CorralitosCA
A town of 1,884, settled in 1861.
Is Corralitos a good place to live?
The best of Corralitos’ subject grades is an A− for incomes; the weakest is a D− for cost of living. Corralitos’ median household income is $171,000, against $95,000 in California’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Only 66 of California’s 1,058 towns score lower on cost of living. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. The biggest park or preserve is Bert Scott Estate Park, at 33 acres. Corralitos has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Corralitos stand out
Where Corralitos beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
98% of working residents leave Corralitos for work
Where Corralitos’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Corralitos grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Corralitos is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Levi's Stadium and 72 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Corralitos. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaLevi's Stadium
Big draw29 mi Theme parkCalifornia's Great America
24 mi Stadium & arenaSAP Center
27 mi Zoo & aquariumMonterey Bay Aquarium
29 mi MuseumMonterey Museum of Art
13 mi Theme parkSanta Cruz Beach BoardwalkPhoto credits
Levi's Stadium: Matthew Roth, CC BY-SA 2.0 · California's Great America: Oleg Alexandrov, CC BY-SA 4.0 · SAP Center: Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Monterey Bay Aquarium: Meij.kobayashi, Public domain · Monterey Museum of Art: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk: Josta Photo, CC BY 2.0
Moving to Corralitos: who provides what
Corralitos is unincorporated, so Santa Cruz County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Corralitos.
Very high risk in Corralitos, with earthquakes at the top
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Corralitos’ schools rank behind 67% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Pajaro Valley Unified school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 520 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Older than California overall
People 65 and older are 32% of residents (16% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 10% of residents (24% statewide). At 56 years, Corralitos’ median age is where California’s towns sit at 39 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. 41% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Corralitos.
| Corralitos | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 years | 39 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 38% and 60% women
The Census survey reached too few of Corralitos’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±11.1 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Corralitos | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 3.5% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.4% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.6% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.2% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 4.1% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.9% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 31.8% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 19% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.6% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.3% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 5% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 41.8% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.2% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.4% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.3% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
Corralitos is healthier than 76% of U.S. towns
Corralitos beats the California average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 26% of Corralitos adults have obesity.
| Corralitos | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 29% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 72% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Corralitos | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.6% | 17.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.8% | 14.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Corralitos has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Corralitos for work: only 2% work in town. Corralitos’ average trip to work is 21 minutes. The top destinations are Watsonville (12%), Santa Cruz (9%) and San Jose (6%).
| Corralitos | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.4% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Corralitos has mild winters and pleasant summers
Corralitos has mild winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Corralitos is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Corralitos | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.2% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bert Scott Estate Park | — | 33 |
| 2. Aldridge Lane Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Corralitos sells for about $1.25M at the median
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Corralitos
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Corralitos
About 3 of every 100 Corralitos residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Corralitos
Census-designated place in California, United States
Corralitos (Spanish for "Small pens") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. It is a rural area known for its agriculture of apples and strawberries, and its notable Corralitos Market and Sausage Co. Moreover, its location near the Pacific Ocean optimizes viticulture. The population was 2,342 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 9.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 269 ft
Corralitos’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Corralitos.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corralitos | — | — | D− | — | C | A− |
| Day Valley | #340 | C | C− | — | C | A |
| Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley | — | — | D− | — | C | A− |
| Watsonville | #720 | D− | D | C | C | C |
| Amesti | #654 | D | D | — | C | C+ |
| Interlaken | #625 | D | D | — | C | B− |
Corralitos and Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Corralitos, Day Valley, Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, Amesti and Interlaken report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Corralitos with a neighbor →
Questions about Corralitos
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Corralitos, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $2,000,000, 163% above the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.