Cars in Santa Barbara County.

What vehicles are registered in Santa Barbara County? The DMV counted 347,045 vehicles across 24 ZIPs. Toyota is the largest named make. 3.2% are battery electric.

347,045vehicles

24ZIPs
59Named makes
3.2%Battery electric
14.6%Make not namedThe DMV pools small groups

The largest named makes

Each make count is a lower bound, because the DMV pools small groups.

61,537+
42,591+
38,888+
35,582+
17,832+
8,310+
7,677+
7,285+
7,107+
6,780+
See all 20 makes
6,601+
6,494+
6,297+
6,140+
6,061+
4,753+
3,654+
2,799+
2,550+
1,754+

The fuel mix

Gas
284,951
Gas hybrid
17,338
Diesel and diesel hybrid
15,211
Flex-fuel
14,386
Battery electric
10,982
Plug-in hybrid
3,682
Other fuel
244
Natural gas
194
Hydrogen fuel cell
57

Top plug-in models

From the state energy agency. Its count is a year newer than the DMV file and covers light-duty vehicles only.

3,309
2,931
701
494
473

Plug-in types

17,521 plug-in and fuel-cell vehicles in all.

Battery electric
13,206
Plug-in hybrid
4,262
Hydrogen fuel cell
53

How many new cars sold here are zero-emission?

New light-duty sales by quarter, from the state energy agency. The newest quarters are preliminary.

16.7% of new light-duty vehicles sold here in the latest three quarters were zero-emission, 1,680 of 10,030. A year earlier the share was 21.3%. Across California it was 19.6%.

2025 Q1 20.4% 698 of 3,419
2025 Q2 19.2% 718 of 3,732
2025 Q3 24.4% 866 of 3,551
2025 Q4 17.0% 582 of 3,414
2026 Q1preliminary 14.6% 461 of 3,165
2026 Q2preliminary 17.6% 608 of 3,457
2026 Q3preliminary 17.9% 611 of 3,408

Every ZIP in Santa Barbara County

ZIPCityVehiclesLargest named makeBattery electric
93458Santa Maria44,560Toyota0.7%
93436Lompoc42,021Toyota1.5%
93455Santa Maria40,538Toyota2.1%
93454Santa Maria33,252Toyota1.0%
93117Goleta30,744Toyota4.2%
93101Santa Barbara23,159Toyota3.4%
93105Santa Barbara20,473Toyota6.2%
93103Santa Barbara16,438Toyota3.9%
93111Santa Barbara16,330Toyota4.9%
93013Carpinteria14,390Toyota3.4%
93110Santa Barbara13,762Toyota6.2%
93108Santa Barbara9,807Toyota10.8%
93109Santa Barbara8,484Toyota6.4%
93463Solvang7,386Toyota4.3%
93434Guadalupe6,707Toyota1.1%
93460Santa Ynez6,356Ford3.3%
93427Buellton6,134Toyota3.7%
93440Los Alamos1,710Toyota2.8%
93441Los Olivos1,365Ford3.7%
93437Lompoc1,064Toyota7.0%
93067Summerland988ToyotaToo few
93106Santa Barbara627ChevroletToo few
93254New Cuyama621ChevroletToo few
93429Casmalia129ChevroletToo few

Also overlaps Santa Barbara County, counted in another county: 93252.

The largest cities

ZIPs grouped by postal city name.

1Santa Maria 3 ZIPs
118,350
109,080
3Lompoc 2 ZIPs
43,085
4Goleta 1 ZIP
30,744
14,390
6Solvang 1 ZIP
7,386
7Guadalupe 1 ZIP
6,707
8Santa Ynez 1 ZIP
6,356
9Buellton 1 ZIP
6,134
10Los Alamos 1 ZIP
1,710
See all 14 cities

The most electric ZIPs

Battery-electric share of each ZIP's vehicles.

193108 Santa Barbara
10.8%
293437 Lompoc
7.0%
393109 Santa Barbara
6.4%
493105 Santa Barbara
6.2%
593110 Santa Barbara
6.2%
693111 Santa Barbara
4.9%
793463 Solvang
4.3%
893117 Goleta
4.2%
993103 Santa Barbara
3.9%
1093441 Los Olivos
3.7%
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