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Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley is a small town of 2,127 people in Santa Cruz County, California. It's about 11 miles from Santa Cruz, CA and 23 miles from San Jose, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 71°F and winter highs 61°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.2M and rent runs about $4k a month.
2,127people
$1.2MTypical home
$3,501/moRent
71° / 61°Summer / winter
0"Snow
320Sunny days
67Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,127
- Part of a metro area
- About 230 people per sq mi
- 23 mi to San Jose, CA
- 11 mi to Santa Cruz, CA
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.2M (≈$7,473/mo)
- Median rent $3,501/mo
- Median household income $159k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 71°F
- Winter highs around 61°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 320 sunny days a year (173 totally clear)
- 45 cloudy days a year
- 23 of 90 winter days are gray
- 67 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (312 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,282 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 52
- 25% of households have kids
- 31% are 65 or older
- 44% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 26 mi to MRY airport
- 28 mi to SJC (major hub)
- 42 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 407 ft
- 3 mi to the ocean
- 118 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 129 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 34 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 968 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 77 bars within 25 mi
- 451 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 8 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 52 museums within 25 mi
- 15 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 16% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 9 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Santa Cruz County: D+54 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk