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Orcutt, California.

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

Living in Orcutt, Santa Barbara County, California

Orcutt, in Santa Barbara County, had 32,034 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $111,416 a year and half less, against $98,161 across Santa Barbara County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 77% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 23% are rented. Unemployment in Santa Barbara County was 4.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then construction.

People 32,034 in the 2020 census; median age 39.9
Household income $111,416 the median, give or take $8,890 · Santa Barbara County: $98,161
Unemployment 4.6% Santa Barbara County, August 2026; 4.8% a year before
Homes 77% lived in by their owners; 23% rented
  • 11,128households
  • 33%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line
  • 22 mintypical commute
  • 9%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Building trades11%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Government8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Santa Barbara County had 214,947 jobs in 2025, 0.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 64° and 40°; warmest in September, 75° and 54° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J F M A M J J A S 75° 54° O N D 64° 40°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 64° and 40°; warmest in September, 75° and 54° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J F M A M J J A S 75° 54° O N D 64° 40°

Coldest in December, with highs near 64° and lows near 40°; warmest in September, with highs near 75° and lows near 54°. About 13 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Santa Maria Public Airport weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Orcutt

  1. Providence FarmsAgriculture production or harvesting crews513
  2. Orcutt Union Elementary SchoolsSchool district450FTE
  3. AlbertsonsSupermarkets and other grocery stores128
  4. Bella Terra AGFarm labor contractors95
  5. Cosco Diversified FinishesDrywall contractors69
  6. Spencer's Fresh MarketsGrocery stores53
  7. J.R. Barto Heating / Air-Conditioning / Sheet MetalBoiler chipping, cleaning and scaling46
  8. Maripa FarmsBlackberry farming43

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 997 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  2. Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of OrcuttRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Orcutt’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Barbara County.