Lompoc vs Santa Maria

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

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

Santa Maria has the higher population (109,880 vs 43,819 in Lompoc). Santa Maria has the higher median household income ($84,617 vs $70,038 in Lompoc). Santa Maria has the higher median home value ($478,200 vs $433,800 in Lompoc).

Population, income & housing

	Lompoc	Santa Maria
Population	43,819	109,880
Median age	34.5 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,038	$84,617
Median home value	$433,800	$478,200
Median gross rent	$1,516	$1,842
Housing units	14,480	30,212
Homeownership rate	49.9%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lompoc	Santa Maria
Population	43,232 → 43,819 (+1.4%)	106,224 → 109,880 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$54,855 → $70,038 (+27.7%)	$63,341 → $84,617 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$315,900 → $433,800 (+37.3%)	$344,100 → $478,200 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,516 (+27.2%)	$1,414 → $1,842 (+30.3%)

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 Maria

Population

106,224109,880

Median household income

$63,341$84,617

Median home value

$344,100$478,200

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lompoc	Santa Maria
Under 5	6.8%	8.9%
5 to 17	19.4%	22.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	12.6%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	6.1%
75 and over	5.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lompoc	Santa Maria
White (non-Hispanic)	27.9%	14.1%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	2.9%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	61.8%	78.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lompoc	Santa Maria
No high school diploma	28.3%	36.7%
High school graduate	25.3%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lompoc	Santa Maria
Drove alone	66.4%	71.8%
Carpooled	17.0%	18.9%
Public transit	4.3%	1.6%
Walked	4.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.0%	5.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lompoc	Santa Maria
1-unit, detached	52.6%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	12.4%
20 or more units	5.2%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Lompoc	Santa Maria
Poverty rate	16.8%	15.5%
Average household size	2.95	3.73
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1975	1981