California · Census place 0608758

Buellton, California

Buellton is a city in Santa Barbara County, California with an estimated 5,023 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 428th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,023
#428 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-2.7%
-139 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
3,179 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Buellton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Buellton population, 2020 to 2024

Buellton lost 139 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -9. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 318th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Buellton is 14% of it.

5,16220205,12320215,06820225,03220235,0232024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,162. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Buellton covers 1.58 square miles of land, for 3,179 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Buellton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Buellton is in

All of Buellton's residents live in Santa Barbara County, which had 444,500 residents in 2024. Buellton holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Buellton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Buellton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93427. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Buellton is

The Census internal point of Buellton is at 34.615500, -120.194200. Sacramento, the capital, is 283.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Solvang, CA (5,988 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Santa Maria, CA, 26.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.615500, -120.194200
DMS
34°36'55.80"N 120°11'39.12"W
UTM
10N 757262.5E 3833984.9N
Geohash
9q4sbvt3b
Plus code
846XJR84+68

Daylight in Buellton

At 34.62° N, Buellton gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Buellton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Solvang, 3.4 miles away, with 5,988 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Buellton, CA?

5,023 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 139 (2.7%) from 5,162 in July 2020.

What county is Buellton in?

Santa Barbara County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Buellton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 93427.

How far is Buellton from Sacramento?

283.0 miles (455.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Buellton.

What is the nearest larger city to Buellton?

Solvang, CA, with 5,988 residents, 3.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.