Garey is a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California located east of U.S. Route 101 about southeast of Santa Maria and north of Sisquoc. The ZIP Code is 93454, and the community is inside area code 805. The population was 72 at the 2020 census.
History Garey was founded in 1889, named after horticulturalist Thomas Garey.David W. Kean, Wide Places in the California Roads: The encyclopedia of California's small towns and the roads that lead to them (Volume 1 of 4: Southern California Counties), p. 68
Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 1.3 square miles (3.3 km), 99.70% of it land, and 0.30% of it water.
Demographics
Garey first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.
Racial and ethnic composition +Garey CDP, California – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2010Pop 2020% 2010% 2020White alone (NH)414560.29%62.50%Black or African American alone (NH)000.00%0.00%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)010.00%1.39%Asian alone (NH)010.00%1.39%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)000.00%0.00%Other race alone (NH)010.00%1.39%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)668.82%8.33%Hispanic or Latino (any race)211830.88%25.00%Total6872 100.00%100.00%
2020 census The 2020 United States census reported that Garey had a population of 72. The population density was . The racial makeup of Garey was 55 (76%) White, 0 (0%) African American, 1 (1%) Native American, 1 (1%) Asian, 0 (0%) Pacific Islander, 5 (7%) from other races, and 10 (14%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18 persons (25%).
The whole population lived in households. There were 27 households, out of which 8 (30%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 14 (52%) were married-couple households, 1 (4%) were cohabiting couple households, 7 (26%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 5 (19%) had a male householder with no partner present. 5 households (19%) were one person, and 1 (4%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.67. There were 19 families (70% of all households).
The age distribution was 13 people (18%) under the age of 18, 9 people (13%) aged 18 to 24, 10 people (14%) aged 25 to 44, 26 people (36%) aged 45 to 64, and 14 people (19%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 48.0years. There were 27 males and 45 females.
There were 33 housing units at an average density of , of which 27 (82%) were occupied. Of these, 17 (63%) were owner-occupied, and 10 (37%) were occupied by renters.
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