Which ZIP code in Santa Barbara County has the lowest median age?

93106 (Santa Barbara), at 20.7 (±0.9), among 22 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

Youngest ZIP codes in Santa Barbara County, CA

These are the 22 ZIP codes in Santa Barbara County with the lowest median age, out of 22 with at least 1,000 residents. 93106 (Santa Barbara, 20.7), 93117 (Goleta, 23.5) and 93437 (Lompoc, 25.1) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Santa Barbara County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Youngest ZIP codes in Santa Barbara County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	93106	Santa Barbara	20.7 ±0.9	5,418	66	—
2	93117	Goleta	23.5 ±0.7	52,934	17,272	17,475
3	93437	Lompoc	25.1 ±1.5	3,477	1,138	989
4	93458	Santa Maria	27.2 ±1.3	59,148	14,085	14,553
5	93434	Guadalupe	28.3 ±2.0	8,603	2,111	2,469
6	93454	Santa Maria	30.9 ±1.2	41,896	12,050	13,128
7	93101	Santa Barbara	33.1 ±1.4	31,554	12,723	13,109
8	93436	Lompoc	36.5 ±1.4	55,820	18,468	19,007
9	93455	Santa Maria	38.6 ±1.6	44,611	15,476	17,090
10	93427	Buellton	40.4 ±3.4	5,737	2,178	2,154
11	93103	Santa Barbara	41.7 ±3.2	19,382	7,567	7,582
12	93460	Santa Ynez	42.1 ±7.5	6,039	2,208	2,103
13	93109	Santa Barbara	42.4 ±5.7	10,915	4,576	4,662
14	93111	Santa Barbara	43.1 ±2.7	18,274	6,493	6,776
15	93013	Carpinteria	45.4 ±3.9	16,317	6,447	6,764
16	93110	Santa Barbara	47.4 ±1.9	15,436	6,314	6,563
17	93105	Santa Barbara	48.2 ±2.3	24,437	10,490	11,307
18	93067	Summerland	51.4 ±21.4	1,101	506	—
19	93463	Solvang	53.7 ±3.6	8,130	3,535	3,479
20	93108	Santa Barbara	54.5 ±4.1	11,526	4,618	4,908
21	93440	Los Alamos	58.1 ±15.1	1,185	542	—
22	93441	Los Olivos	58.9 ±11.2	1,134	499	—

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 22 of 24 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Younger ZIP codes skew toward renters, students and young families: fitness, quick-service food, apartments, entertainment and first-time-buyer offers.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 34,672 households. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Santa Barbara County has the lowest median age?: 93106 (Santa Barbara), at 20.7 (±0.9), among 22 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024).
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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