Buellton vs Santa Ynez

A side-by-side comparison of Buellton and Santa Ynez: population, income, housing, and more.

Buellton and Santa Ynez 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 4,725 in Santa Ynez). Santa Ynez has the higher median household income ($117,500 vs $96,028 in Buellton). Santa Ynez has the higher median home value ($1,121,000 vs $704,200 in Buellton).

Population, income & housing

	Buellton	Santa Ynez
Population	5,090	4,725
Median age	37.6 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$96,028	$117,500
Median home value	$704,200	$1,121,000
Median gross rent	$2,196	$2,740
Housing units	2,230	1,934
Homeownership rate	60.6%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buellton	Santa Ynez
Population	5,082 → 5,090 (+0.2%)	4,546 → 4,725 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$93,099 → $96,028 (+3.1%)	$107,588 → $117,500 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$522,900 → $704,200 (+34.7%)	$854,300 → $1,121,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,760 → $2,196 (+24.8%)	$1,425 → $2,740 (+92.3%)

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

Santa Ynez

Population

4,5464,725

Median household income

$107,588$117,500

Median home value

$854,300$1,121,000

Median gross rent

$1,425$2,740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buellton	Santa Ynez
Under 5	9.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	13.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	17.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	11.5%
75 and over	6.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buellton	Santa Ynez
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	75.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.7%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buellton	Santa Ynez
No high school diploma	6.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	13.0%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buellton	Santa Ynez
Drove alone	75.2%	73.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	0.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.6%	23.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buellton	Santa Ynez
1-unit, detached	53.7%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	14.3%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.3%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Buellton	Santa Ynez
Poverty rate	2.9%	11.3%
Average household size	2.63	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1993	1975