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Pajaro Dunes CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
Pajaro Dunes CDP is a Census CDP of 143 people across 2.56 square miles of land, in Santa Cruz County. Median household income is $112,500, 100.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
48 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
This is a small place, and the figures below carry wide margins.
The American Community Survey reaches Pajaro Dunes through a sample, not a count, and in a place this size that sample is thin. The population estimate here is 143 with a margin of error of plus or minus 123, which is 86.0 percent of the estimate itself. Every figure whose margin reaches 20 percent is printed with that margin beside it, so you can see the width of each one rather than having to assume it.
Nothing has been removed or adjusted. These are the published federal estimates, shown with the uncertainty the Census publishes alongside them.
Pajaro Dunes
What Pajaro Dunes is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.56 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land56 plus or minus 48
- 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.
Pajaro Dunes
How many people live in Pajaro Dunes
- Population143 plus or minus 123
- Median age73.2
- Population under 180
- Share under 180.0 percent
- Population 65 and over123 plus or minus 77
- Share 65 and over86.0 percent plus or minus 91.5
- Households66 plus or minus 55
- Family households57 plus or minus 53
- Share of households that are families86.4 percent plus or minus 35.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pajaro Dunes
Income and work in Pajaro Dunes
- Median household income$112,500 plus or minus $73,536
- Per capita income$54,247 plus or minus $15,806
- Civilian labor force32 plus or minus 34
- Employed32 plus or minus 34
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over143 plus or minus 123
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher100.0 percent plus or minus 108.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher66.4 percent plus or minus 77.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree31.5 percent plus or minus 21.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pajaro Dunes
Housing in Pajaro Dunes
- Housing units650 plus or minus 171
- Occupied units66 plus or minus 55
- Vacant units584 plus or minus 176
- Vacancy rate89.8 percent
- Owner occupied66 plus or minus 55
- Renter occupied0
- Ownership rate100.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,750,000 plus or minus $1,285,389
- Single family units472 plus or minus 167
- Share single family72.6 percent plus or minus 17.2
- Units in buildings of two or more178 plus or minus 127
- Share in buildings of two or more27.4 percent plus or minus 18.2
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pajaro Dunes
How Pajaro Dunes gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute32 plus or minus 34
- Commuting under 15 minutes0
- Share commuting under 15 minutes0.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more20 plus or minus 30
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more62.5 percent plus or minus 68.0
- Drove alone62.5 percent plus or minus 52.1
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Santa Cruz County, not Pajaro Dunes
Santa Cruz County context, not Pajaro Dunes figures
These are Santa Cruz County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Pajaro Dunes measurements.
- Establishments in Santa Cruz County7,136
- Employment at those establishments, Santa Cruz County80,209
- Covered employment, Santa Cruz County104,514
- Average annual pay, Santa Cruz County$67,622
- Average weekly wage, Santa Cruz County$1,300
- Housing units permitted, Santa Cruz County259
- Of those, single family, Santa Cruz County189
- County product, 2024, Santa Cruz County$21,092,114,000
- County product change over the prior year, Santa Cruz County6.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Santa Cruz County$136,380
Every figure in this section is published for Santa Cruz County as a whole and is not a measurement of Pajaro Dunes. 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.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- 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
Pajaro Dunes questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Pajaro Dunes, California?
143, in 66 households. Pajaro Dunes CDP covers 2.56 square miles of land, which is 56 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Pajaro Dunes 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 Pajaro Dunes?
$112,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,750,000. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Pajaro Dunes figures?
No, and they are labelled 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 Pajaro Dunes.
Is zoning published for Pajaro Dunes?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.