Malibu vs Sun Village

A side-by-side comparison of Malibu and Sun Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Malibu and Sun Village are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sun Village has the higher population (11,009 vs 10,516 in Malibu). Malibu has the higher median household income ($192,159 vs $68,284 in Sun Village). Malibu has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $348,100 in Sun Village).

Population, income & housing

	Malibu	Sun Village
Population	10,516	11,009
Median age	50.7 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$192,159	$68,284
Median home value	$2,000,001	$348,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,650
Housing units	6,430	3,325
Homeownership rate	73.8%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.6%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malibu	Sun Village
Population	12,620 → 10,516 (-16.7%)	13,819 → 11,009 (-20.3%)
Median household income	$150,747 → $192,159 (+27.5%)	$46,502 → $68,284 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$233,500 → $348,100 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,403 → $3,501 (+45.7%)	$1,246 → $1,650 (+32.4%)

Malibu

Population

12,62010,516

Median household income

$150,747$192,159

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,403$3,501

Sun Village

Population

13,81911,009

Median household income

$46,502$68,284

Median home value

$233,500$348,100

Median gross rent

$1,246$1,650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malibu	Sun Village
Under 5	2.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	8.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	15.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	18.2%	8.9%
75 and over	10.3%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malibu	Sun Village
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	18.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	3.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	77.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malibu	Sun Village
No high school diploma	1.5%	31.2%
High school graduate	7.8%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	38.5%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	33.1%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malibu	Sun Village
Drove alone	52.8%	86.6%
Carpooled	4.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	39.2%	4.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malibu	Sun Village
1-unit, detached	61.9%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Malibu	Sun Village
Poverty rate	12.5%	16.1%
Average household size	2.39	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	33	40
Median year structure built	1975	1983