Orcutt, California

About Orcutt

Orcutt, CA is a small unincorporated community located in southern California.

Orcutt holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 10.82 square miles.

📰 Orcutt News Today

• Authorities identified man killed in motorcycle crash near Orcutt on Saturday - Santa Barbara News-Press Santa Barbara News-Press · Aug 11
• Orcutt Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• This small-town slice of Western Americana is a Central California hidden gem. 7x7 Bay Area · Jun 22
• A 4,000-Unit Housing Project Between Orcutt and Los Alamos Is Moving Forward independent.com · Mar 26
• $4.5M deal reached in Orcutt debris flow suit: ‘We didn’t break even’ Santa Maria Times · Jul 29

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Orcutt Unique

• The only place in America named Orcutt — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of Santa Maria (5 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Orcutt

• Ai Love Sushi — sushi
• Blenders in the Grass — juice (café)
• Burritos Lalo — mexican
• Cielito Lindo Mexican Grill — mexican
• Cups & Crumbs — coffee shop
• Far Western Tavern — steak house
• Jack's Restaurant — american
• Kay's Orcutt Country Kitchen — american
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Trattoria Uliveto — italian

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Orcutt

• Lee West Open Space reviews ★
• Orcutt Community Park reviews ★
• Rice Ranch Open Space reviews ★
• Edgewood Park reviews ★
• Legacy Park reviews ★
• May Grisham Park reviews ★
• Pioneer Park reviews ★
• Santa Maria Valley Sustainable Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Stonebrook Open Space reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Orcutt

• Olive Grove Charter - Orcutt/Santa Maria
• Orcutt Academy Charter

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Orcutt

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