Santa Margarita is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 1,291 people and two associated neighborhoods, Santa Margarita is the 724th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Santa Margarita are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

A relatively large number of people in Santa Margarita telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 27.52% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Santa Margarita has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Santa Margarita a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One of the benefits of Santa Margarita is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.15 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

As is often the case in a small town, Santa Margarita doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Santa Margarita, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Santa Margarita is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 55.70% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Santa Margarita in 2022 was $71,448, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $285,792 for a family of four. However, Santa Margarita contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Santa Margarita is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Santa Margarita home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Santa Margarita residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Santa Margarita include Portuguese, German, Irish, Dutch, and Czech.

The most common language spoken in Santa Margarita is English. Other important languages spoken here include Pacific Island languages and German/Yiddish.