Buellton vs Mission Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Buellton and Mission Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Buellton and Mission Hills are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buellton has the higher population (5,090 vs 3,794 in Mission Hills). Mission Hills has the higher median household income ($106,455 vs $96,028 in Buellton). Buellton has the higher median home value ($704,200 vs $477,800 in Mission Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Buellton	Mission Hills
Population	5,090	3,794
Median age	37.6 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$96,028	$106,455
Median home value	$704,200	$477,800
Median gross rent	$2,196	$1,783
Housing units	2,230	1,246
Homeownership rate	60.6%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buellton	Mission Hills
Population	5,082 → 5,090 (+0.2%)	3,842 → 3,794 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$93,099 → $96,028 (+3.1%)	$86,296 → $106,455 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$522,900 → $704,200 (+34.7%)	$376,400 → $477,800 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,760 → $2,196 (+24.8%)	$1,639 → $1,783 (+8.8%)

Buellton

Population

5,0825,090

Median household income

$93,099$96,028

Median home value

$522,900$704,200

Median gross rent

$1,760$2,196

Mission Hills

Population

3,8423,794

Median household income

$86,296$106,455

Median home value

$376,400$477,800

Median gross rent

$1,639$1,783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buellton	Mission Hills
Under 5	9.5%	0.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	24.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	7.4%
35 to 44	17.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	22.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	7.7%
75 and over	6.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buellton	Mission Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	44.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.7%	41.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buellton	Mission Hills
No high school diploma	6.0%	10.7%
High school graduate	13.0%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buellton	Mission Hills
Drove alone	75.2%	66.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.3%
Public transit	1.3%	9.8%
Walked	1.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	8.6%
Other means	1.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buellton	Mission Hills
1-unit, detached	53.7%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	14.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buellton	Mission Hills
Poverty rate	2.9%	4.9%
Average household size	2.63	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1993	1970