Orcutt vs Santa Barbara

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

Orcutt 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 31,284 in Orcutt). Orcutt has the higher median household income ($108,682 vs $101,672 in Santa Barbara). Santa Barbara has the higher median home value ($1,466,400 vs $587,000 in Orcutt).

Population, income & housing

	Orcutt	Santa Barbara
Population	31,284	88,024
Median age	40.4 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$108,682	$101,672
Median home value	$587,000	$1,466,400
Median gross rent	$2,094	$2,302
Housing units	11,538	39,015
Homeownership rate	78.0%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orcutt	Santa Barbara
Population	31,118 → 31,284 (+0.5%)	91,376 → 88,024 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$91,343 → $108,682 (+19.0%)	$76,606 → $101,672 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$422,600 → $587,000 (+38.9%)	$1,051,500 → $1,466,400 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,713 → $2,094 (+22.2%)	$1,786 → $2,302 (+28.9%)

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

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)

	Orcutt	Santa Barbara
Under 5	5.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	16.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.2%
75 and over	9.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orcutt	Santa Barbara
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	53.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	4.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	34.3%	36.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orcutt	Santa Barbara
No high school diploma	8.6%	11.1%
High school graduate	18.3%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orcutt	Santa Barbara
Drove alone	78.0%	61.3%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.7%
Public transit	2.0%	2.3%
Walked	0.8%	4.2%
Bicycle	1.1%	3.2%
Worked from home	8.6%	17.0%
Other means	1.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orcutt	Santa Barbara
1-unit, detached	77.1%	45.8%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	18.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Orcutt	Santa Barbara
Poverty rate	6.6%	13.1%
Average household size	2.79	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1980	1964