Santa Maria, CA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Santa Maria, CA: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 133,563. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet SANTA-MARIA-CA · Santa Maria, CA 3 ZIPs · 133,563 pop · #6578/25278 · Santa Barbara County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-MID · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-HIGH
- INC-HIGH $89,147
- RANK-UPPER #6578/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Goleta
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 57% owners
- POP-MID 133,563
- SPREAD-MOD 93458→93455
- HOME-HIGH $549,033
Nearest income peer: Goleta, CA (+ $890 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 Santa Maria
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Santa Maria on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- New Cuyama · lowest
New Cuyama · lowest
$60,938 median HH income
- Los Alamos · near
Los Alamos · near
$79,167 median HH income
- Lompoc · near
Lompoc · near
$82,132 median HH income
- Santa Maria · this city
Santa Maria · this city
$89,147 median HH income
- Goleta · near
Goleta · near
$90,037 median HH income
- Buellton · near
Buellton · near
$102,857 median HH income
- Los Olivos · highest
Los Olivos · highest
$142,760 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Santa Maria, CA sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 26%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 133,563
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $89,147
- 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.
Above-median income on a short ZIP list (3) - lead code 93458 (55,431 residents). Household income $89,147 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (57.2%) for this income tier, rent $2,047 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within California, Madera is the closest lower-income city and Cottonwood the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 3 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Santa Maria.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Santa Maria differ
The most material local contrast is hardship rather than the city-wide income average. Poverty is 7.9% in ZIP 93455 and 19.6% in 93458. That spread is why the ZIP detail pages are more useful than a single city figure for comparing household conditions.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.5×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.2×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 11.7 points
93458 to 93455
93458 to 93455
93455 to 93458
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
ZIP Codes in Santa Maria, CA
These ZIP codes sit in Santa Barbara County, which covers 23 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Santa Maria. See the Santa Barbara County roll-up →
Santa Maria lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Santa Barbara County: Santa Barbara, Carpinteria and Solvang earn more and Lompoc, Guadalupe and Los Alamos earn less. Los Olivos marks the far end of that range at $142,760, 60% above Santa Maria.
Side-by-side: Compare 93458 vs 93455 →
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Santa Maria, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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