Eastern Goleta Valley vs Santa Barbara

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

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

Santa Barbara has the higher population (88,024 vs 29,411 in Eastern Goleta Valley). Eastern Goleta Valley has the higher median household income ($136,839 vs $101,672 in Santa Barbara). Santa Barbara has the higher median home value ($1,466,400 vs $1,192,000 in Eastern Goleta Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Eastern Goleta Valley	Santa Barbara
Population	29,411	88,024
Median age	44.9 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$136,839	$101,672
Median home value	$1,192,000	$1,466,400
Median gross rent	$2,924	$2,302
Housing units	10,990	39,015
Homeownership rate	73.2%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastern Goleta Valley	Santa Barbara
Population	29,823 → 29,411 (-1.4%)	91,376 → 88,024 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$118,094 → $136,839 (+15.9%)	$76,606 → $101,672 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$938,400 → $1,192,000 (+27.0%)	$1,051,500 → $1,466,400 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,460 → $2,924 (+18.9%)	$1,786 → $2,302 (+28.9%)

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

Santa Barbara

Population

91,37688,024

Median household income

$76,606$101,672

Median home value

$1,051,500$1,466,400

Median gross rent

$1,786$2,302

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastern Goleta Valley	Santa Barbara
Under 5	4.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	16.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.2%
75 and over	10.4%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastern Goleta Valley	Santa Barbara
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	53.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	4.1%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	36.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastern Goleta Valley	Santa Barbara
No high school diploma	6.1%	11.1%
High school graduate	14.5%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastern Goleta Valley	Santa Barbara
Drove alone	64.2%	61.3%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.7%
Public transit	1.9%	2.3%
Walked	2.3%	4.2%
Bicycle	1.8%	3.2%
Worked from home	20.5%	17.0%
Other means	2.8%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastern Goleta Valley	Santa Barbara
1-unit, detached	66.1%	45.8%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	18.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Eastern Goleta Valley	Santa Barbara
Poverty rate	7.2%	13.1%
Average household size	2.74	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1969	1964