Housing mix
Santa Maria, CA housing supply, ownership, and rent
What the latest ACS housing mix can and cannot tell buyers and renters comparing options in Santa Maria, CA.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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The local figures answer the first question: Santa Maria, CA's current ACS housing baseline includes 30,482 total housing units, 29,505 occupied units, and 977 vacant units. For the decision at hand, those counts can help a borrower establish the scale of the measured housing base before comparing tenure, rent, current listings, property condition, and financing. The figures describe stock across the survey period; they do not say that 977 homes were listed for sale or available to rent at one moment. In practical terms, reading 30,482 total units with 29,505 occupied and 977 vacant units keeps the release internally grounded while leaving live availability to current listing and property evidence.
Vacant units in Santa Maria, CA decreased from 1,198 in the prior ACS period to 977 in the current release, a reported movement of 18.4%. In the current housing stock, 977 units equal 3.2% of the 30,482 total.