City in California, United States

Santa Clarita

$783kMedian Home
343Sunny Days/yr
77°FAvg High Temp
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View on MapPopulation182kElevation1,207 ft
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Santa Clarita is a suburban city in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. With a 2020 census population of 228,673, it is the third-most populous city in Los Angeles County, the 17th-most populous in California, and the 103rd-most populous city in the United States. It is located about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles, and occupies 70.75 square miles (183.2 km2) of land in the Santa Clarita Valley, along the Santa Clara River. It is a classic example of a U.S. edge city, satellite city, or boomburb.

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Where It Is

Location Context
Santa Clarita, California
Latitude34.39°
Longitude-118.54°
Population182k
Altitude1,207 ft

State Context

CaliforniaU.S. state

California is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40 million residents across an area of 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the largest state by population, third-largest state by area and the largest state economy in the U.S., with a GDP of approximately $4.3 trillion.Wikipedia

Income tax: 1.00% - 14.40%Avg sales tax: 8.85%Property tax: 0.69%Official school data available

About the Region

California

California contains multitudes in a way that makes any single characterization misleading. The Bay Area and Los Angeles operate as global city-states, with housing markets, income levels, and cultural gravity that put them in direct competition with London and Tokyo rather than with other American metros. Both have lost net domestic migrants to lower-cost states for most of the last decade — primarily to Texas, Arizona, and Nevada — though both also continue to be net draws for international migration and maintain labor markets of extraordinary depth and diversity.

But California's geography is vast. The Central Valley offers costs of living that rival the Midwest with driving distance to the Sierra Nevada; the North Coast is one of the most beautiful and least-crowded stretches of American coastline; and the smaller cities of the inland valleys represent genuinely different lifestyle profiles. For remote workers who can absorb the state income tax and housing cost, the combination of climate diversity, outdoor access, and cultural institution density remains difficult to replicate anywhere in the world.

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Nature Access

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City Profile

Urban Feel3,068/mi²residents
Median Age37 yrs
College Educated39%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home14%of workforce
Poverty Rate8%
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Cost of Living

Housing
$3k/mo
Median rent
$783k
Median home price
Rent burden29% of income
Household Income
$116k
Median annual
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Livability

Getting AroundMostly car-oriented
Best available read from walkability, transit, and density signals

Mostly car-oriented day to day.

Walk Score
28
School Rating
7.2/10
Internet
Fiber
15%
Cable
95%
address availability
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Climate

Sunshine
343
sunny days per year
94% of the year
Avg High Temp
77°F
annual average
Rainfall
18"
inches per year
Air Quality
56
Moderate AQI
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Natural Hazard Risk

Flood Risk
high
FEMA classification
Wildfire Risk
minimal
FEMA rating
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Current Conditions

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