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Mission Hills is a small town of 3,859 people in Santa Barbara County, California. It's about 17 miles from Santa Maria, CA and 125 miles from Los Angeles, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 72°F and winter highs 64°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $493k and rent runs about $2k a month.
3,859people
$493kTypical home
$1,838/moRent
72° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
282Sunny days
46Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,859
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,192 people per sq mi
- 125 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 17 mi to Santa Maria, CA
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $493k (≈$3,108/mo)
- Median rent $1,838/mo
- Median household income $112k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 72°F
- Winter highs around 64°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 282 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 83 cloudy days a year
- 25 of 90 winter days are gray
- 46 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- About average violent crime (417 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,224 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 42
- 34% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 28% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 11% walk or take transit to work
- 15 mi to SMX airport
- 123 mi to BUR (major hub)
- 9 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 96% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 358 ft
- 9 mi to the ocean
- 165 mi to a big lake
- 31 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 127 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 197 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 26 bars within 25 mi
- 86 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 20 museums within 25 mi
- 6 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of California districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 39 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 37 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