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Amesti, California.

A community in Santa Cruz County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Santa Cruz County’s.

Living in Amesti, Santa Cruz County, California

Amesti, in Santa Cruz County, had 2,637 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $108,833 a year and half less, against $111,093 across Santa Cruz County; 13% of its people live below the poverty line. 81% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. Unemployment in Santa Cruz County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,637 in the 2020 census
Household income $108,833 the median, give or take $24,953 · Santa Cruz County: $111,093
Unemployment 5.3% Santa Cruz County, August 2026; 5.6% a year before
Homes 81% lived in by their owners; 19% rented
  • 848households
  • 20%of adults have a degree
  • 13%below the poverty line
  • 39 mintypical commute
  • 13%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Santa Cruz County had 104,438 jobs in 2025, 0.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 61° and 39°; warmest in September, 75° and 52° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J F M A M J J A S 75° 52° O N D 61° 39°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 61° and 39°; warmest in September, 75° and 52° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J F M A M J J A S 75° 52° O N D 61° 39°

Coldest in December, with highs near 61° and lows near 39°; warmest in September, with highs near 75° and lows near 52°. About 22 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Watsonville Municipal Airport weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Santa Cruz County

  1. Granite ConstructionCorporate offices4,846
  2. University of California-Santa CruzUniversity or college4,465
  3. Pajaro Valley UnifiedSchool district1,927FTE
  4. Reiter Berry FarmsBerry farming1,600
  5. City of Santa Cruz CITY OF SANTA CRUZCity of santa cruz1,524
  6. Dominican HospitalGeneral hospital1,136FTE
  7. County of Santa CruzAdministration of public health programs789
  8. Cabrillo CollegeTwo-year college780

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 196 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 39,903 people in all across the county; Amesti has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. DroughtRelatively high
  2. EarthquakesRelatively high
  3. WildfireRelatively moderate
  4. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Amesti’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Santa Cruz County.