Guadalupe vs Montecito

A side-by-side comparison of Guadalupe and Montecito: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montecito has the higher population (8,823 vs 8,422 in Guadalupe). Montecito has the higher median household income ($222,966 vs $71,048 in Guadalupe). Montecito has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $452,100 in Guadalupe).

Population, income & housing

	Guadalupe	Montecito
Population	8,422	8,823
Median age	28.4 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,048	$222,966
Median home value	$452,100	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,674	$3,501
Housing units	2,281	4,143
Homeownership rate	56.5%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	74.9%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guadalupe	Montecito
Population	7,451 → 8,422 (+13.0%)	8,245 → 8,823 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$50,864 → $71,048 (+39.7%)	$159,706 → $222,966 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$257,100 → $452,100 (+75.8%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,209 → $1,674 (+38.5%)	$2,404 → $3,501 (+45.6%)

Guadalupe

Population

7,4518,422

Median household income

$50,864$71,048

Median home value

$257,100$452,100

Median gross rent

$1,209$1,674

Montecito

Population

8,2458,823

Median household income

$159,706$222,966

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,404$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guadalupe	Montecito
Under 5	12.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	25.8%	11.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	16.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	4.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	8.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.9%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	5.0%	14.0%
75 and over	3.2%	19.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guadalupe	Montecito
White (non-Hispanic)	7.2%	81.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	88.9%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guadalupe	Montecito
No high school diploma	42.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	19.8%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	40.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	34.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guadalupe	Montecito
Drove alone	78.3%	52.2%
Carpooled	15.5%	3.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.7%
Walked	1.6%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.7%	29.9%
Other means	0.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guadalupe	Montecito
1-unit, detached	69.1%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	6.8%
20 or more units	1.7%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Guadalupe	Montecito
Poverty rate	28.3%	7.8%
Average household size	3.94	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1985	1969