Sisquoc (Chumashan languages, Chumash for "quail") is a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California located east of U.S. Route 101 about southeast of Santa Maria, California, Santa Maria and south of Garey, California, Garey. The ZIP Code is 93454, and the community is inside area code 805. Sisquoc has a fire station, a church, a Preschool-8 school and a store. It has a micro-climate with mild weather year-round. The population was 191 at the 2020 census. The town is at the intersection of Palmer Road and Foxen Canyon Road, at the southwestern edge of the floodplain of the Sisquoc River. The predominant land use on the plain is agriculture, while the hills to the south and west contain the Cat Canyon Oil Field, with Greka Energy and ERG Resources, LLC being the largest operators. Sisquoc is an agricultural area. It is well known for vineyards and strawberry fields. The terrain is hilly, and there are mountains in the distance. Wildlife near Sisquoc includes bobcats, coyotes, mountain lions, rabbits, and gophers. There is one closed store in town called the Sisquoc store, and a fire station. There is one school in town called Benjamin Foxen, home of the Bobcats. Benjamin Foxen is the only remaining school of 5 in the Blochman School District. The Blochman School PTA (Parent Teacher Association) was established in 1960. The school has a library in need of more books. Students and teachers at Blochman run a school garden, and fresh produce from the garden is served in the cafeteria.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 2.2 square miles (5.8 km), 99.82% of it land, and 0.18% of it water.

Demographics

Sisquoc first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. Census. The 2020 United States census reported that Sisquoc had a population of 191. The population density was . The racial makeup of Sisquoc was 133 (69.6%) White Americans, White, 0 (0.0%) African Americans, African American, 6 (3.1%) Native Americans in the United States, Native American, 3 (1.6%) Asian Americans, Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander Americans, Pacific Islander, 16 (8.4%) from Race (United States Census), other races, and 33 (17.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic and Latino Americans, Hispanic or Latino of any race were 57 persons (29.8%). The whole population lived in households. There were 72 households, out of which 29 (40.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 36 (50.0%) were married-couple households, 13 (18.1%) were cohabitation, cohabiting couple households, 15 (20.8%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 8 (11.1%) had a male householder with no partner present. 14 households (19.4%) were one person, and 3 (4.2%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.65. There were 52 family (U.S. Census), families (72.2% of all households). The age distribution was 48 people (25.1%) under the age of 18, 7 people (3.7%) aged 18 to 24, 55 people (28.8%) aged 25 to 44, 57 people (29.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 24 people (12.6%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 38.5years. There were 94 males and 97 females. There were 76 housing units at an average density of , of which 72 (94.7%) were occupied. Of these, 38 (52.8%) were owner-occupied, and 34 (47.2%) were occupied by renters.

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