Carpinteria vs Eastern Goleta Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Carpinteria and Eastern Goleta Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Carpinteria and Eastern Goleta Valley are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eastern Goleta Valley has the higher population (29,411 vs 13,100 in Carpinteria). Eastern Goleta Valley has the higher median household income ($136,839 vs $104,233 in Carpinteria). Eastern Goleta Valley has the higher median home value ($1,192,000 vs $965,200 in Carpinteria).

Population, income & housing

	Carpinteria	Eastern Goleta Valley
Population	13,100	29,411
Median age	44.5 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$104,233	$136,839
Median home value	$965,200	$1,192,000
Median gross rent	$2,341	$2,924
Housing units	6,032	10,990
Homeownership rate	58.8%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpinteria	Eastern Goleta Valley
Population	13,505 → 13,100 (-3.0%)	29,823 → 29,411 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$76,521 → $104,233 (+36.2%)	$118,094 → $136,839 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$705,300 → $965,200 (+36.8%)	$938,400 → $1,192,000 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,940 → $2,341 (+20.7%)	$2,460 → $2,924 (+18.9%)

Carpinteria

Population

13,50513,100

Median household income

$76,521$104,233

Median home value

$705,300$965,200

Median gross rent

$1,940$2,341

Eastern Goleta Valley

Population

29,82329,411

Median household income

$118,094$136,839

Median home value

$938,400$1,192,000

Median gross rent

$2,460$2,924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpinteria	Eastern Goleta Valley
Under 5	6.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	14.8%	12.7%
75 and over	7.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpinteria	Eastern Goleta Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	49.2%	62.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	43.4%	28.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpinteria	Eastern Goleta Valley
No high school diploma	14.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	12.2%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpinteria	Eastern Goleta Valley
Drove alone	63.2%	64.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	6.6%
Public transit	2.7%	1.9%
Walked	6.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	2.2%	1.8%
Worked from home	14.2%	20.5%
Other means	1.1%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpinteria	Eastern Goleta Valley
1-unit, detached	36.1%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	7.0%
20 or more units	12.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Carpinteria	Eastern Goleta Valley
Poverty rate	6.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	23	15
Median year structure built	1974	1969