housing costs · California
Housing costs in Santa Barbara County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $2,131 | ± $35 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $2,050 | ± $30 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,964 | ± $31 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,810 | ± $27 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $790,700 | ± $17,571 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $735,700 | ± $11,340 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $714,800 | ± $13,337 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $625,200 | ± $15,429 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 34.7 % | ± 1.0 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 33.7 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 33.4 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 33.1 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Santa Barbara County is $2,131, above the California median of $1,624 across 56 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.