Built by community for community

Empowering community with the real-time information needed to guide efforts that create positive change.

A diverse set of interconnected elements are essential for community members to live fulfilling lives. Together, they add up to community wellbeing.

Click an icon below to explore a focus area:

The following focus areas are pending and not yet live:

For community

The Community Wellbeing Framework identifies and monitors core elements of wellbeing to inform decision making and track progress over time. 


The Santa Barbara County Community Wellbeing Framework includes eight Focus Area Dashboards. Community-led collaboratives identify metrics for each focus area that provide windows into our collective wellbeing.

Active focus areas include: Housing, and Economic Security. Education, Sustainable Ecosystems, Peace & Justice, Community Connectedness, Health and Food Security are to be developed soon.

  • The Education dashboard is awaiting start and not yet live.

  • The Sustainable Ecosystems dashboard is awaiting start and not yet live.

  • The Peace and Justice dashboard is awaiting start and not yet live.

  • The Community Connectedness dashboard is awaiting start and not yet live.

  • The Health dashboard is awaiting start and not yet live.

  • Housing opportunities, needs, and funding.

    Built in partnership with many community partners with financial support from the Santa Barbara Community Foundation.

  • The Food Security dashboard is awaiting start and not yet live.

  • Income & Poverty, Employment, and Transportation.

    Built in partnership with many community partners with financial support from the Santa Barbara Community Foundation.

By community

The Santa Barbara County Community Wellbeing Dashboard is developed by the community. Focus areas are developed in partnership with community members doing the work in each sector.  As a highly collaborative effort, the Community Wellbeing Dashboard helps build relationships and trust across sectors, growing local and regional capacity to tackle bigger and more complex issues.

To navigate the dashboard, hover or click on Data Focus Areas in the top menu bar and select one of the eight focus areas.

 

Santa Barbara County, CA Community Profile

Communities include: Buellton, Carpinteria, Goleta, Guadalupe, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Santa Ynez, Solvang

While the per capita income reflects average earnings per person, the median household income shows what a typical household earns. Together, these figures provide insight into the overall income distribution and economic conditions in Santa Barbara County.

Map generated by: MisterCustomer - Own work, SVG Source File, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30050446

We want your feedback!

You are viewing a beta version of the Santa Barbara County Community Wellbeing Dashboard. Many focus areas are currently under construction and others will be developed in the near future. Regardless of where they are in their development, each of the focus area dashboards are engaging in cycles of continuous improvement.  


You are our community. Help us make this better! Each user brings a unique perspective to the dashboard. We value your participation  and invite you to provide feedback on your user experience.