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Santa Maria, CA
California · Santa Barbara County · Santa Maria-Santa Barbara Metro
Santa Maria is a large city in California with a population of 109,880. Residents earn $84,617 per year, which is 13% above the national average.
2.7
/5.0
C+
Fair
109,880
Population
4,817/sq mi density
$84,617
Median Income
$26,772 per capita
$478,200
Home Value
$646,468 Zillow
$1,842
Median Rent
33.6% income on rent
58°F
Avg Temperature
326 sunny days/yr
427
Violent Crime/100K
2,960 property/100K
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Overall
2.7 / 5.0
Fair overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
4.0 / 5.0
$84,617 median income, 4.7% unemployment
B
Affordability
3.5 / 5.0
$478,200 home value, $1,842/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
427 violent crimes/100K (12% above avg)
C
Education
2.2 / 5.0
15.1% bachelor's degree or higher
Explore Near Santa Maria
UFO Sightings
22
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
5
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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UFO Sightings Near Santa Maria, CA
22 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Santa Maria, CA.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Santa maria, CA | 2013 | Red/orange object moves across night sky |
| Santa maria, CA | 2012 | Weird orange glowing ball of light moving slowly across the sky and gradually diminishes. |
| Santa maria, CA | 2011 | Santa Maria: 2/16/2011: 7:01 PM: clearly saw stationary light orange circle to the south-east high in the sky |
| Santa maria, CA | 2010 | UFO sighting Santa Maria, CA |
| Santa maria, CA | 2008 | 3 objects flying over Santa Maria, Ca |
| Santa maria, CA | 2008 | An od shaped object with lights along the bottom outline, that glided at high speed, yet disappeaered instantlly, |
| Santa maria, CA | 2008 | OBSERVED A SLOW MOVING OBJECT OVER SANTA MARIA, CA. THEN IT SUDDENLY VANISHED. ((Satellite??)) |
| Santa maria, CA | 2007 | Red vertical glowing light in the sky. |
| Santa maria, CA | 2007 | It was oval and grey white with no lights traveling really fast and really low with no sound. |
| Santa maria, CA | 2006 | Large rectangular object with red blinking lights that formed an arch, irratic movements, low flying, suddenly disappeared. |
| Santa maria, CA | 2006 | 3 large orange teardrop shaped lights over Samta Maria |
| Santa maria, CA | 2005 | Three objects flew from one cloud to the other leaving a "c"ish opening where the cloud appeared to have been disturbed. |
| Santa maria, CA | 2005 | Dark oval like shape moving both fast and slow at night. |
| Santa maria, CA | 2005 | Experienced observer witnesses a strange, amorphous, unlighted object streak across the sky, stop, and then simply disappear. |
| Santa maria, CA | 2004 | 20:30 06/22/04To bright objects just above and north of the moon that disappered within about five mintues of each other. |
| Santa maria, CA | 2003 | Triangular shaped object, motionlessly hovering in sky over ocean, with blue neon rings on either end and spotlight in center. |
| Santa maria, CA | 2003 | the bright white star like object speed in an arch from east to west into the horizon in the black of night. |
| Santa maria, CA | 2003 | Triangle Object over Pismo Beach, California |
| Santa maria, CA | 2003 | six red lights moving away from each other |
| Santa maria, CA | 1999 | A 'Star' chases a UFO. |
| Santa maria, CA | 1990 | It was just siting there when i turned bak after 5 seconds it was gone |
| Betteravia, CA | 1966 | Playing kickball, I was on home base and looked up to see a UFO that looked like a fireball in the shape of a cigar directly over me. |