Another notable thing is that The Sea Ranch is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
Because of many things, The Sea Ranch is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making The Sea Ranch a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, The Sea Ranch has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, The Sea Ranch’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) The Sea Ranch has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. The Sea Ranch has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in The Sea Ranch than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, The Sea Ranch may be for you.
The Sea Ranch is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
One downside of living in The Sea Ranch is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In The Sea Ranch, the average commute to work is 30.69 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, The Sea Ranch does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to The Sea Ranch, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. The Sea Ranch is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 68.07% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in The Sea Ranch in 2022 was $61,159, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $244,636 for a family of four. However, The Sea Ranch contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The Sea Ranch is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call The Sea Ranch home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of The Sea Ranch residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. The Sea Ranch also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.56% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in The Sea Ranch include English, German, Irish, Italian, and European.
Foreign born people are also an important part of The Sea Ranch's cultural character, accounting for 16.30% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in The Sea Ranch is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
