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Goleta is a small city of 32,685 people in Santa Barbara County, California. It's about 41 miles from Oxnard, CA and 88 miles from Los Angeles, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 73°F and winter highs 64°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.1M and rent runs about $2k a month.
32,685people
$1.1MTypical home
$2,437/moRent
73° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
330Sunny days
39Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 32,685
- Part of a metro area
- About 4,163 people per sq mi
- 88 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 41 mi to Oxnard, CA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $1.1M (≈$6,698/mo)
- Median rent $2,437/mo
- Median household income $122k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 73°F
- Winter highs around 64°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 330 sunny days a year (198 totally clear)
- 35 cloudy days a year
- 19 of 90 winter days are gray
- 39 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (212 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,144 per 100k)
People
- Median age 37
- 28% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 49% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 11% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 1 mi to SBA airport
- 87 mi to BUR (major hub)
- Amtrak station in town
- 55% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 46 ft
- Right on the coast
- 177 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 110 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 15 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 271 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 53 bars within 25 mi
- 88 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 3 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 31 museums within 25 mi
- 10 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 23% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Santa Barbara County: D+27 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk