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Capitola, CA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Capitola, CA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 9,137. 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 CAPITOLA-CA · Capitola, CA 1 ZIPs · 9,137 pop · #3645/25278 · Santa Cruz County

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

  • INC-HIGH $105,236
  • RANK-TOP #3645/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ben Lomond
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 49% owners
  • POP-TOWN 9,137
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $828,700

Nearest income peer: Ben Lomond, CA ( $861 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 Capitola

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Capitola 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, Capitola, CA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 14%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
9,137
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$105,236
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 $105,236 and home value $828,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 48.3%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (48.9%) for this income tier, rent $2,503 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within California, Scott Bar is the closest lower-income city and Rimforest the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Capitola.

Population concentration

Capitola reads through its lone ZIP, 95010

9,137 ACS residents, one ZIP: 95010 is not the leading code inside Capitola, 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 Capitola's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 522 establishments, 5,798 employees , annual payroll $273,379k (~57 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 95010 (522 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (108) · also Accommodation and food services · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Capitola, CA

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

Capitola lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Santa Cruz County: Santa Cruz, Los Gatos and Aptos earn more and Watsonville, Boulder Creek and Freedom earn less. Los Gatos marks the far end of that range at $189,118, 80% above Capitola.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
95010 9,137 $105,236 522 2,571
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Capitola 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 Capitola, .