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Isla Vista CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
Isla Vista CDP is a Census CDP of 13,920 people across 0.55 square miles of land, in Santa Barbara County. Median household income is $25,972, 1.2 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Isla Vista
What Isla Vista is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area0.55 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land25,253
- 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.
Isla Vista
How many people live in Isla Vista
- Population13,920
- Median age21.2
- Population under 18254 plus or minus 111
- Share under 181.8 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Population 65 and over326 plus or minus 131
- Share 65 and over2.3 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Households4,763
- Family households489 plus or minus 205
- Share of households that are families10.3 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Isla Vista
Income and work in Isla Vista
- Median household income$25,972 plus or minus $5,478
- Per capita income$14,110
- Civilian labor force8,141
- Employed6,728
- Unemployed1,413 plus or minus 469
- Unemployment rate17.4 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Adults 25 and over1,663
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher43.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.4 percent plus or minus 8.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Isla Vista
Housing in Isla Vista
- Housing units5,323
- Occupied units4,763
- Vacant units560 plus or minus 215
- Vacancy rate10.5 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Owner occupied58 plus or minus 34
- Renter occupied4,705
- Ownership rate1.2 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,218,800 plus or minus $877,610
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,878
- Annual rent as a share of median income86.8 percent plus or minus 18.8
- Single family units578 plus or minus 156
- Share single family10.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Units in buildings of two or more4,745
- Share in buildings of two or more89.1 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Isla Vista
How Isla Vista gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,822
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,861
- Share commuting under 15 minutes49.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more689 plus or minus 324
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more11.8 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Drove alone50.0 percent
- Carpooled3.2 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Public transport2.8 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Walked19.3 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Worked from home9.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Santa Barbara County, not Isla Vista
Santa Barbara County context, not Isla Vista 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 Isla Vista 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 Isla Vista. 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
Isla Vista questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Isla Vista, California?
13,920, in 4,763 households. Isla Vista CDP covers 0.55 square miles of land, which is 25,253 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Isla Vista 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 Isla Vista?
$25,972. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,218,800. Median gross rent is $1,878 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 Isla Vista 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 Isla Vista.
Is zoning published for Isla Vista?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.