Rich Block, Poor Block: How Do Neighborhoods In Santa Cruz Compare?

Drive through Santa Cruz and you might notice that some neighborhoods are more affluent than others. But just how wide is the disparity between different parts of town?

A new data-based website, Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks provides some answers to that question. The site uses U.S. census information compiled from the 2007-2011 American Community Survey to show median household income and monthly rents by census tract.

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Surprisingly, the highest neighborhoods in Santa Cruz are the blocks below DeLaveaga Golf Course, known as the "Banana Belt." They have annual incomes of $118,000.

On the upper Westside, the household incomes range from $74,000 to $88,000 annually.

In the census tract covering part of downtown and Beach Flats, households make $33,000 annually.

The neighborhoods between West Cliff Drive and Mission Street report annual incomes of $74,000 to $81,000.

Homes in the Seabright neighborhood report annual median incomes of $54,000 to $59,000.

The range for median household income in California is $28,000 to $125,000 a year. The statewide middle-class income range is $53,264 to $68,300.

To see the data mapped out census tract by census tract, visit the Rich Block, Poor Blocks website.