Housing density: 450 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $3,789,388.
Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is over $2,000, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $5,005
Median gross rent in Montecito, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Montecito with a mortgage: 993 (159 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 152 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 0
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $254,424
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $194,403
851 married couples with children.
165 single-parent households (44 men, 121 women).
85.2% of residents of Montecito speak English at home.
5.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
8.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 869 (10.2%)
(84.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 92.1% Number of people working at home: 1,075 (35.7% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 219
5 to 9 minutes: 420
10 to 14 minutes: 430
15 to 19 minutes: 507
20 to 24 minutes: 154
25 to 29 minutes: 68
30 to 34 minutes: 34
35 to 39 minutes: 3
40 to 44 minutes: 48
45 to 59 minutes: 111
60 to 89 minutes: 2
90 or more minutes: 74
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 2,978 (58.7%)
Carpooled: 542 (10.7%)
Bus: 12 (0.2%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 11 (0.2%)
Taxi: 81 (1.6%)
Bicycle: 36 (0.7%)
Walked: 451 (8.9%)
Worked at home: 1,075 (21.2%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
1.2%Males
8.3%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
23.3%Males
6.9%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
5.1%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Montecito, California
2412010 or later
582000 to 2009
741990 to 1999
1911980 to 1989
1501970 to 1979
442Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
American: 560 (15.2%)
English: 539 (14.6%)
German: 269 (7.3%)
European: 209 (5.7%)
Irish: 174 (4.7%)
Italian: 136 (3.7%)
British: 122 (3.3%)
Polish: 106 (2.9%)
Scottish: 96 (2.6%)
French: 70 (1.9%)
Dutch: 58 (1.6%)
Iranian: 58 (1.6%)
Slavic: 42 (1.1%)
Norwegian: 40 (1.1%)
Swedish: 40 (1.1%)
Welsh: 35 (0.9%)
Greek: 31 (0.8%)
Scandinavian: 26 (0.7%)
Russian: 24 (0.7%)
Northern European: 21 (0.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (0.5%)
Swiss: 16 (0.4%)
Eastern European: 15 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 15 (0.4%)
Canadian: 11 (0.3%)
Romanian: 10 (0.3%)
Israeli: 10 (0.3%)
Australian: 7 (0.2%)
Danish: 7 (0.2%)
South African: 7 (0.2%)
Albanian: 7 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.2%)
Macedonian: 5 (0.1%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.1%)
Bulgarian: 4 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.1%)
Czechoslovakian: 3 (0.08%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Venezuela
Montecito:
28.2% (258)
California:
0.2% (16,998)
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Montecito:
10.8% (99)
California:
0.6% (60,582)
Canada
Montecito:
9.6% (88)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Montecito:
7.9% (72)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Mexico
Montecito:
6.3% (58)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
France
Montecito:
5.0% (46)
California:
0.4% (40,224)
Iran
Montecito:
4.8% (44)
California:
2.0% (206,004)
Australia
Montecito:
3.3% (30)
California:
0.2% (23,338)
Sweden
Montecito:
2.8% (26)
California:
0.1% (12,221)
India
Montecito:
2.6% (24)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Montecito:
2.0% (18)
California:
0.1% (9,241)
Poland
Montecito:
1.9% (17)
California:
0.2% (20,997)
Singapore
Montecito:
1.9% (17)
California:
0.1% (10,213)
Zimbabwe
Montecito:
1.7% (16)
California:
0.0% (2,561)
Israel
Montecito:
1.6% (15)
California:
0.3% (33,029)
Germany
Montecito:
1.6% (15)
California:
0.7% (73,304)
Egypt
Montecito:
1.6% (15)
California:
0.4% (42,718)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 4,080
Other state: 3,350
Northeast: 1,026
Midwest: 750
South: 691
West: 840
78.2% of Montecito residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 27.8% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 75.9% lived in California.
Montecito:
78.2%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 9
5th and 6th grade: 3
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 0
11th grade: 49
12th grade, no diploma: 30
High school graduate (or equivalency): 101
Less than 1 year of college: 56
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 206
Associate degree: 92
Bachelor's degree: 1,056
Master's degree: 601
Professional school degree: 403
Doctorate degree: 72
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 4
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 5
10th grade: 0
11th grade: 9
12th grade, no diploma: 29
High school graduate (or equivalency): 180
Less than 1 year of college: 147
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 304
Associate degree: 114
Bachelor's degree: 1,251
Master's degree: 770
Professional school degree: 411
Doctorate degree: 78
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 3,176
One, attached: 401
Two: 152
3 or 4: 50
5 to 9: 248
10 to 19: 77
20 to 49: 9
50 or more: 79
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 2.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 2.9%
House/condo owner moved in on average 15 years ago