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Aptos, CA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Aptos, CA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 23,974. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet APTOS-CA · Aptos, CA 1 ZIPs · 23,974 pop · #902/25278 · Santa Cruz County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $148,412
  • RANK-TOP #902/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Scotts Valley
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 71% owners
  • POP-TOWN 23,974
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $1,198,700

Nearest income peer: Scotts Valley, CA (+ $2,838 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Aptos

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Aptos on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Aptos, CA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 4%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
23,974
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$148,412
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $148,412 and home value $1,198,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 56.1%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (70.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Aptos as a pure owner town.

Within California, Porter Ranch is the closest lower-income city and Carmel Valley the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Aptos.

Population concentration

Aptos reads through its lone ZIP, 95003

23,974 ACS residents, one ZIP: 95003 is not the leading code inside Aptos, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Aptos's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 660 establishments, 5,123 employees , annual payroll $244,781k (~28 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 95003 (660 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (116) · also Construction · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Aptos, CA

These ZIP codes sit in Santa Cruz County, which covers 17 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Aptos. See the Santa Cruz County roll-up →

Aptos sits in the upper half of Santa Cruz County on income: Santa Cruz, Watsonville and Soquel report less, while Los Gatos reports more. Freedom marks the far end of that range at $67,474, 55% below Aptos.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
95003 23,974 $148,412 660 264
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Aptos roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Aptos, .