Carpinteria vs Orcutt

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

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

Orcutt has the higher population (31,284 vs 13,100 in Carpinteria). Orcutt has the higher median household income ($108,682 vs $104,233 in Carpinteria). Carpinteria has the higher median home value ($965,200 vs $587,000 in Orcutt).

Population, income & housing

	Carpinteria	Orcutt
Population	13,100	31,284
Median age	44.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$104,233	$108,682
Median home value	$965,200	$587,000
Median gross rent	$2,341	$2,094
Housing units	6,032	11,538
Homeownership rate	58.8%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpinteria	Orcutt
Population	13,505 → 13,100 (-3.0%)	31,118 → 31,284 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$76,521 → $104,233 (+36.2%)	$91,343 → $108,682 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$705,300 → $965,200 (+36.8%)	$422,600 → $587,000 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,940 → $2,341 (+20.7%)	$1,713 → $2,094 (+22.2%)

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

Orcutt

Population

31,11831,284

Median household income

$91,343$108,682

Median home value

$422,600$587,000

Median gross rent

$1,713$2,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpinteria	Orcutt
Under 5	6.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	14.8%	11.7%
75 and over	7.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpinteria	Orcutt
White (non-Hispanic)	49.2%	54.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	2.7%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	43.4%	34.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpinteria	Orcutt
No high school diploma	14.5%	8.6%
High school graduate	12.2%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpinteria	Orcutt
Drove alone	63.2%	78.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.4%
Public transit	2.7%	2.0%
Walked	6.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	2.2%	1.1%
Worked from home	14.2%	8.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpinteria	Orcutt
1-unit, detached	36.1%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	2.9%
20 or more units	12.6%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Carpinteria	Orcutt
Poverty rate	6.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.55	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1974	1980