Santa Barbara, CA has 3 licensed home health care agencies listed on ElderCareCosts. The median estimated cost is $7,525/mo. That's roughly in line with the California state median.
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Starting tier, Santa Barbara
$3,420/mo
About 20 hours a week: a common starting point for a new home-care client
Full-time care (44 hrs/week, survey standard)
$7,525/mo
● Santa Barbara $7,525 at 44 hrs/wk ○ National median $6,769 at 44 hrs/wk
2025 figures
This uses the survey's home care rate, because the survey no longer prices skilled nursing or therapy visits separately. Skilled visits are usually billed per visit.
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A dash means the underlying source can't support that figure for this area. We leave the cell empty rather than estimate around it.
Home care in Santa Barbara runs about $39 an hour. Here is what common schedules cost a month:
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Medicare generally does not cover long-term custodial care. Families usually combine private pay, long-term care insurance, VA Aid and Attendance, or a Medicaid waiver where they qualify. See paying for care and the state Medicaid guides.
Nearby cities: San Buenaventura (Ventura) · Oxnard · Camarillo · Mission Hills
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Here is what different monthly budgets cover in Santa Barbara.
In the last 365 days: 74 newly licensed · 3 closed. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not a complete state registry dump.
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Santa Barbara, in Santa Barbara County, has about 87,779 residents. About 18,046 of them (21%) are 65 or older. The median household income is $106,182.
Source: US Census BureauArea Agency on Aging serving this city.
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
Statewide help for older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers.
Santa Barbara
Primary Care Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Santa Barbara.
Can help pay for care if your parent qualifies.
National helplines, including the Eldercare Locator and 211, are listed on paying for care.
Veterans & surviving spouses: VA Aid & Attendance can help wartime veterans who qualify. How Aid & Attendance works →
Based on the modeled median, home health care in Santa Barbara runs about $39 an hour. A 20-hour week runs about $3,420/month.
Santa Barbara's median home health care cost is about 1% lower than the California state median.
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Reading up first? Home Health Care across California → · Home Health Care cost across California → · Assisted Living vs Home Health Care →
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