Living in Santa Paula, CA
Suburb in California
Santa Paula is a suburb in California, home to about 31,000 people, with 927,000 living within 31 mi. Day to day, there is some transit, though many people drive. Life moves at a moderate pace, and homes are a mix of apartments and houses.
Is Santa Paula a good place to live? Pros and cons
👍 Pros
- Mild summers: highs around 77°F
- Great outdoors: hills or mountains nearby
- Dog-friendly: 8 dog parks within 9 mi
- Sunny: more sunshine and clearer skies than most places
👎 Cons
- Fewer graduates: 15% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher
- Weaker public schools: test results well below the US average
- Pricey housing: a typical 3-bedroom home is about $704k, and rent is $3,650 a month
- Disaster-prone: 10 federally declared disasters since 2000, mainly earthquakes and flooding
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Key facts
Living in Santa Paula: common questions
What is the cost of living in Santa Paula?
A typical 3-bedroom home is worth about $704k, and a 3-bedroom rents for about $3,650 a month including utilities. Overall living costs are above the US average (index 111, where the US is 100).
What are taxes like in Santa Paula?
California collects about $3,279 in state income tax per resident, and homeowners here pay about 0.66% of their home's value in property tax each year.
Is Santa Paula safe?
Violent crime is close to the national rate (0.8× in FBI 2019 data).
How are the schools in Santa Paula?
Public schools in Santa Paula test well below the US average in math and reading (2018–19 state tests, put on one national scale with NAEP), with about 22 students per teacher.
What is the weather like in Santa Paula?
Santa Paula is warm all year: winter days average around 68°F and summer days around 77°F.
Does Santa Paula get natural disasters?
Natural disaster risk is high, mainly from earthquakes and flooding: 10 federally declared disasters have hit the county since 2000, and FEMA expects about 2.71 deaths or injuries per 100,000 residents a year.
What is the nearest major airport to Santa Paula?
The nearest major airport is BUR, about 42 mi away.
How Santa Paula scores
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