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Guadalupe is a big small town of 8,566 people in Santa Barbara County, California. It's about 8 miles from Santa Maria, CA and 133 miles from Fresno, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 74°F and winter highs 65°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $496k and rent runs about $2k a month.
8,566people
$496kTypical home
$1,732/moRent
74° / 65°Summer / winter
0"Snow
282Sunny days
50Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 8,566
- Part of a metro area
- About 6,534 people per sq mi
- 133 mi to Fresno, CA
- 8 mi to Santa Maria, CA
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $496k (≈$3,125/mo)
- Median rent $1,732/mo
- Median household income $67k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 14.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 74°F
- Winter highs around 65°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 52°F)
- 282 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 83 cloudy days a year
- 25 of 90 winter days are gray
- 50 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (196 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (731 per 100k)
People
- Median age 28
- 60% of households have kids
- 9% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 8 mi to SMX airport
- 134 mi to FAT (major hub)
- Amtrak station in town
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1986
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 92 ft
- 5 mi to the ocean
- 149 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 125 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 13 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 247 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 25 bars within 25 mi
- 116 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 29 museums within 25 mi
- 11 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 7 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 24% of California districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 18 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 19 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 7 mi to the nearest vet
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 24 mi to the nearest college
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