Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupUniversity of California-Santa BarbaraCaliforniaUnited States
German10.1%6.8%12.5%
English9.7%6.3%9.5%
Irish8.4%5.9%9.4%
Italian4.5%3.4%4.8%
American2.7%2.8%5.3%
Scottish2.0%0.9%1.3%
French1.7%1.3%1.6%
Polish1.5%0.9%2.2%
Filipino8.0%3.3%0.9%
Chinese7.4%3.9%1.3%
Vietnamese2.8%1.7%0.6%
Korean2.8%1.2%0.4%
Asian Indian2.3%2.3%1.4%
Japanese2.3%0.6%0.2%
Mexican15.5%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.3%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%1.3%0.5%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
African American†1.7%4.4%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
University of California-Santa Barbara
California
United States
Median age
20
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
79.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
0.6%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
University of California-Santa Barbara
California
United States
Median household income
$69,327
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.5%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
80.6%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
University of California-Santa Barbara
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
45.2%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
13.4%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
4.5%
3.4%
2.0%
Korean
2.4%
1.0%
0.3%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
15.6%
3.5%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
University of California-Santa Barbara
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
University of California-Santa Barbara, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+53.5%
2008
+63.5%
2012
+65.8%
2016
+69.4%
2020
+86.0%
2024
+76.5%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
86.1%Harris2,121
9.7%Trump238
4.2%
D+76.5
R+9.6
D+77.9
2,463
D
91.5%Biden811
5.5%Trump49
2.9%
D+86.0
D+16.7
D+81.6
886
D
80.5%Clinton2,909
11.2%Trump404
8.3%
D+69.4
D+3.5
D+67.3
3,612
D
81.3%Obama3,847
15.5%Romney733
3.2%
D+65.8
D+2.3
D+62.0
4,729
D
81.7%Obama3,184
18.2%McCain710
0.0%
D+63.5
D+10.0
D+56.2
3,895
D
76.7%Kerry2,749
23.2%Bush832
0.1%
D+53.5
—
D+55.9
3,584
UC Santa Barbara's campus CDP is defined almost entirely by its transient student population, producing unusually high youth-voter concentration and registration rates that shift noticeably between presidential and off-cycle elections.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 86.0 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 76.5 points.
A population of 12,121, a 45% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,327 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Isla Vista and Arcata.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
How did University of California-Santa Barbara, California vote in 2024?
In 2024, University of California-Santa Barbara, California voted Democratic by 76.5 points (D+76.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,463 votes cast, 2,121 went Democratic and 238 went Republican.
How many people live in University of California-Santa Barbara, California?
University of California-Santa Barbara, California has a population of 12,121 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in University of California-Santa Barbara, California?
Median household income in University of California-Santa Barbara, California is $69,327 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of University of California-Santa Barbara, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in University of California-Santa Barbara, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
