Los Angeles vs Santa Clarita

A side-by-side comparison of Los Angeles and Santa Clarita: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Los Angeles has the higher population (3,857,897 vs 229,021 in Santa Clarita). Santa Clarita has the higher median household income ($119,926 vs $80,366 in Los Angeles). Los Angeles has the higher median home value ($879,500 vs $721,000 in Santa Clarita).

Population, income & housing

	Los Angeles	Santa Clarita
Population	3,857,897	229,021
Median age	36.9 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,366	$119,926
Median home value	$879,500	$721,000
Median gross rent	$1,879	$2,486
Housing units	1,537,034	77,808
Homeownership rate	36.3%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	39.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Angeles	Santa Clarita
Population	3,966,936 → 3,857,897 (-2.7%)	213,411 → 229,021 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$62,142 → $80,366 (+29.3%)	$99,666 → $119,926 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$636,900 → $879,500 (+38.1%)	$537,000 → $721,000 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,450 → $1,879 (+29.6%)	$1,895 → $2,486 (+31.2%)

Los Angeles

Population

3,966,9363,857,897

Median household income

$62,142$80,366

Median home value

$636,900$879,500

Median gross rent

$1,450$1,879

Santa Clarita

Population

213,411229,021

Median household income

$99,666$119,926

Median home value

$537,000$721,000

Median gross rent

$1,895$2,486

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Los Angeles	Santa Clarita
Under 5	5.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	17.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.0%
75 and over	5.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Angeles	Santa Clarita
White (non-Hispanic)	28.3%	43.3%
Black or African American	8.2%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	11.8%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	47.2%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Angeles	Santa Clarita
No high school diploma	20.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	18.5%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Angeles	Santa Clarita
Drove alone	61.4%	70.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.3%
Public transit	6.7%	1.9%
Walked	3.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.3%	16.2%
Other means	2.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Angeles	Santa Clarita
1-unit, detached	36.4%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	11.1%
20 or more units	29.6%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Los Angeles	Santa Clarita
Poverty rate	16.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.64	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1964	1987