Pomona vs Santa Clarita

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

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

Santa Clarita has the higher population (229,021 vs 148,391 in Pomona). Santa Clarita has the higher median household income ($119,926 vs $78,869 in Pomona). Santa Clarita has the higher median home value ($721,000 vs $569,600 in Pomona).

Population, income & housing

	Pomona	Santa Clarita
Population	148,391	229,021
Median age	35.4 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,869	$119,926
Median home value	$569,600	$721,000
Median gross rent	$1,738	$2,486
Housing units	43,767	77,808
Homeownership rate	54.6%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	39.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pomona	Santa Clarita
Population	152,209 → 148,391 (-2.5%)	213,411 → 229,021 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$60,598 → $78,869 (+30.2%)	$99,666 → $119,926 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$394,500 → $569,600 (+44.4%)	$537,000 → $721,000 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,362 → $1,738 (+27.6%)	$1,895 → $2,486 (+31.2%)

Pomona

Population

152,209148,391

Median household income

$60,598$78,869

Median home value

$394,500$569,600

Median gross rent

$1,362$1,738

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)

	Pomona	Santa Clarita
Under 5	6.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.0%
75 and over	4.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pomona	Santa Clarita
White (non-Hispanic)	10.0%	43.3%
Black or African American	5.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	10.9%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	71.4%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pomona	Santa Clarita
No high school diploma	25.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	26.6%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pomona	Santa Clarita
Drove alone	72.0%	70.9%
Carpooled	14.0%	8.3%
Public transit	1.9%	1.9%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.8%	16.2%
Other means	1.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pomona	Santa Clarita
1-unit, detached	60.5%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	11.1%
20 or more units	11.2%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Pomona	Santa Clarita
Poverty rate	14.2%	7.7%
Average household size	3.44	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1966	1987