Santa Barbara, California 

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Cost of Living in Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara gives residents a rare chance at great value for costlier living situated somewhere inside California’s Santa Barbara County boasting plenty of features without too heavily impacting pocketbooks. Median housing values come in around the high-$500s and renting usually lands near by approximately half that amount as standard - significantly pricier compared to coastal places like Isla Vista or Goleta located far deeper down south. Grocery stores equally hover just below US figures due largely to local taxes & regulations while sales tax amounts out unaltered at 8%.

Our cost of living indices are based on a US average of 100. An amount below 100 means Santa Barbara is cheaper than the US average. A cost of living index above 100 means Santa Barbara, California is more expensive.

Santa Barbara cost of living is 217.9

COST OF LIVINGSanta BarbaraCaliforniaUSA
  217.9149.9100
  113.8105.1100
  113.298.3100
  476.7234.8100
  $1,525,500$733,500$338,100
  90.2102.4100
  97133.1100
  142.5118.7100
100=National Average
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    Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews
    ONCE BEAUTIFUL, NOW RUINED - 10/19/2021
    I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high... Read More

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    Beautiful and friendly - 3/24/2021
    I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The... Read More

    A once great town goes downhill - 3/13/2021
    If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved... Read More


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    93101 93105 93103 93110 93109

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