Carpinteria vs Guadalupe

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

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

Carpinteria has the higher population (13,100 vs 8,422 in Guadalupe). Carpinteria has the higher median household income ($104,233 vs $71,048 in Guadalupe). Carpinteria has the higher median home value ($965,200 vs $452,100 in Guadalupe).

Population, income & housing

	Carpinteria	Guadalupe
Population	13,100	8,422
Median age	44.5 yrs	28.4 yrs
Median household income	$104,233	$71,048
Median home value	$965,200	$452,100
Median gross rent	$2,341	$1,674
Housing units	6,032	2,281
Homeownership rate	58.8%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpinteria	Guadalupe
Population	13,505 → 13,100 (-3.0%)	7,451 → 8,422 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$76,521 → $104,233 (+36.2%)	$50,864 → $71,048 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$705,300 → $965,200 (+36.8%)	$257,100 → $452,100 (+75.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,940 → $2,341 (+20.7%)	$1,209 → $1,674 (+38.5%)

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

Guadalupe

Population

7,4518,422

Median household income

$50,864$71,048

Median home value

$257,100$452,100

Median gross rent

$1,209$1,674

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpinteria	Guadalupe
Under 5	6.1%	12.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	25.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	14.8%	5.0%
75 and over	7.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpinteria	Guadalupe
White (non-Hispanic)	49.2%	7.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	43.4%	88.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpinteria	Guadalupe
No high school diploma	14.5%	42.9%
High school graduate	12.2%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpinteria	Guadalupe
Drove alone	63.2%	78.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	15.5%
Public transit	2.7%	1.5%
Walked	6.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	2.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpinteria	Guadalupe
1-unit, detached	36.1%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	12.6%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carpinteria	Guadalupe
Poverty rate	6.0%	28.3%
Average household size	2.55	3.94
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1974	1985