Santa Nella vs University of California-Merced

A side-by-side comparison of Santa Nella and University of California-Merced: population, income, housing, and more.

Santa Nella and University of California-Merced are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Santa Nella has the higher population (1,686 vs 886 in University of California-Merced).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Nella	University of California-Merced
Population	1,686	886
Median age	37.4 yrs	19.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,375	—
Median home value	$467,300	—
Median gross rent	$927	—
Housing units	614	0
Homeownership rate	55.6%	—
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	60.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Nella	University of California-Merced
Population	2,135 → 1,686 (-21.0%)	0 → 886 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$59,773 → $87,375 (+46.2%)	—
Median home value	$277,800 → $467,300 (+68.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$881 → $927 (+5.2%)	—

Santa Nella

Population

2,1351,686

Median household income

$59,773$87,375

Median home value

$277,800$467,300

Median gross rent

$881$927

University of California-Merced

Population

0886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Santa Nella	University of California-Merced
Under 5	13.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	3.6%
18 to 24	0.8%	95.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	1.2%
35 to 44	23.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	0.0%
75 and over	2.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Nella	University of California-Merced
White (non-Hispanic)	6.8%	6.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	30.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	89.9%	54.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Nella	University of California-Merced
No high school diploma	30.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.2%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Nella	University of California-Merced
Drove alone	67.9%	9.6%
Carpooled	14.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	53.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.8%
Worked from home	17.4%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	19.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Nella	University of California-Merced
1-unit, detached	50.5%	—
1-unit, attached	0.0%	—
2 to 4 units	0.0%	—
5 to 19 units	0.0%	—
20 or more units	0.0%	—
Mobile home & other	49.5%	—

Poverty & households

	Santa Nella	University of California-Merced
Poverty rate	6.8%	—
Average household size	3.42	—
Mean commute (minutes)	54	—
Median year structure built	1998	—