Castaic vs El Segundo

A side-by-side comparison of Castaic and El Segundo: population, income, housing, and more.

Castaic and El Segundo are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Castaic has the higher population (18,479 vs 16,863 in El Segundo). El Segundo has the higher median household income ($149,149 vs $132,153 in Castaic). El Segundo has the higher median home value ($1,521,600 vs $710,400 in Castaic).

Population, income & housing

	Castaic	El Segundo
Population	18,479	16,863
Median age	37.2 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$132,153	$149,149
Median home value	$710,400	$1,521,600
Median gross rent	$1,751	$2,547
Housing units	5,869	7,677
Homeownership rate	84.4%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	62.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castaic	El Segundo
Population	19,400 → 18,479 (-4.7%)	16,731 → 16,863 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$117,031 → $132,153 (+12.9%)	$109,577 → $149,149 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$553,600 → $710,400 (+28.3%)	$1,094,300 → $1,521,600 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,745 → $1,751 (+0.3%)	$1,928 → $2,547 (+32.1%)

Castaic

Population

19,40018,479

Median household income

$117,031$132,153

Median home value

$553,600$710,400

Median gross rent

$1,745$1,751

El Segundo

Population

16,73116,863

Median household income

$109,577$149,149

Median home value

$1,094,300$1,521,600

Median gross rent

$1,928$2,547

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castaic	El Segundo
Under 5	6.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	19.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.6%
75 and over	4.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castaic	El Segundo
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	55.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	11.5%	11.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	36.2%	20.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castaic	El Segundo
No high school diploma	6.9%	1.6%
High school graduate	18.1%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castaic	El Segundo
Drove alone	75.7%	62.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	2.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	0.5%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.5%	28.9%
Other means	2.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castaic	El Segundo
1-unit, detached	85.6%	39.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	26.9%
20 or more units	6.3%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Castaic	El Segundo
Poverty rate	4.0%	4.4%
Average household size	3.18	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1990	1963