- Effective property tax rate
- 0.66%
- Median annual property tax bill
- $4,870
- Median home value
- $735,700
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019-2023), pulled 2026-09-15.
Cities in Santa Barbara County (23)
- Ballard
- Buellton
- Carpinteria
- Eastern Goleta Valley
- Goleta
- Guadalupe
- Lompoc
- Los Alamos
- Los Olivos
- Mission Canyon
- Mission Hills
- Montecito
- New Cuyama
- Orcutt
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Maria
- Santa Ynez
- Sisquoc
- Solvang
- Summerland
- Toro Canyon
- University of California-Santa Barbara
- Vandenberg Village
Other communities in Santa Barbara County (78)
These are named communities within Santa Barbara County recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names database - unincorporated places, small settlements, and localities without their own city government. The Census Bureau doesn't publish separate property tax figures for places this small, so they're not forgotten, there's just no dedicated data source yet. The county-wide figures above are the closest available estimate for these communities.
- Acorn (historical)
- Ahwin (historical)
- Antonio
- Arguello
- Arlight
- Baroda
- Barsug
- Betteravia
- Betteravia Junction
- Bicknell
- Bragur
- Cachuma Village
- Capitan
- Carr
- Casmalia
- Cimarron Estates
- Concepcion
- Coromar
- Cuyama
- Devon
- Drake
- El Encano Heights
- El Sueno
- Ellwood
- Ellwood Estates
- Foothill Estates
- Franciscan Village
- Garey
- Gato
- Gaviota
- Gum
- Honda
- Hope Ranch
- Iremel
- Irma
- Isla Vista
- Jalama
- Jalama (historical)
- Jonata Park
- Junction Camp
- Kunuqug (historical)
- La Patera
- La Salle
- Las Cruces
- Lompoc Village
- Mesa Oaks
- Midco
- Mishopshnow (historical)
- Mission
- Mission La Purisima (historical)
- Naples
- Narlon
- North Santa Maria
- Old Town
- Orchams
- Orella (historical)
- Ortega
- Pacer
- Palmer (historical)
- Point Sal Landing (historical)
- Port Orford
- Rex
- Roadamite (historical)
- Rosemary
- Sacate
- San Augustine
- Sandyland
- Sandyland Cove
- Serena
- Serena Park
- Shepards
- Shisholop (historical)
- Shuman
- Surf
- Tajiguas
- Tangair
- Ventucopa
- Waldorf