Carpinteria vs Montecito

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

Carpinteria and Montecito 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 8,823 in Montecito). Montecito has the higher median household income ($222,966 vs $104,233 in Carpinteria). Montecito has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $965,200 in Carpinteria).

Population, income & housing

	Carpinteria	Montecito
Population	13,100	8,823
Median age	44.5 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$104,233	$222,966
Median home value	$965,200	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,341	$3,501
Housing units	6,032	4,143
Homeownership rate	58.8%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	74.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpinteria	Montecito
Population	13,505 → 13,100 (-3.0%)	8,245 → 8,823 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$76,521 → $104,233 (+36.2%)	$159,706 → $222,966 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$705,300 → $965,200 (+36.8%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,940 → $2,341 (+20.7%)	$2,404 → $3,501 (+45.6%)

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

Montecito

Population

8,2458,823

Median household income

$159,706$222,966

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,404$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpinteria	Montecito
Under 5	6.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	11.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	16.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	4.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	14.8%	14.0%
75 and over	7.0%	19.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpinteria	Montecito
White (non-Hispanic)	49.2%	81.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	43.4%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpinteria	Montecito
No high school diploma	14.5%	1.7%
High school graduate	12.2%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	40.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	34.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpinteria	Montecito
Drove alone	63.2%	52.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	3.9%
Public transit	2.7%	0.7%
Walked	6.2%	10.5%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.2%	29.9%
Other means	1.1%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpinteria	Montecito
1-unit, detached	36.1%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	6.8%
20 or more units	12.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carpinteria	Montecito
Poverty rate	6.0%	7.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1974	1969