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San Juan Bautista’s best subject grades are an A− for health, history, and the outdoors; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. San Juan Bautista’s typical journey to work is 36 minutes, above both California’s towns (28 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). On history, just 26 of California’s 1,063 towns do better. San Juan Bautista has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where San Juan Bautista beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
San Juan Bautista Plaza Historic District| Widest gap | San Juan Bautista | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.5% | 10.6% |
Census counts: 484 in 1880, a low of 326 in 1910, 2,089 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 1830 and 6 maps from 1917 on.
7 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far San Juan Bautista is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in San Juan Bautista, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in San Juan Bautista.
For San Juan Bautista, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 97 of 100. Expected losses in San Juan Bautista break down as 57% from earthquakes and 27% from inland flooding. Federal disaster aid has reached households in San Juan Bautista after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2023.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Aromas - San Juan Unified school district. San Juan Bautista’s only public school teaches 298 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| San JuanLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 298 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
For adults in San Juan Bautista, the share who smoke cigarettes is 9.2%. Among adults here, 71% had a checkup this year.
| San Juan Bautista | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 72% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 11% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | San Juan Bautista | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.5% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.9% | 17.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In San Juan Bautista, 7.1% of residents live below the poverty line. Just 3% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. For San Juan Bautista, the median household income is $116,000. The town had 392 jobs in 2023, up 143 from 2013.
| San Juan Bautista | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $116,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (24% statewide). 25% of residents are under 18 in San Juan Bautista. The town’s midpoint age is 41 years.
| San Juan Bautista | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Median age | 41 years | 39 years | 40.5 years |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.6 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women.
| San Juan Bautista | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 17.9% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.3% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.8% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.2% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.5% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.4% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.1% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.8% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.9% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 17.8% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 24% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.7% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.7% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.8% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
The median rent for San Juan Bautista comes to $1,889 a month. The share of households in San Juan Bautista who own their home: 66%.
| San Juan Bautista | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,889 a month | $1,896 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 66% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Walkers can cover 1.2 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. San Juan Bautista’s trail network density comes in at 1.5 miles per square mile.
| San Juan Bautista | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.5 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.3% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. San Juan Bautista State Historic Park | 0.2 mi | 11 |
| 2. Mayor Jim West Memorial Park | — | 3 |
| 3. Abbe Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around San Juan Bautista. Close and well known come first.
in town MuseumMission San Juan Bautista
26 mi Zoo & aquariumMonterey Bay Aquarium
26 mi MuseumMonterey Museum of Art
26 mi National ParkPinnacles National Park343K visitors a year
39 mi Stadium & arenaSAP Center17 mi Canyon & gorgeMonterey CanyonMission San Juan Bautista: MARELBU, CC BY 3.0 · Monterey Bay Aquarium: Meij.kobayashi, Public domain · Monterey Museum of Art: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pinnacles National Park: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0 · SAP Center: Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of San Juan Bautista
About 4 of every 100 San Juan Bautista residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
1,862 counted in 2010 and 2,089 in 2020; an estimated 2,122 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
7 places in San Juan Bautista on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in San Juan Bautista.
City in California, United States
San Juan Bautista (Spanish for "Saint John the Baptist") is a city in San Benito County, California, United States. The population was 2,089 as of the 2020 census. San Juan Bautista was founded in 1797 by the Spanish under Fermín de Lasuén, with the establishment of Mission San Juan Bautista. Following the Mexican secularization of 1833, the town was briefly known as San Juan de Castro and eventually incorporated in 1896. Today, San Juan is a tourist destination, as the home of the San Juan Bautista State Historic Park and other historic sites, as well as cultural institutions like El Teatro Campesino.
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That is 5.5 years of the area's median household income ($162,111 across the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
4 notable people were born here, including Steve Horn and Ed Walker.
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