Carpinteria vs Goleta

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

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

Goleta has the higher population (32,693 vs 13,100 in Carpinteria). Goleta has the higher median household income ($118,039 vs $104,233 in Carpinteria). Goleta has the higher median home value ($1,002,500 vs $965,200 in Carpinteria).

Population, income & housing

	Carpinteria	Goleta
Population	13,100	32,693
Median age	44.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,233	$118,039
Median home value	$965,200	$1,002,500
Median gross rent	$2,341	$2,385
Housing units	6,032	12,727
Homeownership rate	58.8%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpinteria	Goleta
Population	13,505 → 13,100 (-3.0%)	30,975 → 32,693 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$76,521 → $104,233 (+36.2%)	$98,005 → $118,039 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$705,300 → $965,200 (+36.8%)	$797,700 → $1,002,500 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,940 → $2,341 (+20.7%)	$1,999 → $2,385 (+19.3%)

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

Goleta

Population

30,97532,693

Median household income

$98,005$118,039

Median home value

$797,700$1,002,500

Median gross rent

$1,999$2,385

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpinteria	Goleta
Under 5	6.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	13.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.8%	8.7%
75 and over	7.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpinteria	Goleta
White (non-Hispanic)	49.2%	45.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	43.4%	36.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpinteria	Goleta
No high school diploma	14.5%	10.3%
High school graduate	12.2%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpinteria	Goleta
Drove alone	63.2%	61.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	10.5%
Public transit	2.7%	2.4%
Walked	6.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	2.2%	3.6%
Worked from home	14.2%	17.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpinteria	Goleta
1-unit, detached	36.1%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	18.8%
20 or more units	12.6%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Carpinteria	Goleta
Poverty rate	6.0%	10.6%
Average household size	2.55	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1974	1974