- Effective property tax rate
- 0.62%
- Median annual property tax bill
- $6,305
- Median home value
- $1,015,200
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019-2023), pulled 2026-09-15.
Cities in Santa Cruz County (28)
- Amesti
- Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
- Aptos
- Ben Lomond
- Bonny Doon
- Boulder Creek
- Brookdale
- Capitola
- Corralitos
- Davenport
- Day Valley
- Felton
- Freedom
- Interlaken
- La Selva Beach
- Live Oak
- Lompico
- Pajaro Dunes
- Pasatiempo
- Pleasure Point
- Rio del Mar
- Santa Cruz
- Scotts Valley
- Seacliff
- Soquel
- Twin Lakes CDP (Santa Cruz County)
- Watsonville
- Zayante
Other communities in Santa Cruz County (54)
These are named communities within Santa Cruz 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.
- Allegro Heights
- Alma (historical)
- Aptos Hills
- Bethany Park
- Beulah Park
- Bracken Brae
- Brackney
- Camp Evers
- Chittenden
- Clems (historical)
- Colache Town
- Davenport Landing
- Ellicott
- Farley (historical)
- Fontenay Villa
- Forest Park
- Forest Springs
- Glen Arbor
- Glenwood
- Gordola
- Highland (historical)
- Johnston Corner
- Larkin Valley
- Laurel
- Leonard (historical)
- Magnetic Spring (historical)
- Majors
- Mission Springs
- Monte Toyon
- Mount Hermon
- New Brighton (historical)
- Nuga (historical)
- Olive Springs (historical)
- Olympia
- Opal Cliffs
- Paradise Park
- Petroleum (historical)
- Port Watsonvile
- Port Watsonville (historical)
- Pueblo de Figueroa (historical)
- Rapetti (historical)
- Redwood Grove
- Redwood Lodge
- Rices Junction
- Rincon
- Riverside Grove
- Rob Roy Junction
- San Lorenzo Park
- Seabright
- Shangri La Estates
- Swanton
- The Willows
- Twin Lakes
- Wildwood