Community Profile

Amenities

Full-service city water, sewer, refuse, recycling, transportation, parks and recreation, library, public safety
Class-2 Fire Department with 2 stations
1 Police Department with 1 station and 3 police community centers ensuring low levels of crime
Health care: Watsonville Community Hospital, Mar Monte Clinic and Santa Cruz (Palo Alto) Medical Clinic
Quality, mixed-use housing developments and senior housing
Retail districts: Historic Downtown Watsonville, Watsonville Square, Overlook Shopping Center, Freedom Shopping Center, East Lake Village Center and Crossroads Shopping Center

24 parks and recreational facilities, including 32 acre Ramsay Park, Pinto Lake Park, 800 acres of Wetlands of Watsonville, golf courses, indoor soccer arena, gym, tennis courts and cultural facilities
Cultural and recreational activities, including community art, dance and exercise classes, Independence Day Parade, annual Mother's Day 10k run; Watsonville Strawberry Festival on Monterey Bay, Monterey Bay Birding Festival and the weekly Watsonville Certified Farmer's Market
Main Watsonville Library, Freedom Branch, Opportunity to Read Literacy Program
Access to several beaches within a 10 mile drive
Wings Over Watsonville

The City of Watsonville is 95 miles South of San Francisco International Airport and 50 miles South of Mineta San Jose International Airport
Transportation Network: Watsonville Transit Center, Senior Network Services, Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, easy access to Interstate 101, Pacific Coast Highway 1, and both Highways 152 and 129
Service by Union Pacific Railroad
290 acre Watsonville Municipal Airport

Pajaro Valley Unified School District consists of 34 schools of which some have received California Distinguished School and Blue Ribbon awards.
20 Universities and colleges within a 50 mile drive including UCSC (University of California-Santa Cruz), CSUMB (California State University-Monterey Bay) and SJSU (San Jose State University)