Santa Cruz County
Parcel & Property Data
About This Data
LandBrief holds 43,186 parcel records for Santa Cruz County, sourced from county records. Each includes the parcel boundary, and — where the county publishes them — owner, situs address, acreage, assessed values and legal description.
Data from the Santa Cruz County assessor roll dated March 2018, loaded August 2026. See data sources for every county’s vintage.
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Santa Cruz County by the Numbers
- Median parcel size
- 0.62 acres
measured from mapped boundaries - 90th-percentile parcel
- 5 acres
- County land area
- 791,207 acres
U.S. Census measurement - Communities
- 11
20.4% of parcels outside any incorporated place
Who Owns Santa Cruz County?
Share of the county’s 43,186 parcels by the kind of owner on record. Classified from owner names, so the boundaries are approximate; an entity the rules cannot place counts as an individual.
| Owner type | Share of parcels |
|---|---|
| Individuals | 68.1% |
| Companies & organizations | 24.7% |
| Trusts & estates | 5.8% |
| Government | 1.0% |
| Other / unclassified | 0.5% |
The largest owner on record is VATERE LLC with 2,278 parcels — see the full landowner leaderboard.
Parcel Records (~43,186 total)
| Parcel ID | Owner | Address | City | Acreage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107-01-001A | BRICKYARD INVESTMENTS LTD PART LLLP | — | Unincorporated | 18533.00 |
| 108-69-001 | BABACOMARI RANCH COMPANY LLLP | — | Unincorporated | 16039.32 |
| 149-07-001 | STATE OF ARIZONA | — | Unincorporated | 4867.93 |
| 111-46-001 | SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION-U OF A | — | Unincorporated | 4744.00 |
| 109-47-002A | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | — | Unincorporated | 3950.00 |
| 107-23-001A | STATE OF ARIZONA | — | Unincorporated | 3680.57 |
| 107-01-002 | VACA RANCH L L C | — | Unincorporated | 3539.31 |
| 150-01-001 | KINO SPRINGS GOLF COURSE LLC | — | Unincorporated | 3386.68 |
| 108-03-005B | THE DIAMOND C RANCH LLC | — | Unincorporated | 2895.17 |
| 111-01-002 | FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE CO | — | Unincorporated | 2851.03 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many parcels are in Santa Cruz County?
The Santa Cruz County assessor roll on file records 43,186 parcels across 11 communities, with 20.4% lying outside any incorporated place.
Who owns the most land in Santa Cruz County?
VATERE LLC holds 2,278 parcels, the most of any owner on record — the largest-landowners leaderboard ranks the top 25.
What is the typical parcel size in Santa Cruz County?
Measured from mapped boundaries, the median parcel is 0.62 acres, and nine parcels in ten are under 5 acres. Boundary-measured area closely tracks deeded acreage but is not the deed.
How much of Santa Cruz County is government-owned?
Government entities — federal, state, and local — hold 1.0% of the county’s parcels, classified from owner names on the roll.
How current is this data?
It comes from the Santa Cruz County assessor roll dated March 2018. Counties deliver on their own schedules; the methodology page explains how records are processed and the data sources page tracks every county’s vintage.
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43,186 parcels across 11 communities in Santa Cruz County.