Lompoc vs Santa Barbara

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

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

Santa Barbara has the higher population (88,024 vs 43,819 in Lompoc). Santa Barbara has the higher median household income ($101,672 vs $70,038 in Lompoc). Santa Barbara has the higher median home value ($1,466,400 vs $433,800 in Lompoc).

Population, income & housing

	Lompoc	Santa Barbara
Population	43,819	88,024
Median age	34.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,038	$101,672
Median home value	$433,800	$1,466,400
Median gross rent	$1,516	$2,302
Housing units	14,480	39,015
Homeownership rate	49.9%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lompoc	Santa Barbara
Population	43,232 → 43,819 (+1.4%)	91,376 → 88,024 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$54,855 → $70,038 (+27.7%)	$76,606 → $101,672 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$315,900 → $433,800 (+37.3%)	$1,051,500 → $1,466,400 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,516 (+27.2%)	$1,786 → $2,302 (+28.9%)

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

Santa Barbara

Population

91,37688,024

Median household income

$76,606$101,672

Median home value

$1,051,500$1,466,400

Median gross rent

$1,786$2,302

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lompoc	Santa Barbara
Under 5	6.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	16.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.2%
75 and over	5.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lompoc	Santa Barbara
White (non-Hispanic)	27.9%	53.4%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	2.9%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	61.8%	36.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lompoc	Santa Barbara
No high school diploma	28.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	25.3%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lompoc	Santa Barbara
Drove alone	66.4%	61.3%
Carpooled	17.0%	9.7%
Public transit	4.3%	2.3%
Walked	4.2%	4.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	6.0%	17.0%
Other means	1.2%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lompoc	Santa Barbara
1-unit, detached	52.6%	45.8%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	18.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lompoc	Santa Barbara
Poverty rate	16.8%	13.1%
Average household size	2.95	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1975	1964