Carpinteria vs Vandenberg Village

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

Carpinteria and Vandenberg Village 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 6,793 in Vandenberg Village). Vandenberg Village has the higher median household income ($104,714 vs $104,233 in Carpinteria). Carpinteria has the higher median home value ($965,200 vs $577,500 in Vandenberg Village).

Population, income & housing

	Carpinteria	Vandenberg Village
Population	13,100	6,793
Median age	44.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$104,233	$104,714
Median home value	$965,200	$577,500
Median gross rent	$2,341	$2,272
Housing units	6,032	2,761
Homeownership rate	58.8%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpinteria	Vandenberg Village
Population	13,505 → 13,100 (-3.0%)	8,114 → 6,793 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$76,521 → $104,233 (+36.2%)	$91,618 → $104,714 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$705,300 → $965,200 (+36.8%)	$391,000 → $577,500 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,940 → $2,341 (+20.7%)	$1,798 → $2,272 (+26.4%)

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

Vandenberg Village

Population

8,1146,793

Median household income

$91,618$104,714

Median home value

$391,000$577,500

Median gross rent

$1,798$2,272

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpinteria	Vandenberg Village
Under 5	6.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	14.8%	10.2%
75 and over	7.0%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpinteria	Vandenberg Village
White (non-Hispanic)	49.2%	61.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	43.4%	31.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpinteria	Vandenberg Village
No high school diploma	14.5%	5.9%
High school graduate	12.2%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpinteria	Vandenberg Village
Drove alone	63.2%	82.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.1%
Public transit	2.7%	1.1%
Walked	6.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	6.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpinteria	Vandenberg Village
1-unit, detached	36.1%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	12.6%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carpinteria	Vandenberg Village
Poverty rate	6.0%	3.6%
Average household size	2.55	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1974	1969