Goleta vs Lompoc

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

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

Lompoc has the higher population (43,819 vs 32,693 in Goleta). Goleta has the higher median household income ($118,039 vs $70,038 in Lompoc). Goleta has the higher median home value ($1,002,500 vs $433,800 in Lompoc).

Population, income & housing

	Goleta	Lompoc
Population	32,693	43,819
Median age	35.5 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$118,039	$70,038
Median home value	$1,002,500	$433,800
Median gross rent	$2,385	$1,516
Housing units	12,727	14,480
Homeownership rate	51.2%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goleta	Lompoc
Population	30,975 → 32,693 (+5.5%)	43,232 → 43,819 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$98,005 → $118,039 (+20.4%)	$54,855 → $70,038 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$797,700 → $1,002,500 (+25.7%)	$315,900 → $433,800 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,999 → $2,385 (+19.3%)	$1,192 → $1,516 (+27.2%)

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

Lompoc

Population

43,23243,819

Median household income

$54,855$70,038

Median home value

$315,900$433,800

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,516

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goleta	Lompoc
Under 5	6.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	13.9%	10.9%
25 to 34	15.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.2%
75 and over	6.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goleta	Lompoc
White (non-Hispanic)	45.0%	27.9%
Black or African American	2.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	11.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	36.7%	61.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goleta	Lompoc
No high school diploma	10.3%	28.3%
High school graduate	13.3%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goleta	Lompoc
Drove alone	61.7%	66.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	17.0%
Public transit	2.4%	4.3%
Walked	2.6%	4.2%
Bicycle	3.6%	1.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	6.0%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goleta	Lompoc
1-unit, detached	43.6%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	15.8%
20 or more units	13.2%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Goleta	Lompoc
Poverty rate	10.6%	16.8%
Average household size	2.68	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1974	1975