Santa Monica is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Santa Monica, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does Santa Monica have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
Santa Monica in 100 households: 28 owners (CA: 56)
People 65 and older make up 20 in 100 residents (CA: 16). About 90,082 people live in Santa Monica (2025 Census estimate). Across CA, 17 in 100 workers work from home; in the town, 38. The town’s head count changed +4% between the 2010 and 2020 censuses.
Median age 42.7 (CA 37.9).
About 88 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.3 points). Median age: women 43.5, men 42.2.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 6.5% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 25 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Santa Monica says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Neighbors next door
None of the 1 bordering towns has a member yet either. Invite a friend next door.
Start the first group in Santa Monica
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Santa Monica’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Santa Monica or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Santa Monica in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.