Garey vs New Cuyama

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

Garey 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 38 in Garey). Garey has the higher median household income ($141,250 vs $58,158 in New Cuyama). Since 2019, New Cuyama's population has grown faster (-17.9% vs -80.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Garey	New Cuyama
Population	38	542
Median age	56.5 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$141,250	$58,158
Median home value	—	$192,300
Housing units	22	299
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	24.1%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garey	New Cuyama
Population	191 → 38 (-80.1%)	660 → 542 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$101,250 → $141,250 (+39.5%)	$55,833 → $58,158 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$450,000 → $368,200 (-18.2%)	$128,600 → $192,300 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$972 → $988 (+1.6%)

Garey

Population

19138

Median household income

$101,250$141,250

Median home value

$450,000$368,200

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)

	Garey	New Cuyama
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.8%	8.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.4%
45 to 54	18.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	44.7%	24.9%
75 and over	0.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garey	New Cuyama
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	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	15.8%	61.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garey	New Cuyama
No high school diploma	0.0%	23.2%
High school graduate	67.6%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	11.8%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garey	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)

	Garey	New Cuyama
1-unit, detached	86.4%	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	13.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garey	New Cuyama
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.9%
Average household size	1.73	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1985	1956