Carpinteria vs University of California-Santa Barbara

A side-by-side comparison of Carpinteria and University of California-Santa Barbara: population, income, housing, and more.

Carpinteria and University of California-Santa Barbara 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 11,634 in University of California-Santa Barbara). Carpinteria has the higher median household income ($104,233 vs $75,000 in University of California-Santa Barbara). Carpinteria has the higher median home value ($965,200 vs $452,600 in University of California-Santa Barbara).

Population, income & housing

	Carpinteria	University of California-Santa Barbara
Population	13,100	11,634
Median age	44.5 yrs	19.9 yrs
Median household income	$104,233	$75,000
Median home value	$965,200	$452,600
Median gross rent	$2,341	$1,512
Housing units	6,032	721
Homeownership rate	58.8%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	76.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpinteria	University of California-Santa Barbara
Population	13,505 → 13,100 (-3.0%)	11,671 → 11,634 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$76,521 → $104,233 (+36.2%)	$70,948 → $75,000 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$705,300 → $965,200 (+36.8%)	$436,500 → $452,600 (+3.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,940 → $2,341 (+20.7%)	$1,285 → $1,512 (+17.7%)

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

University of California-Santa Barbara

Population

11,67111,634

Median household income

$70,948$75,000

Median home value

$436,500$452,600

Median gross rent

$1,285$1,512

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpinteria	University of California-Santa Barbara
Under 5	6.1%	1.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	2.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	79.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	0.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	0.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	1.8%
65 to 74	14.8%	0.4%
75 and over	7.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpinteria	University of California-Santa Barbara
White (non-Hispanic)	49.2%	45.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	30.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	43.4%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpinteria	University of California-Santa Barbara
No high school diploma	14.5%	2.6%
High school graduate	12.2%	2.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	45.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpinteria	University of California-Santa Barbara
Drove alone	63.2%	20.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	4.7%
Public transit	2.7%	6.8%
Walked	6.2%	23.7%
Bicycle	2.2%	26.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	17.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpinteria	University of California-Santa Barbara
1-unit, detached	36.1%	6.0%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	23.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	47.0%
20 or more units	12.6%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carpinteria	University of California-Santa Barbara
Poverty rate	6.0%	15.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	15
Median year structure built	1974	1981