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Buellton city, California: commercial real estate data.
Buellton city is a Census city of 5,074 people across 1.58 square miles of land, in Santa Barbara County. Median household income is $99,936, 58.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 17 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $17.4 m.
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Buellton
What Buellton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.58 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,207
- County holding the largest share of its areaSanta Barbara County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buellton
How many people live in Buellton
- Population5,074
- Median age39.0
- Population under 181,051 plus or minus 245
- Share under 1820.7 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Population 65 and over744 plus or minus 172
- Share 65 and over14.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Households1,886
- Family households1,420
- Share of households that are families75.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Buellton
- Median household income$99,936 plus or minus $26,790
- Per capita income$47,615
- Civilian labor force3,174
- Employed3,105
- Unemployed69 plus or minus 47
- Unemployment rate2.2 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over3,638
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher39.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree15.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Buellton
- Housing units2,182
- Occupied units1,886
- Vacant units296 plus or minus 186
- Vacancy rate13.6 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Owner occupied1,107 plus or minus 221
- Renter occupied779 plus or minus 169
- Ownership rate58.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$837,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,194
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.3 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Single family units1,493
- Share single family68.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more354 plus or minus 200
- Share in buildings of two or more16.2 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Mobile homes335 plus or minus 191
- Median year structure built1994
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Buellton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,600
- Commuting under 15 minutes662 plus or minus 199
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.5 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,301 plus or minus 548
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more50.0 percent plus or minus 19.7
- Drove alone69.5 percent
- Carpooled12.6 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home15.6 percent plus or minus 9.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buellton
SBA loans in Buellton (7(a))
- Approvals17
- Gross approval$17,408,200
- Average approval$1,024,012
- Median approval$714,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,710,000
- Largest approval$4,925,000
- Jobs supported219
- Jobs per approval12.9
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full5
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more29.4 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders11
- Distinct industries by NAICS12
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Buellton
SBA loans in Buellton (504)
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$5,651,000
- Average approval$706,375
- Median approval$623,000
- Largest approval$2,096,000
- Jobs supported178
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Buellton
Flood risk in Buellton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060757
- Currently effective map date06/10/26
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Santa Barbara County, not Buellton
Santa Barbara County context, not Buellton figures
These are Santa Barbara County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Buellton measurements.
- Establishments in Santa Barbara County12,484
- Employment at those establishments, Santa Barbara County160,460
- Covered employment, Santa Barbara County216,323
- Average annual pay, Santa Barbara County$69,664
- Average weekly wage, Santa Barbara County$1,340
- Housing units permitted, Santa Barbara County750
- Of those, single family, Santa Barbara County481
- County product, 2024, Santa Barbara County$41,424,520,000
- County product change over the prior year, Santa Barbara County7.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Santa Barbara County$169,326
Every figure in this section is published for Santa Barbara County as a whole and is not a measurement of Buellton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Buellton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Buellton, California?
5,074, in 1,886 households. Buellton city covers 1.58 square miles of land, which is 3,207 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Buellton in?
Santa Barbara County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Buellton?
$99,936. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $837,400. Median gross rent is $2,194 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Buellton businesses?
17 7(a) approvals totalling $17.4 m, across 11 lenders, median approval $714,000, plus 8 504 approvals worth $5.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Buellton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Buellton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Buellton. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Buellton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Buellton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060757, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Buellton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Santa Barbara County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Buellton.
Is zoning published for Buellton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.