Santa Paula is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 28,631 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Santa Paula is the 247th largest community in California.

Santa Paula is a blue-collar town, with 39.7% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Santa Paula is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and farmers, fishers, or foresters. There are especially a lot of people living in Santa Paula who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.84%), sales jobs (8.78%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (5.02%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Santa Paula work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Santa Paula are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Santa Paula is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Santa Paula Information and Demographics

The population of Santa Paula has a very low overall level of education: only 8.63% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Santa Paula in 2000 was $15,736, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,944 for a family of four.

Santa Paula is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Santa Paula home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Santa Paula, accounting for 71.43% of the city's residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The most prevalent race in Santa Paula is Native American, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Santa Paula include German, English, and Irish.

In addition, Santa Paula has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (29.47%).

The most common language spoken in Santa Paula is Spanish. Some people also speak English.