Eastern Goleta Valley vs Goleta

A side-by-side comparison of Eastern Goleta Valley and Goleta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Goleta has the higher population (32,693 vs 29,411 in Eastern Goleta Valley). Eastern Goleta Valley has the higher median household income ($136,839 vs $118,039 in Goleta). Eastern Goleta Valley has the higher median home value ($1,192,000 vs $1,002,500 in Goleta).

Population, income & housing

	Eastern Goleta Valley	Goleta
Population	29,411	32,693
Median age	44.9 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$136,839	$118,039
Median home value	$1,192,000	$1,002,500
Median gross rent	$2,924	$2,385
Housing units	10,990	12,727
Homeownership rate	73.2%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastern Goleta Valley	Goleta
Population	29,823 → 29,411 (-1.4%)	30,975 → 32,693 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$118,094 → $136,839 (+15.9%)	$98,005 → $118,039 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$938,400 → $1,192,000 (+27.0%)	$797,700 → $1,002,500 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,460 → $2,924 (+18.9%)	$1,999 → $2,385 (+19.3%)

Eastern Goleta Valley

Population

29,82329,411

Median household income

$118,094$136,839

Median home value

$938,400$1,192,000

Median gross rent

$2,460$2,924

Goleta

Population

30,97532,693

Median household income

$98,005$118,039

Median home value

$797,700$1,002,500

Median gross rent

$1,999$2,385

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastern Goleta Valley	Goleta
Under 5	4.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	13.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.7%
75 and over	10.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastern Goleta Valley	Goleta
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	45.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	36.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastern Goleta Valley	Goleta
No high school diploma	6.1%	10.3%
High school graduate	14.5%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastern Goleta Valley	Goleta
Drove alone	64.2%	61.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	10.5%
Public transit	1.9%	2.4%
Walked	2.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	1.8%	3.6%
Worked from home	20.5%	17.9%
Other means	2.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastern Goleta Valley	Goleta
1-unit, detached	66.1%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	18.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Eastern Goleta Valley	Goleta
Poverty rate	7.2%	10.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1969	1974