Isla Vista vs Orcutt

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

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

Orcutt has the higher population (31,284 vs 13,717 in Isla Vista). Orcutt has the higher median household income ($108,682 vs $24,428 in Isla Vista). Isla Vista has the higher median home value ($1,241,700 vs $587,000 in Orcutt).

Population, income & housing

	Isla Vista	Orcutt
Population	13,717	31,284
Median age	21.2 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$24,428	$108,682
Median home value	$1,241,700	$587,000
Median gross rent	$1,856	$2,094
Housing units	5,166	11,538
Homeownership rate	1.0%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	17.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Isla Vista	Orcutt
Population	27,707 → 13,717 (-50.5%)	31,118 → 31,284 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$24,545 → $24,428 (-0.5%)	$91,343 → $108,682 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$466,700 → $1,241,700 (+166.1%)	$422,600 → $587,000 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,503 → $1,856 (+23.5%)	$1,713 → $2,094 (+22.2%)

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

Orcutt

Population

31,11831,284

Median household income

$91,343$108,682

Median home value

$422,600$587,000

Median gross rent

$1,713$2,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Isla Vista	Orcutt
Under 5	0.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	2.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	84.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	1.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	1.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	0.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	1.5%	11.7%
75 and over	0.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Isla Vista	Orcutt
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	54.5%
Black or African American	4.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	14.9%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	34.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Isla Vista	Orcutt
No high school diploma	9.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	19.0%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Isla Vista	Orcutt
Drove alone	50.6%	78.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	8.4%
Public transit	3.5%	2.0%
Walked	17.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	13.1%	1.1%
Worked from home	8.3%	8.6%
Other means	2.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Isla Vista	Orcutt
1-unit, detached	5.1%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	37.5%	2.9%
20 or more units	33.8%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Isla Vista	Orcutt
Poverty rate	69.3%	6.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1975	1980