Isla Vista vs Lompoc

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

Isla Vista 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 13,717 in Isla Vista). Lompoc has the higher median household income ($70,038 vs $24,428 in Isla Vista). Isla Vista has the higher median home value ($1,241,700 vs $433,800 in Lompoc).

Population, income & housing

	Isla Vista	Lompoc
Population	13,717	43,819
Median age	21.2 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$24,428	$70,038
Median home value	$1,241,700	$433,800
Median gross rent	$1,856	$1,516
Housing units	5,166	14,480
Homeownership rate	1.0%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	17.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Isla Vista	Lompoc
Population	27,707 → 13,717 (-50.5%)	43,232 → 43,819 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$24,545 → $24,428 (-0.5%)	$54,855 → $70,038 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$466,700 → $1,241,700 (+166.1%)	$315,900 → $433,800 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,503 → $1,856 (+23.5%)	$1,192 → $1,516 (+27.2%)

Isla Vista

Population

27,70713,717

Median household income

$24,545$24,428

Median home value

$466,700$1,241,700

Median gross rent

$1,503$1,856

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)

	Isla Vista	Lompoc
Under 5	0.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	2.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	84.7%	10.9%
25 to 34	6.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	1.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	1.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	0.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	1.5%	7.2%
75 and over	0.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Isla Vista	Lompoc
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	27.9%
Black or African American	4.8%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	14.9%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	61.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Isla Vista	Lompoc
No high school diploma	9.4%	28.3%
High school graduate	19.0%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Isla Vista	Lompoc
Drove alone	50.6%	66.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	17.0%
Public transit	3.5%	4.3%
Walked	17.2%	4.2%
Bicycle	13.1%	1.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	6.0%
Other means	2.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Isla Vista	Lompoc
1-unit, detached	5.1%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	37.5%	15.8%
20 or more units	33.8%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Isla Vista	Lompoc
Poverty rate	69.3%	16.8%
Average household size	2.61	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	16	28
Median year structure built	1975	1975