Carpinteria vs Lompoc

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

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

Lompoc has the higher population (43,819 vs 13,100 in Carpinteria). Carpinteria has the higher median household income ($104,233 vs $70,038 in Lompoc). Carpinteria has the higher median home value ($965,200 vs $433,800 in Lompoc).

Population, income & housing

	Carpinteria	Lompoc
Population	13,100	43,819
Median age	44.5 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,233	$70,038
Median home value	$965,200	$433,800
Median gross rent	$2,341	$1,516
Housing units	6,032	14,480
Homeownership rate	58.8%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpinteria	Lompoc
Population	13,505 → 13,100 (-3.0%)	43,232 → 43,819 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$76,521 → $104,233 (+36.2%)	$54,855 → $70,038 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$705,300 → $965,200 (+36.8%)	$315,900 → $433,800 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,940 → $2,341 (+20.7%)	$1,192 → $1,516 (+27.2%)

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

Lompoc

Population

43,23243,819

Median household income

$54,855$70,038

Median home value

$315,900$433,800

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,516

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpinteria	Lompoc
Under 5	6.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	14.8%	7.2%
75 and over	7.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpinteria	Lompoc
White (non-Hispanic)	49.2%	27.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	43.4%	61.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpinteria	Lompoc
No high school diploma	14.5%	28.3%
High school graduate	12.2%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpinteria	Lompoc
Drove alone	63.2%	66.4%
Carpooled	10.4%	17.0%
Public transit	2.7%	4.3%
Walked	6.2%	4.2%
Bicycle	2.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	6.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpinteria	Lompoc
1-unit, detached	36.1%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	15.8%
20 or more units	12.6%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Carpinteria	Lompoc
Poverty rate	6.0%	16.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1974	1975