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Eastern Goleta Valley CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
Eastern Goleta Valley CDP is a Census CDP of 28,295 people across 16.59 square miles of land, in Santa Barbara County. Median household income is $146,284, 74.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Eastern Goleta Valley
What Eastern Goleta Valley is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area16.59 sq mi
- Water area0.29 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,706
- 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.
Eastern Goleta Valley
How many people live in Eastern Goleta Valley
- Population28,295
- Median age45.7
- Population under 185,645
- Share under 1820.0 percent
- Population 65 and over6,940
- Share 65 and over24.5 percent
- Households10,297
- Family households7,310
- Share of households that are families71.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Eastern Goleta Valley
Income and work in Eastern Goleta Valley
- Median household income$146,284
- Per capita income$72,713
- Civilian labor force13,029
- Employed12,515
- Unemployed514 plus or minus 194
- Unemployment rate3.9 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over20,178
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher54.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree23.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Eastern Goleta Valley
Housing in Eastern Goleta Valley
- Housing units10,884
- Occupied units10,297
- Vacant units587 plus or minus 245
- Vacancy rate5.4 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Owner occupied7,686
- Renter occupied2,611
- Ownership rate74.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,361,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,964
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.3 percent
- Single family units8,412
- Share single family77.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,418 plus or minus 316
- Share in buildings of two or more13.0 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Mobile homes1,015 plus or minus 240
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Eastern Goleta Valley
How Eastern Goleta Valley gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute9,153
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,644
- Share commuting under 15 minutes50.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more679 plus or minus 202
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more7.4 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Drove alone62.0 percent
- Carpooled5.3 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Walked2.1 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home24.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Santa Barbara County, not Eastern Goleta Valley
Santa Barbara County context, not Eastern Goleta Valley 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 Eastern Goleta Valley 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 Eastern Goleta Valley. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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
Eastern Goleta Valley questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Eastern Goleta Valley, California?
28,295, in 10,297 households. Eastern Goleta Valley CDP covers 16.59 square miles of land, which is 1,706 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Eastern Goleta Valley 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 Eastern Goleta Valley?
$146,284. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,361,700. Median gross rent is $2,964 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Eastern Goleta Valley 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 Eastern Goleta Valley.
Is zoning published for Eastern Goleta Valley?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.