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Day Valley, California: commercial real estate data.
Day Valley is a Census CDP of 3,579 people across 18.50 square miles of land, in Santa Cruz County. Median household income is $155,000, 83.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Day Valley
What Day Valley is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area18.5 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land193
- County holding the largest share of its areaSanta Cruz 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.
Day Valley
How many people live in Day Valley
- Population3,579
- Median age55.3
- Population under 18630 plus or minus 213
- Share under 1817.6 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Population 65 and over1,241 plus or minus 281
- Share 65 and over34.7 percent
- Households1,318
- Family households1,053
- Share of households that are families79.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Day Valley
- Median household income$155,000
- Per capita income$70,362
- Civilian labor force1,594
- Employed1,504
- Unemployed90 plus or minus 55
- Unemployment rate5.6 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over2,885
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher50.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree19.8 percent plus or minus 7.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Day Valley
- Housing units1,389
- Occupied units1,318
- Vacant units71 plus or minus 79
- Vacancy rate5.1 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Owner occupied1,100
- Renter occupied218 plus or minus 91
- Ownership rate83.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,279,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,669 plus or minus $412
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.9 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Single family units1,151
- Share single family82.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more97 plus or minus 53
- Share in buildings of two or more7.0 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Mobile homes141 plus or minus 110
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Day Valley gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,308 plus or minus 285
- Commuting under 15 minutes302 plus or minus 105
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.1 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more558 plus or minus 179
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.7 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Drove alone74.3 percent
- Carpooled8.0 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Walked2.9 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Worked from home12.5 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Santa Cruz County, not Day Valley
Santa Cruz County context, not Day Valley figures
- Establishments in Santa Cruz County7,136
- Covered employment, Santa Cruz County104,514
- Average annual pay, Santa Cruz County$67,622
- Housing units permitted, Santa Cruz County259
Every figure in this section is published for Santa Cruz County as a whole and is not a measurement of Day Valley.
All Santa Cruz County figures →
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Day Valley questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Day Valley, California?
3,579, in 1,318 households. Day Valley CDP covers 18.50 square miles of land, which is 193 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Day Valley in?
Santa Cruz 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 Day Valley?
$155,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,279,300. Median gross rent is $1,669 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 Day Valley figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Santa Cruz 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 Day Valley.
Is zoning published for Day Valley?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.