Area data
Santa Barbara, CA — ZIP 93106
Population: 5,418 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 417.4 (-0.8% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (High)
- 110.7 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 32.5¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $22.00/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively High
- Top hazards
- drought, landslide, earthquake, inlandFlooding, wildfire
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 60.0°F
- Average high
- 70.0°F
- Average low
- 50.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 14.1 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 49
- Days with Good air quality
- 193
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Channel Islands National Park (31 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) (1 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) (1 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 11
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.1 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 105
- Solar radiation rating
- Good (5.2 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 2,001
- Households with broadband internet
- 16.7%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 181,536
- Average weekly wage
- $1,218
- Top industries (by employment)
- Agriculture, Health Care, Accommodation & Food
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 478
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