Castaic vs Hermosa Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Castaic and Hermosa Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hermosa Beach has the higher population (19,248 vs 18,479 in Castaic). Hermosa Beach has the higher median household income ($152,019 vs $132,153 in Castaic). Hermosa Beach has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $710,400 in Castaic).

Population, income & housing

	Castaic	Hermosa Beach
Population	18,479	19,248
Median age	37.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$132,153	$152,019
Median home value	$710,400	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,751	$2,812
Housing units	5,869	10,454
Homeownership rate	84.4%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	76.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castaic	Hermosa Beach
Population	19,400 → 18,479 (-4.7%)	19,539 → 19,248 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$117,031 → $132,153 (+12.9%)	$136,702 → $152,019 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$553,600 → $710,400 (+28.3%)	$1,542,900 → $2,000,001 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,745 → $1,751 (+0.3%)	$2,181 → $2,812 (+28.9%)

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

Hermosa Beach

Population

19,53919,248

Median household income

$136,702$152,019

Median home value

$1,542,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,181$2,812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castaic	Hermosa Beach
Under 5	6.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	13.2%	16.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.1%
75 and over	4.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castaic	Hermosa Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	72.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	11.5%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.3%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	36.2%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castaic	Hermosa Beach
No high school diploma	6.9%	1.5%
High school graduate	18.1%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	45.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	31.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castaic	Hermosa Beach
Drove alone	75.7%	55.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.9%
Walked	0.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	12.5%	31.4%
Other means	2.1%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castaic	Hermosa Beach
1-unit, detached	85.6%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	11.5%
20 or more units	6.3%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Castaic	Hermosa Beach
Poverty rate	4.0%	5.3%
Average household size	3.18	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1990	1968