Cost of living in Santa Cruz County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $4,254 a month.
That HUD number covers Santa Cruz County, California, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $3,230
- 1 bed
- $3,390
- 2 bed
- $4,254
- 3 bed
- $5,531
- 4 bed
- $5,748
This county is in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 109.9 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Santa Cruz · 61,607 people
- Watsonville · 51,712 people
- Live Oak · 16,911 people
- Scotts Valley · 12,044 people
- Soquel · 10,679 people
- Capitola · 9,689 people
- Rio del Mar · 9,201 people
- Interlaken · 8,068 people
- Ben Lomond · 6,858 people
- Aptos · 6,404 people
- Twin Lakes · 5,073 people
- Boulder Creek · 4,632 people
- Felton · 4,093 people
- Day Valley · 3,579 people
- Seacliff · 3,299 people
- Freedom · 3,172 people
- Bonny Doon · 3,149 people
- Amesti · 2,818 people
- La Selva Beach · 2,302 people
- Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley · 2,127 people
- Corralitos · 1,884 people
- Brookdale · 1,378 people