LandBrief

Santa Barbara County

Parcel & Property Data

127,241Total Parcels
—Avg. Market Value
1,666,009Total Acres

About This Data

LandBrief holds 127,241 parcel records for Santa Barbara 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 Barbara County assessor roll dated April 2018, loaded August 2026. See data sources for every county’s vintage.

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Santa Barbara County by the Numbers

Median parcel size
0.17 acres
measured from mapped boundaries
90th-percentile parcel
1.7 acres
County land area
1,749,722 acres
U.S. Census measurement
Communities
30
5.2% of parcels outside any incorporated place

Who Owns Santa Barbara County?

Share of the county’s 127,241 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 typeShare of parcels
Individuals53.9%
Companies & organizations7.8%
Trusts & estates35.3%
Government2.6%
Other / unclassified0.4%

The largest owner on record is USA with 1,351 parcels — see the full landowner leaderboard.

Parcel Records (~127,241 total)

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Parcel IDOwnerAddressCityAcreage
199020050USA—Unincorporated27856.00
199040064NATURE CONSERVANCY THE—Unincorporated25660.00
199030045USA—Unincorporated24937.00
095030006USA—Vandenberg AFB18168.90
199050049NATURE CONSERVANCY THESANTA CRUZ ISLANDUnincorporated16640.00
145140022RIDGERISE INC—Unincorporated10036.00
095020010USA—Unincorporated10013.00
199040063NATURE CONSERVANCY THE—Unincorporated9438.00
199010001USA—Unincorporated9324.80
095040002USA—Unincorporated8254.65
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many parcels are in Santa Barbara County?

The Santa Barbara County assessor roll on file records 127,241 parcels across 30 communities, with 5.2% lying outside any incorporated place.

Who owns the most land in Santa Barbara County?

USA holds 1,351 parcels, the most of any owner on record — the largest-landowners leaderboard ranks the top 25.

What is the typical parcel size in Santa Barbara County?

Measured from mapped boundaries, the median parcel is 0.17 acres, and nine parcels in ten are under 1.7 acres. Boundary-measured area closely tracks deeded acreage but is not the deed.

How much of Santa Barbara County is government-owned?

Government entities — federal, state, and local — hold 2.6% of the county’s parcels, classified from owner names on the roll.

How current is this data?

It comes from the Santa Barbara County assessor roll dated April 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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127,241 parcels across 30 communities in Santa Barbara County.