Santa Clarita vs Torrance

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

Santa Clarita and Torrance 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 143,499 in Torrance). Santa Clarita has the higher median household income ($119,926 vs $113,105 in Torrance). Torrance has the higher median home value ($1,036,600 vs $721,000 in Santa Clarita).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Clarita	Torrance
Population	229,021	143,499
Median age	38.1 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$119,926	$113,105
Median home value	$721,000	$1,036,600
Median gross rent	$2,486	$2,214
Housing units	77,808	59,411
Homeownership rate	72.0%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	53.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Clarita	Torrance
Population	213,411 → 229,021 (+7.3%)	145,492 → 143,499 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$99,666 → $119,926 (+20.3%)	$93,492 → $113,105 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$537,000 → $721,000 (+34.3%)	$762,700 → $1,036,600 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,895 → $2,486 (+31.2%)	$1,736 → $2,214 (+27.5%)

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

Torrance

Population

145,492143,499

Median household income

$93,492$113,105

Median home value

$762,700$1,036,600

Median gross rent

$1,736$2,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Santa Clarita	Torrance
Under 5	6.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.2%
75 and over	5.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Clarita	Torrance
White (non-Hispanic)	43.3%	32.2%
Black or African American	4.2%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	11.1%	38.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	36.0%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Clarita	Torrance
No high school diploma	8.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	18.6%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Clarita	Torrance
Drove alone	70.9%	71.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.2%
Public transit	1.9%	1.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.2%	18.5%
Other means	2.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Clarita	Torrance
1-unit, detached	60.8%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	8.8%
20 or more units	8.8%	23.1%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Santa Clarita	Torrance
Poverty rate	7.7%	6.9%
Average household size	3.02	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1987	1963