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106
MyMarketPulse Score
105 Price
106 Volume
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261,547
Population
1% YoY
202338.3
Median Age
0.5% YoY
2022$104,409
Median Household Income
8.7% YoY
2022140,449
Labor Force
0.6% MoM
3.9% YoY
7/2025131,874
Employed
0.5% MoM
3.5% YoY
7/20256.1%
Unemployment Rate
1.7% MoM
5.2% YoY
7/2025$1,350,000
Median Sale Price
3.3% MoM
3.9% YoY
8/2025129
Homes Sold
6.5% MoM
5.1% YoY
8/20252.7
Months Inventory
49.8% MoM
4.9% YoY
8/202554
Days on Market
32 MoM
14 YoY
8/2025347
Listings
13.7% MoM
12.2% YoY
8/2025740
Price per Sq Ft
9.6% MoM
6.5% YoY
8/2025
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Cities included in Santa Cruz County: Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Live Oak, Scotts Valley, Soquel, Capitola, Rio del Mar, Interlaken, Ben Lomond, Aptos, Pleasure Point, Twin Lakes, Boulder Creek, Felton, Seacliff, Freedom, Day Valley, Amesti, Bonny Doon, La Selva Beach, Corralitos, Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, Mount Hermon, Brookdale, Pasatiempo, Lompico, Davenport, Paradise Park, Zayante, Pajaro Dunes
1. Population Data from U.S. Census Bureau.
2. Employment Data from Bureau of Labor and Statistics
3. Sales Data provided by Redfin, a national real estate brokerage.
MoM = Month over Month. The percentage change from the previous month to the current month.
YoY = Year over Year. The percentage change from the same period the previous year to the current period.