Cuyama vs New Cuyama

A side-by-side comparison of Cuyama and New Cuyama: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Cuyama has the higher population (542 vs 27 in Cuyama). Since 2019, Cuyama's population has grown faster (+58.8% vs -17.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cuyama	New Cuyama
Population	27	542
Median age	45.8 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$58,158
Median home value	—	$192,300
Housing units	7	299
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cuyama	New Cuyama
Population	17 → 27 (+58.8%)	660 → 542 (-17.9%)
Median household income	—	$55,833 → $58,158 (+4.2%)
Median home value	—	$128,600 → $192,300 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$972 → $988 (+1.6%)

Cuyama

Population

1727

New Cuyama

Population

660542

Median household income

$55,833$58,158

Median home value

$128,600$192,300

Median gross rent

$972$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cuyama	New Cuyama
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	25.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.4%
45 to 54	25.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	33.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	24.9%
75 and over	0.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cuyama	New Cuyama
White (non-Hispanic)	33.3%	28.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.4%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	66.7%	61.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cuyama	New Cuyama
No high school diploma	18.8%	23.2%
High school graduate	81.3%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cuyama	New Cuyama
Drove alone	100.0%	80.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cuyama	New Cuyama
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cuyama	New Cuyama
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.9%
Average household size	3.86	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	—	1956