Calabasas vs San Fernando

A side-by-side comparison of Calabasas and San Fernando: population, income, housing, and more.

Calabasas and San Fernando are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

San Fernando has the higher population (23,716 vs 22,869 in Calabasas). Calabasas has the higher median household income ($157,938 vs $79,694 in San Fernando). Calabasas has the higher median home value ($1,453,900 vs $630,700 in San Fernando).

Population, income & housing

	Calabasas	San Fernando
Population	22,869	23,716
Median age	42.9 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$157,938	$79,694
Median home value	$1,453,900	$630,700
Median gross rent	$3,070	$1,690
Housing units	9,255	6,611
Homeownership rate	69.3%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.3%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calabasas	San Fernando
Population	23,988 → 22,869 (-4.7%)	24,535 → 23,716 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$125,814 → $157,938 (+25.5%)	$58,425 → $79,694 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$1,076,600 → $1,453,900 (+35.0%)	$431,100 → $630,700 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,505 → $3,070 (+22.6%)	$1,342 → $1,690 (+25.9%)

Calabasas

Population

23,98822,869

Median household income

$125,814$157,938

Median home value

$1,076,600$1,453,900

Median gross rent

$2,505$3,070

San Fernando

Population

24,53523,716

Median household income

$58,425$79,694

Median home value

$431,100$630,700

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,690

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calabasas	San Fernando
Under 5	4.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	16.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.2%
75 and over	7.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calabasas	San Fernando
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	4.5%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	12.5%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	92.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calabasas	San Fernando
No high school diploma	1.8%	35.4%
High school graduate	7.8%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.4%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	33.9%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calabasas	San Fernando
Drove alone	69.1%	75.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	13.5%
Public transit	0.4%	2.2%
Walked	0.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	23.8%	5.0%
Other means	1.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calabasas	San Fernando
1-unit, detached	61.3%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	7.6%
20 or more units	6.2%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Calabasas	San Fernando
Poverty rate	9.2%	10.5%
Average household size	2.60	3.78
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1984	1956