How the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202623 of 23 ZIP codes scored · 0.44M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 23 of 23- 84393108in Santa Barbara · 11,526 residents68.65
- 1,51293105in Santa Barbara · 24,437 residents66.33
- 2,39793437in Lompoc · 3,477 residents64.10
- 2,40193111in Santa Barbara · 18,274 residents64.10
- 2,52693110in Santa Barbara · 15,436 residents63.86
- 2,84093067in Summerland · 1,101 residents63.24
- 3,05193109in Santa Barbara · 10,915 residents62.86
- 3,30193427in Buellton · 5,737 residents62.39
- 3,30593441in Los Olivos · 1,134 residents62.39
- 3,38493013in Carpinteria · 16,317 residents62.23
- 3,43793463in Solvang · 8,130 residents62.13
- 4,06293103in Santa Barbara · 19,382 residents61.10
- 4,07893440in Los Alamos · 1,185 residents61.08
- 4,58093460in Santa Ynez · 6,039 residents60.36
- 5,10793455in Santa Maria · 44,611 residents59.67
- 8,40693117in Goleta · 52,934 residents55.88
- 10,02893101in Santa Barbara · 31,554 residents54.53
- 11,61693254in New Cuyama · 707 residents53.31
- 13,86993436in Lompoc · 55,820 residents51.67
- 15,45893454in Santa Maria · 41,896 residents50.58
- 24,23293458in Santa Maria · 59,148 residents43.16
- 24,71693429in Casmalia · 99 residents42.62
- 26,02793434in Guadalupe · 8,603 residents41.00
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 23 of 23- 26,02793434in Guadalupe · 8,603 residents41.00
- 24,71693429in Casmalia · 99 residents42.62
- 24,23293458in Santa Maria · 59,148 residents43.16
- 15,45893454in Santa Maria · 41,896 residents50.58
- 13,86993436in Lompoc · 55,820 residents51.67
- 11,61693254in New Cuyama · 707 residents53.31
- 10,02893101in Santa Barbara · 31,554 residents54.53
- 8,40693117in Goleta · 52,934 residents55.88
- 5,10793455in Santa Maria · 44,611 residents59.67
- 4,58093460in Santa Ynez · 6,039 residents60.36
- 4,07893440in Los Alamos · 1,185 residents61.08
- 4,06293103in Santa Barbara · 19,382 residents61.10
- 3,43793463in Solvang · 8,130 residents62.13
- 3,38493013in Carpinteria · 16,317 residents62.23
- 3,30593441in Los Olivos · 1,134 residents62.39
- 3,30193427in Buellton · 5,737 residents62.39
- 3,05193109in Santa Barbara · 10,915 residents62.86
- 2,84093067in Summerland · 1,101 residents63.24
- 2,52693110in Santa Barbara · 15,436 residents63.86
- 2,40193111in Santa Barbara · 18,274 residents64.10
- 2,39793437in Lompoc · 3,477 residents64.10
- 1,51293105in Santa Barbara · 24,437 residents66.33
- 84393108in Santa Barbara · 11,526 residents68.65
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.
The highest-standing fifth
5 of 23 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
4 ZIP codes tie at this end: 93105 Santa Barbara93111 Santa Barbara93436 Lompoc93454 Santa Maria
Standing highest: 93103 Santa Barbara93117 Goleta93437 Lompoc
Standing highest: 93105 Santa Barbara93108 Santa Barbara93111 Santa Barbara
Standing highest: 93109 Santa Barbara93254 New Cuyama93437 Lompoc
Standing highest: 93105 Santa Barbara93108 Santa Barbara93110 Santa Barbara
Standing highest: 93105 Santa Barbara93108 Santa Barbara93463 Solvang
Each fifth is about 5 of this metro’s 23 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 438,462 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.
The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.
Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.
Why this matters
The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.
A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.