Santa Margarita is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 1,291 people and two associated neighborhoods, Santa Margarita is the 724th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Santa Margarita are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Of important note, Santa Margarita is also a town of artists. Santa Margarita has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Santa Margarita’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 34.26% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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!) Santa Margarita 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. Santa Margarita has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Santa Margarita than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Santa Margarita may be for you.

Santa Margarita is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Santa Margarita. 50.16% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in Santa Margarita in 2022 was $69,560, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $278,240 for a family of four. However, Santa Margarita contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Santa Margarita is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Santa Margarita home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Santa Margarita residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Santa Margarita include Portuguese, Irish, German, Czech, and French.

The most common language spoken in Santa Margarita is English. Other important languages spoken here include Pacific Island languages and German/Yiddish.