Cars in Santa Cruz County.
What vehicles are registered in Santa Cruz County? The DMV counted 221,440 vehicles across 16 ZIPs. Toyota leads. 3.7% are battery electric.
221,440vehicles
The largest named makes
Each make count is a lower bound, because the DMV pools small groups.
The fuel mix
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.
Plug-in types
13,878 plug-in and fuel-cell vehicles in all.
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.
21.8% of new light-duty vehicles sold here in the latest three quarters were zero-emission, 1,019 of 4,678. A year earlier the share was 25.0%. Across California it was 19.6%.
Every ZIP in Santa Cruz County
| ZIP | City | Vehicles | Largest named make | Battery electric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95076 | Watsonville | 69,396 | Toyota | 1.7% |
| 95060 | Santa Cruz | 32,913 | Toyota | 5.8% |
| 95062 | Santa Cruz | 28,504 | Toyota | 3.8% |
| 95003 | Aptos | 21,405 | Toyota | 5.5% |
| 95066 | Scotts Valley | 13,689 | Toyota | 6.5% |
| 95073 | Soquel | 10,492 | Toyota | 4.2% |
| 95010 | Capitola | 8,020 | Toyota | 3.7% |
| 95006 | Boulder Creek | 7,943 | Toyota | 3.4% |
| 95065 | Santa Cruz | 7,243 | Toyota | 5.5% |
| 95018 | Felton | 7,059 | Toyota | 3.4% |
| 95019 | Freedom | 6,335 | Toyota | 0.8% |
| 95005 | Ben Lomond | 5,790 | Toyota | 3.5% |
| 95064 | Santa Cruz | 918 | Toyota | Too few |
| 95017 | Davenport | 693 | Toyota | Too few |
| 95007 | Brookdale | 550 | Toyota | Too few |
| 95041 | Mount Hermon | 490 | Toyota | Too few |
Also overlaps Santa Cruz County, counted in another county: 95033.
The largest cities
ZIPs grouped by postal city name.
See all 13 cities
The most electric ZIPs
Battery-electric share of each ZIP's vehicles.
