South Coast
Data Dashboard

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South Coast Data Dashboard

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Reporting Date: 4th Quarter 2023

Residential Real Estate

Median Home Selling Value

City Current* 1 Year Ago % Change
Carpinteria$2, 480,974$2,631,924-5.7%
Goleta$1,682,000$1,374,01822.4%
Santa Barbara$2,150,000$2,057,5004.5%
South Coast$2,200,000$1,785,00023.2%

Single Family Home Sales YTD

City Current* 1 Year Ago % Change
Carpinteria5871-18.3%
Goleta151234-35.5%
Santa Barbara307396-22.5%
South Coast657872-24.7%

Apartments

City Current* 1 Year Ago % Change
Median Rent$2,599$2,5033.8%
Vacancy Rate2.4%1.7%0.7%

Building Permits

Residential Building Permits YTD (units)

City Current* 1 Year Ago % Change
Carpinteria02-200.0%
Goleta23-33.3%
Santa Barbara10742154.8%

Commercial Real Estate

Commercial Vacancy Rate

Carpinteria
Current* 1 Year Ago % Change
Office31.3%12.6%18.7%
Industrial3.3%2.4%1.6%
Goleta
Current* 1 Year Ago % Change
Office9.8%5.8%4.0%
Industrial4.4%2.8%0.6%
Santa Barbara
Current* 1 Year Ago % Change
Office12.6%8.5%4.1%
Industrial0.8%0.5%0.3%
Retail2.0%2.6%-0.6%

Workforce

Professionals

0

Changed Jobs

0

Job Posts

0

Engaged Talent

0

Unemployment

City Current* 1 Year Ago % Change
Carpinteria3.7%2.2%1.5%
Goleta2.9%2.2%0.7%
Santa Barbara3.2%2.1%1.1%
South Coast3.1%2.2%0.9%

Median Household Income

City Current* 1 Year Ago % Change
Carpinteria$83,882$88,211-4.9%
Goleta$105,612$109,392-3.5%
Santa Barbara$89,644$85,3345.1%
South Coast$94,900$95,3120.6%

Santa Barbara County Labor Force

Indicator Current* 1 Year Ago % Change
Labor Force228,200226,7001.6%
County Unemployment9,0008,80020.0%
County Unemployment Rate3.9%3.9%0.6%

Sales Tax

Taxable Retail Sales (millions)

City Current* 1 Year Ago % Change
Carpinteria$36.9$39.0-5.4%
Goleta$231.5$235.2-1.6%
Santa Barbara$508.5$520.2-2.2%
South Coast Total$776.8$794.4-2.2%

Tourism

Hotel Occupancy Rate

City Current* 1 Year Ago % Change
Santa Barbara South Coast TBID78%71%7%
City of Santa Barbara75%68%7%
City of Goleta85%81%4%
County Unincorporated75%67%8%

Transient Occupancy Tax (millions)

City Current* 1 Year Ago % Change
Santa Barbara2.762.86-3.5%

Airport Passenger Count

Current* 1 Year Ago 1 Year Change
Santa Barbara Airport (Monthly Total)114,930110,0204.5%
Santa Barbara Airport (YTD)1,173,7161,123,0774.5%

Cannabis (Santa Barbara County Taxable Sales)

$0

2021

$0

2022

$0

2023

Homelessness

Homeless Residents

City Current* 1 Year Ago 1 Year Change
Carpinteria2139-46.2%
Goleta91166-45.2%
Santa Barbara882914-3.5%
Other South Coast Areas267180-2.9%
Total South Coast12611299-2.9%
Total Santa Barbara County18871962-3.8%

Most Recent Permanent Address of Homeless Individuals

(PIT Count)

0%

Santa Barbara County

0%

Ventura County

0%

San Luis Obispo County

0%

Other California

0%

Out of State

Estimated Vehicular Homelessness by City

City (PIT Count)
Carpinteria7
Goleta32
Santa Barbara309

Poverty

Poverty Rate

City Current* 1 Year Ago % Change
Carpinteria3.0%3.9%-0.9%
Goleta4.8%3.3%1.5%
Santa Barbara6.9%6.9%0.0%
South Coast5.5%4.9%0.6%

*Data is sourced from various entities and reflects the most-up-to date data available to the public. Some sources may experience reporting delays of 30+ days.

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