Mission Hills vs Santa Ynez

A side-by-side comparison of Mission Hills and Santa Ynez: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Santa Ynez has the higher population (4,725 vs 3,794 in Mission Hills). Santa Ynez has the higher median household income ($117,500 vs $106,455 in Mission Hills). Santa Ynez has the higher median home value ($1,121,000 vs $477,800 in Mission Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Mission Hills	Santa Ynez
Population	3,794	4,725
Median age	44.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$106,455	$117,500
Median home value	$477,800	$1,121,000
Median gross rent	$1,783	$2,740
Housing units	1,246	1,934
Homeownership rate	77.6%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission Hills	Santa Ynez
Population	3,842 → 3,794 (-1.2%)	4,546 → 4,725 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$86,296 → $106,455 (+23.4%)	$107,588 → $117,500 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$376,400 → $477,800 (+26.9%)	$854,300 → $1,121,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,639 → $1,783 (+8.8%)	$1,425 → $2,740 (+92.3%)

Mission Hills

Population

3,8423,794

Median household income

$86,296$106,455

Median home value

$376,400$477,800

Median gross rent

$1,639$1,783

Santa Ynez

Population

4,5464,725

Median household income

$107,588$117,500

Median home value

$854,300$1,121,000

Median gross rent

$1,425$2,740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mission Hills	Santa Ynez
Under 5	0.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	24.3%	13.7%
18 to 24	4.6%	13.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	22.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.5%
75 and over	8.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission Hills	Santa Ynez
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	75.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	41.8%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission Hills	Santa Ynez
No high school diploma	10.7%	7.8%
High school graduate	25.2%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission Hills	Santa Ynez
Drove alone	66.3%	73.8%
Carpooled	11.3%	0.0%
Public transit	9.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.6%	23.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission Hills	Santa Ynez
1-unit, detached	98.9%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Mission Hills	Santa Ynez
Poverty rate	4.9%	11.3%
Average household size	3.04	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1970	1975