California is $1,481,958, compared to the U.S. median of $242,182.

The unemployment rate in Santa Barbara, California is 4.8%.

Key statistics on population, economy, housing, and commuting compared to state and national averages. Explore interactive maps for deeper analysis.

Health A

Income B

Education A

Metric	Santa Barbara	California Avg	U.S. Average
Population	82,698	38,909,900	334,821,731
Population density (per sq mi)	2208.3	237.3	85.8
Population growth (%/yr)	-0.35%	0.19%	0.57%
Median age	36.5	35.4	37.1
Households	33,995	13,415,389	128,459,983

Year	Santa Barbara

Group	Share

Santa Barbara has a the economy index of B, which means it is quite prosperous.

Metric	Santa Barbara	California Avg	U.S. Average
Median household income	$101,202	$96,718	$78,145
Income growth (%/yr)	5.95%	6.01%	5.07%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.4%	5.2%

Metric	Santa Barbara	California Avg	U.S. Average
Median home price	$1,481,958	$642,203	$242,182
Median rent	$2,286	$1,955	$1,342
Homeownership rate	39.4%	55.8%	65.1%

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM , followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM .

Metric	Santa Barbara	California Avg	U.S. Average
Average commute time (min)	15.1	23.6	22.5
Work from home	17.0%	15.5%	13.4%

Santa Barbara has a education index of A, which means it is very educated.

Metric	Santa Barbara	California Avg	U.S. Average
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.7%	33.0%	31.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.85	2.54

Santa Barbara has a health index of A, which means it is very healthy.

Metric	Santa Barbara	California Avg	U.S. Average
Life expectancy (years)	82.0	79.6	78.3
Self-rated poor health	13.2%	16.4%	16.3%
Smokers	10.5%	13.9%	19.0%