Castaic vs Santa Fe Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Castaic and Santa Fe Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Santa Fe Springs has the higher population (19,310 vs 18,479 in Castaic). Castaic has the higher median household income ($132,153 vs $86,857 in Santa Fe Springs). Castaic has the higher median home value ($710,400 vs $624,700 in Santa Fe Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Castaic	Santa Fe Springs
Population	18,479	19,310
Median age	37.2 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$132,153	$86,857
Median home value	$710,400	$624,700
Median gross rent	$1,751	$1,965
Housing units	5,869	6,159
Homeownership rate	84.4%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castaic	Santa Fe Springs
Population	19,400 → 18,479 (-4.7%)	17,810 → 19,310 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$117,031 → $132,153 (+12.9%)	$68,685 → $86,857 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$553,600 → $710,400 (+28.3%)	$447,400 → $624,700 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,745 → $1,751 (+0.3%)	$1,382 → $1,965 (+42.2%)

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

Santa Fe Springs

Population

17,81019,310

Median household income

$68,685$86,857

Median home value

$447,400$624,700

Median gross rent

$1,382$1,965

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castaic	Santa Fe Springs
Under 5	6.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.8%
75 and over	4.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castaic	Santa Fe Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	9.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	11.5%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	36.2%	75.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castaic	Santa Fe Springs
No high school diploma	6.9%	20.7%
High school graduate	18.1%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castaic	Santa Fe Springs
Drove alone	75.7%	74.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.0%
Public transit	0.4%	2.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	15.3%
Other means	2.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castaic	Santa Fe Springs
1-unit, detached	85.6%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	11.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Castaic	Santa Fe Springs
Poverty rate	4.0%	11.1%
Average household size	3.18	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1990	1960