Housing density: 486 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $766,137.
Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is $1,534, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,487
Median gross rent in Goleta, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Goleta with a mortgage: 3,854 (522 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 401 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 28
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $172,305
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $88,308
3,618 married couples with children.
1,721 single-parent households (298 men, 1,423 women).
65.8% of residents of Goleta speak English at home.
21.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
7.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (53% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 36% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 7,214 (22.2%)
(50.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 97.4% Number of people working at home: 3,057 (17.6% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 485
5 to 9 minutes: 1,853
10 to 14 minutes: 4,133
15 to 19 minutes: 3,395
20 to 24 minutes: 2,292
25 to 29 minutes: 387
30 to 34 minutes: 744
35 to 39 minutes: 102
40 to 44 minutes: 60
45 to 59 minutes: 216
60 to 89 minutes: 422
90 or more minutes: 214
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 15,116 (65.4%)
Carpooled: 2,438 (10.5%)
Bus: 543 (2.3%)
Subway or elevated rail: 36 (0.2%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 11 (0.0%)
Ferryboat: 51 (0.2%)
Taxi: 285 (1.2%)
Bicycle: 707 (3.1%)
Walked: 662 (2.9%)
Worked at home: 3,057 (13.2%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
2.9%Males
3.9%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
1.3%Males
1.1%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
5.5%Males
2.5%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
2.1%Males
7.0%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
4.5%Males
2.9%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Goleta, California
1,6852010 or later
1,7592000 to 2009
1,5101990 to 1999
3,0981980 to 1989
1,5541970 to 1979
2,296Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
English: 803 (5.0%)
German: 619 (3.8%)
Irish: 539 (3.3%)
Eastern European: 493 (3.0%)
American: 409 (2.5%)
European: 359 (2.2%)
Italian: 242 (1.5%)
Iranian: 194 (1.2%)
Egyptian: 183 (1.1%)
Polish: 168 (1.0%)
British: 136 (0.8%)
Norwegian: 124 (0.8%)
Scottish: 101 (0.6%)
Ethiopian: 93 (0.6%)
Dutch: 83 (0.5%)
Syrian: 76 (0.5%)
French: 72 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 71 (0.4%)
Russian: 71 (0.4%)
Serbian: 69 (0.4%)
Belgian: 60 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 58 (0.4%)
Danish: 48 (0.3%)
Swiss: 47 (0.3%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 45 (0.3%)
Scandinavian: 39 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 39 (0.2%)
Northern European: 37 (0.2%)
Armenian: 36 (0.2%)
Ghanaian: 31 (0.2%)
Swedish: 31 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 30 (0.2%)
Canadian: 29 (0.2%)
French Canadian: 27 (0.2%)
Croatian: 27 (0.2%)
Haitian: 27 (0.2%)
Greek: 24 (0.1%)
Brazilian: 17 (0.1%)
Australian: 15 (0.09%)
Welsh: 12 (0.07%)
Estonian: 11 (0.07%)
Finnish: 8 (0.05%)
African: 8 (0.05%)
Latvian: 6 (0.04%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.04%)
Bulgarian: 6 (0.04%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Goleta:
44.8% (3,409)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Goleta:
12.5% (954)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
India
Goleta:
4.5% (346)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Vietnam
Goleta:
3.8% (291)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Philippines
Goleta:
3.2% (244)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Korea
Goleta:
2.9% (222)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Iran
Goleta:
2.0% (153)
California:
2.0% (206,004)
Germany
Goleta:
1.8% (135)
California:
0.7% (73,304)
Canada
Goleta:
1.6% (123)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 18,744
Other state: 6,095
Northeast: 1,789
Midwest: 1,824
South: 1,042
West: 1,222
85.6% of Goleta residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 37.5% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 62.0% lived in California.
Goleta:
85.6%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 402
Nursery to 4th grade: 161
5th and 6th grade: 84
7th and 8th grade: 78
9th grade: 152
10th grade: 52
11th grade: 145
12th grade, no diploma: 102
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,190
Less than 1 year of college: 359
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,297
Associate degree: 933
Bachelor's degree: 3,458
Master's degree: 1,098
Professional school degree: 406
Doctorate degree: 851
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 589
Nursery to 4th grade: 274
5th and 6th grade: 105
7th and 8th grade: 77
9th grade: 139
10th grade: 92
11th grade: 39
12th grade, no diploma: 204
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,329
Less than 1 year of college: 530
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,131
Associate degree: 936
Bachelor's degree: 3,043
Master's degree: 1,414
Professional school degree: 187
Doctorate degree: 511
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 5,781
One, attached: 1,315
Two: 126
3 or 4: 702
5 to 9: 1,137
10 to 19: 1,290
20 to 49: 588
50 or more: 1,051
Mobile homes: 755
Median worth of mobile homes: $370,543
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 2.7%
House/condo owner moved in on average 17 years ago