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Corralitos is a small town of 1,884 people in Santa Cruz County, California. It's about 14 miles from Santa Cruz, CA and 22 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 $2.0M and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,884people
$2.0MTypical home
$2,241/moRent
71° / 61°Summer / winter
0"Snow
320Sunny days
66Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,884
- Part of a metro area
- About 212 people per sq mi
- 22 mi to San Jose, CA
- 14 mi to Santa Cruz, CA
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $2.0M (≈$13k/mo)
- Median rent $2,241/mo
- Median household income $171k
- Property tax about 0.5% 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
- 66 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 56
- 13% of households have kids
- 29% are 65 or older
- 41% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 27 mi to SJC airport
- 27 mi to SJC (major hub)
- 42 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1980
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 449 ft
- 6 mi to the ocean
- 115 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 126 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 33 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,057 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 100 bars within 25 mi
- 508 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 18 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 52 museums within 25 mi
- 16 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
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 11 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 12 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.