Lompoc vs Orcutt

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

Lompoc and Orcutt 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 31,284 in Orcutt). Orcutt has the higher median household income ($108,682 vs $70,038 in Lompoc). Orcutt has the higher median home value ($587,000 vs $433,800 in Lompoc).

Population, income & housing

	Lompoc	Orcutt
Population	43,819	31,284
Median age	34.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,038	$108,682
Median home value	$433,800	$587,000
Median gross rent	$1,516	$2,094
Housing units	14,480	11,538
Homeownership rate	49.9%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lompoc	Orcutt
Population	43,232 → 43,819 (+1.4%)	31,118 → 31,284 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$54,855 → $70,038 (+27.7%)	$91,343 → $108,682 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$315,900 → $433,800 (+37.3%)	$422,600 → $587,000 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,516 (+27.2%)	$1,713 → $2,094 (+22.2%)

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

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)

	Lompoc	Orcutt
Under 5	6.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	10.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.7%
75 and over	5.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lompoc	Orcutt
White (non-Hispanic)	27.9%	54.5%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	2.9%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	61.8%	34.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lompoc	Orcutt
No high school diploma	28.3%	8.6%
High school graduate	25.3%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lompoc	Orcutt
Drove alone	66.4%	78.0%
Carpooled	17.0%	8.4%
Public transit	4.3%	2.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	6.0%	8.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lompoc	Orcutt
1-unit, detached	52.6%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	2.9%
20 or more units	5.2%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Lompoc	Orcutt
Poverty rate	16.8%	6.6%
Average household size	2.95	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1975	1980