Editing Montecito, California (section)

===2010===
[[File:El_Fureidis.jpg|thumb|right|[[El Fureidis]], designed in 1906 by architect [[Bertram Goodhue]]]]
[[File:The Santa Barbara Biltmore is a luxury hotel located in Montecito, California LCCN2013632522.tif|thumb|right|The [[Santa Barbara Biltmore]] is located in Montecito.]]
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0648844|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715031746/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0648844|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Montecito CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Montecito had a population of 8,965. The population density was {{convert|967.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Montecito was 8,267 (92.2%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 218 (2.4%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 55 (0.6%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 38 (0.4%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 6 (0.1%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 156 (1.7%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 225 (2.5%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 605 persons (6.7%).

The Census reported that 8,033 people (89.6% of the population) lived in households, 932 (10.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and none were institutionalized.

Of the 3,432 households, 831 (24.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them; 1,936 (56.4%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 234 (6.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 93 (2.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 110 (3.2%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 36 (1.0%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 941 households (27.4%) were made up of individuals, and 527 (15.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34. There were 2,263 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (65.9% of all households); the average family size was 2.79.

The age spread of the population accounts 1,515 people (16.9%) under the age of 18, 1,234 people (13.8%) aged 18 to 24, 1,169 people (13.0%) aged 25 to 44, 2,716 people (30.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,331 people (26.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.9 males.

4,238 housing units represented an average density of {{convert|457.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 2,522 (73.5%) were owner-occupied, and 910 (26.5%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.7%. 6,081 people (67.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,952 people (21.8%) lived in rental housing units.