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Watsonville, CA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Watsonville, CA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 82,474. 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 WATSONVILLE-CA · Watsonville, CA 1 ZIPs · 82,474 pop · #6149/25278 · Santa Cruz County

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

  • INC-HIGH $91,099
  • RANK-UPPER #6149/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brookdale
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 57% owners
  • POP-SMALL 82,474
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $808,900

Nearest income peer: Brookdale, CA (+ $253 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 Watsonville

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

Top 24%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
82,474
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$91,099
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 $91,099 and home value $808,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 18.5%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (56.7%) for this income tier, rent $1,923 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within California, Newhall is the closest lower-income city and Pollock Pines the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Watsonville.

Population concentration

Watsonville reads through its lone ZIP, 95076

82,474 ACS residents, one ZIP: 95076 is not the leading code inside Watsonville, 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Watsonville's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 1,524 establishments, 19,004 employees , annual payroll $1,207,456k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 95076 (1,524 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (222) · also Health care and social assistance · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Watsonville, CA

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

Watsonville sits in the lower half of Santa Cruz County on income: Santa Cruz, Los Gatos and Aptos report more, and only Freedom reports less. Los Gatos marks the far end of that range at $189,118, 108% above Watsonville.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
95076 82,474 $91,099 1,524 233
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Watsonville 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 Watsonville, .