Cantua Creek vs Malaga

A side-by-side comparison of Cantua Creek and Malaga: population, income, housing, and more.

Cantua Creek and Malaga are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Malaga has the higher population (693 vs 520 in Cantua Creek). Malaga has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $40,222 in Cantua Creek). Since 2019, Cantua Creek's population has grown faster (+37.2% vs -41.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Cantua Creek	Malaga
Population	520	693
Median age	21.7 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,222	$63,750
Median home value	—	$219,600
Median gross rent	$660	$1,280
Housing units	122	213
Homeownership rate	17.2%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cantua Creek	Malaga
Population	379 → 520 (+37.2%)	1,186 → 693 (-41.6%)
Median household income	$46,053 → $40,222 (-12.7%)	$42,232 → $63,750 (+51.0%)
Median home value	—	$188,400 → $219,600 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $660 (+14.6%)	$937 → $1,280 (+36.6%)

Cantua Creek

Population

379520

Median household income

$46,053$40,222

Median gross rent

$576$660

Malaga

Population

1,186693

Median household income

$42,232$63,750

Median home value

$188,400$219,600

Median gross rent

$937$1,280

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cantua Creek	Malaga
Under 5	7.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	36.2%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	17.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	25.5%
35 to 44	22.1%	7.4%
45 to 54	8.8%	1.6%
55 to 64	4.6%	23.4%
65 to 74	4.0%	5.5%
75 and over	0.0%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cantua Creek	Malaga
White (non-Hispanic)	1.2%	7.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.8%	90.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cantua Creek	Malaga
No high school diploma	45.3%	30.2%
High school graduate	24.7%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cantua Creek	Malaga
Drove alone	77.4%	42.4%
Carpooled	22.6%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	11.1%
Walked	0.0%	22.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cantua Creek	Malaga
1-unit, detached	64.8%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cantua Creek	Malaga
Poverty rate	56.9%	16.8%
Average household size	4.02	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	—	15
Median year structure built	1980	1964