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Los Olivos is a small town of 1,038 people in Santa Barbara County, California. It's about 26 miles from Santa Maria, CA and 107 miles from Los Angeles, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 65°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.5M and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,038people
$1.5MTypical home
$2,163/moRent
85° / 65°Summer / winter
0"Snow
282Sunny days
43Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,038
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 397 people per sq mi
- 107 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 26 mi to Santa Maria, CA
- 20 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.5M (≈$9,602/mo)
- Median rent $2,163/mo
- Median household income $143k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 65°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 282 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 83 cloudy days a year
- 25 of 90 winter days are gray
- 43 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 14 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- About average violent crime (417 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,224 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 58
- 24% of households have kids
- 27% are 65 or older
- 55% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 23 mi to SBA airport
- 105 mi to BUR (major hub)
- 22 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 86% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1976
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 810 ft
- 13 mi to the ocean
- 163 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 114 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 215 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 29 bars within 25 mi
- 91 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 15 museums within 25 mi
- 7 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 22 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 13% of California districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 22 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 19 mi to the nearest vet
- 21 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 22 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.